~2.8/5 stars

I am not sure where to start with this one. Theres a lot to unpack in this book, and im left just feeling sort of....confused. IMO this read like a religious romance book (which was interesting), and did not go in the direction i assumed it was going to go at all.

I won't lie, the low rating is because this book as beautifully written as it is, was just TOOOOOO wordy. I mean goodness. I felt like the author was just filling space at one point, and really wished we could just get to the point. And within allllll those words being said, Aiden and Elijah still couldn't just communicate with each other. It was very annoying. This felt super long winded when literally if Aiden could have just been like "Look, here's whats going on" this entire struggle could have been skipped.

For instance, instead of saying "Today is a beautiful day" the author would be like “The blades of grass slowly swayed in the breeze and the smell of petrichor hung in the wind as the sun rays glimpsed through the trees while the leaves gentle breath filled my lungs which allowed me to rejoice in utter golden rays of happiness” and while this works sometimes, EVERY TIME was a bit too much for my brain and started making it feel too wordy at times. I shouldnt be able to skip 10 pages and still be on the same scene im sorry