Two Halves, One Brian

This is book 5 of the series. For our summary and review of the previous books, click the links below!

• Psycho Shifters, book 1
• Psycho Fae, book 2
• Psycho Beasts, book 3
• Psycho Academy, book 4
• Psycho Devils, book 5

Book Stats

• Book 6 of the Cruel Shifterverse series
• Format: ebook (Kindle Unlimited)
• Chapters: 71
• Pages: 724
• POV: 1^st person, mostly from Aran’s POV. Occasionally from one of the other main characters.

Book Rating

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5

Summary & Review

Alright ladies and gentleman. This is the final book in the series, which means we can expect a lot to happen. Things get a little wild and a lot messy, but it’s all a blast!

At the end of the last book, the kings realize that Aran is actually their Revered and Orion is their other protector. But after tormenting her for so long, she wants nothing to do with them and keeps rejecting their bond. The kings don’t give up, of course. They spend the whole book trying to get Aran to warm up to them and get her to understand what it means to be their Revered.

In this book, the legions that all took part in the Legionnaire games, as well as some additional foot soldiers, are all going to war to wipe out the ungodly. The shifter and academy legions are the champions and will lead the war effort. To ensure that they can work together at their full power without unnecessary casualties, the High Court forces the kings and Aran to go to therapy.

This is my favorite part I think because the therapist is fed up with the chaos the group brings and she assigns them enchanted journals with prompts and pens that can only write the truth. The few journal prompts throughout the book are hilarious and I loved them. Overall, it’s a small part of the story, but they’re just so dang funny.

Aran has gotten closer to John and Luka, accepting a wedding proposal from them. This, along with being the kings’ Revered, causes some interesting and tense situations among the group.

During this story, the guys all learn a lot more about Aran’s past and we also get to learn a lot about Jinx and her interesting abilities. We discover the truth behind Aran’s depression and the gods’ plans. It’s really an interesting plot with lots of moving pieces. Very well done.

By the end of the book (and the series), Aran finds what she’s always been searching for, her mates help heal her both physically and emotionally, and she gets the ending she deserves.

I gave this one 5 stars because I enjoyed the plot, the characters and their chemistry, and the ending as a whole. I thought this ending tied up everything well and after 6 books, I’m okay letting it end.

I only gave 2 chili peppers because there are a few mentions/ descriptions of sexual situations but with the pain Aran feels when aroused there really isn’t an abundance of intimate scenes. Mostly dirty comments and thoughts. At the end, there are a few more scenes and they get more detailed, but I still feel like 2 peppers is a fair rating for it.

Favorite Quotes

• As far as I was concerned, he didn’t deserve anyone’s respect. First, he was a man.
• I would have joined him, but I didn’t laugh with men. I only laughed at them
• At least I hadn’t been born a man; that would really suck…although, my penis would be huge.
• Some people needed a chair to the face.
• I hadn’t felt this sick since I’d learned fifty-one was divisible by seventeen.
• I low-key loved that I thought I could just throw myself through a heavily fortified brick wall and it would break. Where had that confidence come from?
• He winked seductively. “Wanna hang?” I flopped back onto my covers. “Yeah—myself.”
• Each day, I became a bigger advocate for mandatory male imprisonment at birth.
• I girded my loins and reminded myself that my most feminine quality was that I was pure evil.
• Karma was a bitch. And so was I.
• They were all, you’re our mate, we’ll kill everyone and cherish you forever. They were so into me. It was so cringy.
• They couldn’t handle me—few could. I had the body of a large bird, mind of a lunatic, and personality of a divorced middle-aged woman with a shopping addiction. I was perfect.
• My love language is obsession. What is yours, sweetheart?
• Pride filled me because it was nice to set goals and achieve them, especially when those goals were tormenting men.
• I rolled my eyes at the insinuation that I would never obey her. She was absolutely correct. Still, it was rude to point it out so obnoxiously.
• Nothing upset me more than seeing a male filled with confidence.
• I wasn’t mad about objectifying them because I was a staunch supporter of bullying men. Everyone knew this. It was just a little embarrassing that my entire legion had just witnessed me ogle my enemies.
• Mental health recovery was very important to me. That was why I was doing drugs.
• I was too old to be this young.
• For a second, I debated listening to him, then I remembered I didn’t listen to men.
• Men had evolved into stronger bodies so they could carry their superiors (women) around all day.
• What happened to normal gifts? Designer purses, limited-edition perfumes, diamonds, silk sheets, and enchanted super-yachts. How had we gotten to this place where men brought their lovers into dark woods and showed them crucifixion victims? What did this say about our society?
• If my laughter had a manic quality to it, that was none of my business. My mental health was not my problem. It was everybody else’s.