It’s good. I liked it. But I wish that someone would reign this woman in. This book did NOT need to be 800 pgs. 

I almost put this one down permanently. Twice. It’s a slog to get through, that’s for sure. But the final act is incredible. You have to keep reading until you are 80% of the way there, and then it’s non-stop action and intensity until the very end! I’ve been dying for SJM to give me a story with some more stakes, and she delivered in this one. I enjoyed the latter half of the book so much, I can almost forget about the pain and torment of enduring the way she infodumps in great big tell-don’t-show paragraphs for the first 50%. 

Also I really like Hunt. He seems like a dreamy combination of Cassian and Azriel. I have no complaints, but I will warn anyone who happens to stumble on this review that this book isn’t going to… ahem… water your crops. If you go in THINKING that it’s a romantic novel, just know, these two barely even interact romantically until the very end. Get ready for blue balls!