I won’t allow another storm to touch Auren. She has been flooded and wrung out, left to take the barrage without shelter. But so long as I’m here, I will be her shelter. Read this series NOW! I felt like I was in the story watching and holding my breath the entire time' 5***** Reader Review

Second, I wasn't feeling Slade's character, here. Something was off as his character started to develop into a gaslighting love interest and I really did not like that. Several times in this book Auren voices her confusion at her life in general and how she desires to not be lead by or be dependent on a man - Slade's response was to tell her that she was his, he was hers and not to worry her pretty head and then he seduced her. Multiple times. Where is the line between romance and not listening to Auren's needs that she was clearly voicing? I'm really confused as to why his character developed in this way and it ruined the second half of the book for me, a bit. This book was entirely Auren being a petulant child, Slade being guilt ridden and reliving his daddy issues, and yet another pending war entirely hinged on that Auren is just a worthless evil saddle. Honestly, the writing is so repetitive. It needs a good editor. And again, we see the same insta-love nonsense beginning with Osrik and Rissa, copying Auren and Slade’s romance arc almost word for word. The side characters hardly mattered at all in the time I read it. Now, the negatives: (and I am about to list a lot of them, but keep in mind the book still got 3 stars overall despite these things) I was so happy to see more of Digby! He was a gruff guard with a kinda hidden sweet spot for Auren in the first book, but now we can really see that their connection runs deeper than that. He really cares about Auren, even though he tried not to show it too much when he was working for Midas, and we realize that with the years he spent with Auren, he became a kind of fatherly figure to her. He's a sweetheart beneath all that grumpiness and grunting, and I love him!

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Out of the three ground rules of any sexual encounter, no matter how kinky, Slade and Auren score a solid 0/3 for safe, sane and consensual play. Great. But with Slade by my side we will fight the monarchs that come for us. And if we need to become the villains, then so be it. And she smiles, through the tears dried on her cheeks, through the glassiness of her eyes. The sight is so damn beautiful that it’s hard to breathe.

Many questions have been answered and I got more than I expected which I was very happy with. Many things readers have been wondering about are revealed and don't get me started on the plot twists. Thank you Raven for your generosity even if you broke and mended my heart many times throughout this book.With Queen Kaila as our main antagonist in this story, I expected to see her work her political magic - and I received two absolutely inconsequential chapters. We received TWO chapters for our main antagonist. TWO. And that was it. Do you need further proof of how RK valued porn over plot? I'm happy with how Raven dealt with Auren's arc especially after the events of Gleam. Her healing journey is one of my favorite fictional journeys of all time and the trauma and grief she had to come to face with after she had awoken simply shattered my heart. Auren is also still at the stage of understanding the world around her since she is a grooming victim so she has plenty to come to terms with. Raven truly did it justice.