I enjoyed the romance and the overall premise, but it took me a while (about 25-30% of the way through the book) to get into the story--it feels like K.J. Charles drops the reader into the middle of a story. I haven't, however, read The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, and that prior knowledge seems to be an integral part of why so many readers with positive reviews enjoyed the book. Maybe I'll read that one and come back to this...