Mm, this is interesting but I think Harry's deal with Mab prevented her for some things, even if her host obligations have been challenged by the Winter Knight behaviour.

Small digression: I don't actually think what Harry did was so bad from the Supernatural etiquette point of view. He did not say "I am going to kill you" he said "die". I think words matter,  forms matter, and a supernatural member wishing another one ill should not be a problem. A direct threat would have been more complicated. In my opinion, not so bad either unless Harry said "I am going to kill you right now", which of course would have been unacceptable.

Back to the point. I think Lara began kissing Harry thinking she was not going to feed from him, her hunger previously seated, so was not worried about the burnt. Then. I don't know, he smelled Harry or something and her instincts took off and she began feeding. And it suprised me that she was not surprised herself by the not burning.

About the overall book, for me Battle Ground was that book that had more things that I liked vs the things I didn't like, even though the thing I didn't like, I hated with a passion. Twelve Months is more like a 50/50 and I'm being very generous there. And again, I repeat that is not the lack of action or a lack of "a main villain" like I see pointed out in reviews that are not so favorable of this book around the internet, it is about other deeper things, some of which I've mentioned here.

That is what people is complaining about? Not my case, clearly.

Not only messy, but true love doesn't work that way, if a person loves their partner truly, it doesn't matter how the partner feels about it, it continues. True love isn't logical, that's what sets it apart.  Just a thought, it's been centuries since or if she ever felt it that Mab has had felt true love for anyone.

It does matter though, that is why Harry was not protected when he was with Luccio. He Loved her but she did not.

Ah yes,Bad Alias, time of being together, yes that seems to count.

Something I agree with LaraBeck and it has bothered me for a while is that when Jim introduced the idea of True Love is was supposedly be very rare, but Harry had it twice, Thomas have it, Arturo have it, I think Inari had it (I don't remember right now if it was True Love or just love). I bet Michael and Charity and Will and Georgia will be True Lovers too!

I don't think Harry would brag about that because it was a horrible experience. And about the rest...I think soulgazes are dangerous. You live all your life with the memory of something potentially horrible. And the Senior Council knows things about Harry (starborn, at the very least) that made them mistrust him. I do not think they want to risk soulgazing Harry. But perhaps is also because if they see nothing wrong and had to release Harry of any charge, Harry would know them very well, and that could be dangerous for them too. I mean, good or evil, Harry is dangerous and not someone to mess with, and he is now bound to obey Mab's word and (from the Council POV) perhaps even in a thrall by a white vampire or two. You don't want a person in that condition to know you intimately. At least, that is my take on the topic.

"Parker's face was stunned. ... I recovered from it before he did."

Not much in there about it.

I didn't like the soulgazes in 12 Months. I feel like they are normally more impactful and tell us more about the character. Bear and Lara's soulgazes basically tell us she's a Valkyrie, she's a White Court vampire. Lara's tells us a little more than that, but not much.

Thank you! Damn, I really wants to see what people sees soulgazing Harry or at least I want someone telling what they saw.
About the soulgazes in TM. I am ok with the Bear one, it is more or less what I would expect and confirm that she is not Murphy and that she is the real deal. But the Lara one was weird, with all the dialogue, I don't know. That dialogue would be in their memories for ever and that could be a lot of time.

Edited: I regret that we did not see any Bear reaction, especially because the soulgaze was done in a terrible moment, when Harry was not only grieving but misfiring and hungover. I wonder if that had any effect on what Bear saw. I wish they had talk about the soulgaze later.

As I am not from USA and English is not my maternal language, I had not idea what that meant but I twill comment anyways so you can see it from Foreign eyes. I thought Harry was saying a word beginning with "me" and stopped himself. Problem was that I had not idea what word. Meanie? I saw no reason for him not saying the whole word if that were the case. Like, if the quote was "that mo-weasel" I had thought Harry was thinking Motherf... and cut himself because there could be some child around.