3.5 stars

I really enjoyed the premise of this book but the whole time I just felt like I was listening to an abridged version.

I didn't just want more romance, I wanted more everything: fabulously dark and atmospheric world building, bad people doing bad shit, morally grey people doing morally grey shit, okay, okay, so I really wanted more romance. More!

I wasn't the biggest fan of the narration, but I'm not sure how much of that was down to the performance and how much was just due to the spare, almost staccato, writing style.

I wasn't too bothered by the shift in perspective from Belimai to Harper but the shift from first person (which I struggle with) to third person was a bit odd!