Mesmerised (Hybrid Lovers Book 2) by Toya Richardson – Review by Ayla Phipps

Mesmerised by Toya Richardson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Breathtaking originality. This is the first book I have read by the incredibly talented Toya Richardson and oh so excited. While the synopsis pulled me in, fitting into my comfort genre I never could have imagined the originality within the pages of Mesmerised. Told through the dual perspective of Antoine and Donna, this gives a new look of a story told thousands of times.
Antoine is a Hybrid, but not the typical vampire/werewolf no, he is a vampire/angel reading this on page one I was instantly invested so much more than I thought I was already. He had been searching for his mate for six hundred years and finally in her final moments he found her. Donna is a human woman who has truly lost everything in the past year. Her parents in a house fire, her best friends in a train crash, laid off from her job and her bank accounts hacked, her house being taken away. Gustav, the head demon in Antoine’s territory had been playing a long game trying to eliminate Donna before Antoine could find her, leading to both of their deaths. Fated mates if one dies, they both die, regardless of if they ever found each other. The only way to truly end a demon is with your mate. Gustav refuses to lose and sets off to work on Donna the moment he finds her. A year of peace for Antoine in his territory with no attacks and now he has discovered why.
Can Antoine save Donna from Gustav before he loses her for good? Will Donna accept her fate or blame Antoine for all her pain? The author creates a world where you can see yourself living, a beautiful house and more beautiful coastline, the sea like gems sparkling and yet the characters so tormented and lonely that your heart aches for them. Antoine may be over six hundred years old, but his emotions are so relatable that you can’t help but route for him. Donna is just a human; she didn’t agree to be the mate of a hybrid or to be involved in the war between the demons and the hybrids that protect the world and yet she has lost more than any one person can overcome. Their connection is instantly intoxicating even if she doesn’t understand why her soul reaches out for this man she’s never met. I devoured this book in one sitting unable to stop going as I yearned to see a happy ending for Antonie and Donna.

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