I had some issues with A Game of Love and Betrayal but overall found it a fun, candy-type read so I was looking forward to picking-up the second half of this duology and seeing where the story went next. I am not sure if it was just that I didn’t have the capacity to really get stuck into this story or if this latter half didn’t match up the same but it felt as though this book moved quite slowly and it took me ages to get through it. I am inclined to think it was the former rather than the latter as I thought the writing was much tighter and the plot moved at a good pace. The character quirks that annoyed me so much in the first book were almost completely absent in this book.

Something that I can’t quite put my finger on was missing from the story. I think I wanted to see a bit more of Brynleigh and Ryker just getting to be happy together but I know that isn’t really the standard in the genre. I think I would have also liked a little bit more explanation of how their futures looked together because the lore around vampire and fae lifespans didn’t feel fully explained? I think it is a tricky balance because when you have written a lot of books in the same world, you probably take for granted that the lore is established but it didn’t feel too solid to me?

A solid book and a fun time.