5⭐️/3🌶️

Okay!!!! Sera and Ash are my new favs. I actually think I enjoyed this more than Poppy and Hawke but it’s really close! 

I decided to read this and start this prequel series since I finished book 3 of FBAA. A lot of people said this was the best reading order so I thought why not! I think as of now I’d have to agree. Though I almost feel like I need to go back and reread fbaa 3 just to put the pieces together. A lot of it aligns and makes sense now, and I can see how this prequel sets the stage for fbaa but there’s a few names and details I forgot and feel like a reread would solidify for me. (But in so lazy I probably won’t RR)

Sera is such a badass. She’s so strong and hardheaded and I kinda love it. I really enjoyed the banter and humor here between our two mc’s. It’s nice to see that continuing here since poppy and hawkes banter was what I loved most from the other books. I’m not sure if it’s just a character thing or how this author writes but it’s so good and my fav.

The unknown identity at the beginning was an awesome addition to the slow burn and tension. I hope we eventually learn from maybe Ash’s pov of how it felt to be at the lake with Sera knowing who she was. How the forbidden aspect for him was, cause I love to hear of a yearning man 🙂‍↕️

I’m curious to see how this prequel continues… since it’s 4 total books and damn theses books are LONG. I just worry about burnout and falling into the same trap I usually fall into when a fantasy series is more than 3 books lmao. Usually when a series is more than 3 books I start to resent the series cause my adhd can’t comprehend how there’s so much happening. I will say this prequel coming in after fbaa 3 is perfect as a way to break up the series for my brain to prevent that book 4 burnout so I suppose let’s see how this continues! ❤️