Great world building, both in the sense of having an interesting, fresh, well thought out works and in the sense of bringing you into the world in a way that's not too heavy handed or confusing. 

With that said. Some complaints. It did feel like the end dragged. But I did finish it which is more than I can say for many other books. Also. The mmc was weirdly rapey. Weirdly because he was such a simp for her but at the same time definitely thought of her as a possession to essentially purchase. And there was some borderline, for me, "but I can tell you want this" going on that didn't feel viscerally wrong the way most SA does, it just seemed ... weird and kind of unpleasant. I can appreciate dubcon at times but this just was not working for me-- it didn't seem to match either of their characters.

Overall though-- thumbs up. Mina was a great character. Rhys was a great character. I enjoyed the side characters. Or was interesting to think about this alternate England.