⭐️ 3/5
🌶️ 3/5
Reading The Syndicater was like meeting up with old friends you haven’t seen in a while. However, while it was great seeing them, there wasn’t much else happening except for catching up on what happened since you last saw each other.
The MCs in the Dark Verse series are like those old friends. Since reading their books I’ve often felt the need to just spend time with them again. The Syndicater gave us that opportunity, but a reunion can only be so long.
If you want such a meetup to be more than just a reunion, there has to be some extra action. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this book lacked that.
This book is not a standalone, you have to read the other five books before reading it. So, this post does contain some minor spoilers for the other books.
My Thoughts
Plot and Pace of the Story
I have to say, this book was not quite what I expected. It felt like an extended, extended epilogue.
The story moved so slowly, it was sometimes hard to keep reading. Honestly, there were so many chapters that were really just fluff.
The only one really working on finding and bringing down The Syndicate was Dainn. The others basically just waited for him to send them clues for things to do. Which was obviously few and far between. Nothing else is to be expected of the feared Shadow Man. It is as if they kind of gave up. Like… “we got Luna back, now who cares about all the other people under the thumbs of The Syndicate?”.
*Insert eye roll here*
Character Descriptions
Another thing that really bothered me in The Syndicater, like it did in The Finisher, was the constant mention of the women’s body types. Mention it when you describe the characters and then be done with it.
Where to Read?
You can get The Syndicater by RuNyx on Amazon. If you buy it using my link, I’ll get a small commission at no extra cost to you.
You can read it for free with a Kindle Unlimited trail.
Quotes
“But only I have met Dainn.” She loved that. “And only you will, flamma,” he promised. “I will become whatever I have to for everyone else. Not for you. For you, I am as I am, every damaged, deranged part of me.”
– Lyla and Dainn
“You’re perfect. You burn so bright you could blind a man, flamma.”
– Dainn Blackthorne
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