[Review] Forged by Fate by Reese Monroe

Forged by Fate

Reese Monroe
December 9, 2013
Entangled: Embrace

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He’s waited more than 900 years to love her…Being the Gatekeeper to Hades is no small feat, and waiting almost a millennia to meet your mate is damn near impossible. But Theo Bradford’s mark has finally surfaced on his intended. Now all he has to do is find her and convince her to embrace her supernatural heritage.Young genius, Sadie Nowland, has got life figured out. Graduating college at the age of eighteen and accepting a six-figure job is just what she needs to prove she’s made something of herself. But when a strange tattoo mysteriously appears on her shoulder and Theo starts talking about Mates, it catapults her neatly laid out life into chaos.Targeted by a vicious demon escaped from Hades, Sadie is thrust into the volatile world of Shomrei warriors and a connection to Theo her brain can’t comprehend and her body can’t deny. That primal bond proves more imperative to their survival than either could have ever imagined—and just may be the key to the world’s survival.

separate soul from body, one question remains: how much is she willing to sacrifice to protect those she loves?

This book for me was an ok read. I don't think I would push this book on everyone because its not the next best thing since sliced bread. I don't feel like it was time wasted either. This review will probably be short because I just don't have a lot to say about this book. Forged by Fate is classified as a new adult book because the heroine is just turning eighteen, graduating college early, and on the cusp of beginning her new adult life. All that is blown out of the water, because The Great One has plans for Sadie and she is to be the next mate to the gatekeeper of Hades.


I liked that this book was cheesy, it worked for me. It does have kind of a corny plot that I have seen in countless other romance novels. There is something about this one that draws me. I like the idea of fated lovers. It again is that balance between corny and romance. It wasn't the main characters that kept me reading though. While I liked Sadie and Theo's love story. Also, both saving themselves for someone special. Their romance is all about the cheese even down to saying wedding vows before they can officially "mate". What really drew me in was the world building. I liked Theo's sarcastic ladies man who swears he is never going to take a mate. I look forward to reading that story because it will be fun to meet the woman who rocks his belief system to the core. I am also intrigued by the idea that Lucifer, the king of Hades, is mated and the queen stays hidden because she is his one weakness.


Good world building does not make up for the fact that this story is beyond cheesy. Not bad, but not great. I would probably read more because I am very intrigued to find out about the side characters. In the end I give Forged by Fate by Reese Monroe three solid laser pistols.