That a hero’s purview in many romance books. Instead, she’s become so used to emotional abuse that she hardly bats an eye at being more or less put in solitary confinement for weeks by the supposed hero of the piece. Robert described this book as ‘grumpy/sunshine.’ I will concede that Thane is indeed grumpy, but Catalina is very definitely not sunshine. What went wrong? Let me count the ways…Īt the core of the issue is that fact that I think the main characters are simply not compatible. At this point you have to expect, statistically speaking, that you won’t like every one, but I was still pretty disappointed to encounter my first dud. I’ve been reading Katee Robert’s new releases pretty religiously for the last year or so. What she doesn’t expect is to be drawn to Thane, the leader of the krakens. I wanted more heart-to-hearts, more kinky tentacle scenes, and more exploration of Thane’s kingdom, but alas everything had to fit into the roughly 170 pages of the book we were given and there was not enough time for everything.Catalina signs seven years of her life away without much thought – she’s considered a failure in her world anyway, and at least the money she will get in return will ease her way. Once he stops hiding from her, and they actually start spending time together, things felt rushed. Despite the progression, it was much harder for me to connect to their relationship when Thane spent a good chunk of the book essentially hiding from Catalina.

They have a very awkward relationship to start, but it does progress once they learn to be vulnerable and start opening up to each other. To make matters even more complicated, Thane is still dealing with the pain of losing the love of his life, Brant. She’s been beaten down so many times in the past by her family and past lovers that she expects life to be like that, and as such the contract (with a major do not harm clause included) doesn’t trigger the multiple times Thane messes up at the beginning of the relationship since she expects stuff life to be like that. Unlike Lenora or Briar, Catalina’s deal with Azazel is made to escape her life in the mortal world than a specific person (like Lenora’s vindictive ex or Briar’s abusive husband).

The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert