This book was fine. Some of the ideas were great but not executed well. The world building and magic system were both confusing and inconsistent. I liked the relationship but the characters were nothing interesting except Neve. There was a looooot of repetition….in the language, phrases, scenes, everything. I started getting soooo tired of hearing about blood smearing or about eammons damn scarred hands lol. Also it felt like the author didn’t put much thought into some things….like what do you mean they’re slicing their hands to the bone everyday??? The first half was slow, and there were multiple moments that I thought of dnfing. Also, this is not a dark fantasy, it is definitely fantasy with some romance elements. Unfortunately, I don’t plan on continuing the series even though the ending leaves some interesting plot lines for the next book.