Paranormal YA

 Covet by Tracy Wolff

Like the previous book there were a lot of unnecessary scenes in this book. So many, that I'm having a hard time remembering exactly what happened in this book. Grace is having a hard time now that her bond to Jaxon is broken and her new bond with Hudson exists. She still loves Jaxon, but she wants to be near Hudson. She decides to go to the Bloodletter. Jaxon has been summoned to London so it's just her and Hudson. The Bloodletter is delighted to see her. Turns out, her bond with Jaxon wasn't real; she (Bloodletter) made it. That's how she was able to create a spell to break it. The only thing that could possibly break her bond with Hudson, and remake her bond with Jaxon, is the Crown. And the only person who might know where that is is the Unkillable Beast. And the only person who can get him out of the chains is the Blacksmith. So, they go to the giants. Turns out, there's more than one giant blacksmith. But this specific one is in the prison so they are going to have to break him out. Hudson already has a warrant, but Grace can go with him since she's his mate. While with the giants, Hudson gives her a promise ring, but we have no idea what he promises her because Grace wasn't listening. They go to New York for a dragon holiday and Flint's mom arrest's Hudson. Grade and Nuri have a confrontation. Grace and Flint have a confrontation. Grace goes to rescue Hudson but he was already well on the way to rescuing himself. Graduation happens and Hudson immediately gets arrested. Grace goes to prison with him. Flint also gets arrested. The three of them end up with Remy, a witch who was born in the prison. Shenanigans ensue. They escape with the blacksmith and a new friend. But not Remy. They go to free the Unkillable Beast but it's a trap and Cyrus is already there to ambush them. Flint is mortally wounded. Grace works to save him. Jaxon is bitten by Cyrus and is dying so he says drain him of his power to save Flint, so she does. She saves Flint. Jaxon dies. Nuri gives up her dragon heart to save Jaxon. Flints boyfriend dies during the battle. They free the Unkillable Beast and he returns to human form. He gives Grace the Crown and it's now on the palm of her hand. That's where the book ends. This book was 680 pages and it could have been at least 100 if not 150 pages shorter. I'm still interested in the characters, but I take so long between books that I forget how much unnecessary stuff is in them until I start reading.