One of my most anticipated reads this year. I heard much about this novella and i wasn't disappointed! Enthralling story mixed with an enemies to lovers storyline, the book had me intrigued the whole time. At some points i wished there had been more development of scenes, sometimes the time leaps were to fast in my opinion. Still solid 5/5 - guess i will add it to my list of comfort reads in the future.

For me, there was too much "harsh powerful outcast alpha male" meets female protagonist in a woman's traditional role. She serves and nurtures and loves and is soft. Perhaps I'm a little over-sensitive here, but still - there are great smutty novels with stronger characters and less traditional gender roles these days. The story in general was an okay read, more story and less sexy times than expected from the premise. I liked the promising setting; I guess I just expected the soul stone and spy part to have much more impact. It just fizzed out in the end which was a little letdown. It is an alright read in between but it didn't leave me unable to get away from the story.

*3,5 Das Buch war okay. Ich glaube das war Grace Dravens erstes Buch und dafür war es sehr gut. Ich brauchte etwas Zeit, um in das Buch reinzukommen und damit es mich catchte, sobald das geschah war ich begeistert. Es war jetzt nicht ein Meisterwerk, aber sehr unterhaltsam und super für zwischendurch.