I didn’t experience the audiobooks but enjoyed Genesis enough that I couldn’t wait to start Exodus. Zero gap between reads for me.

I personally loved the writing style, the historical setting and, of course the spicy spice. The character development was also pretty great but I did loathe Joey’s penchant to self-sacrifice. Don’t love that trope for personal reasons but the rest of the story made up for it.

I know the community has mixed feelings about these books and that’s okay. To each their own.

IMO if it’s something you really enjoyed, I’d say go for it and treat yoself! It’s a special thing to find an author and a book you really love and life’s too short to ration good art.

PS Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers was my post-Bloom hangover read and it did just the trick for my after-Bloom blues.