The first part of this book was exactly why it's categorized as a dark romance : Julian is just awful and so despicable! I felt like there was no way I could like him... but I was wrong! Once his personal story was told and he begun to show some cute gestures towards Yasmin, my sick heart started to think he was maybe an interesting man... then I was turned on by the dark character he is and the depth of his need of power... I loved the story and especially the little hints to Aladdin, the fairytale it was inspired by which is my all time favorite fairytale. I'm definitely gonna read the other books of this serie (they can be read on any order as they are not related) because I love this concept and this author's writing!