A bonus star for a super cool premise, but really just another tale of a naive girl who thinks she doesn't have powers but finds out she does and a lot of alpha-jerk males who are the basis of her self-esteem (or lack thereof). I'd have been more interested in Roar if she actually had no powers, but of course, we find out she is SO SPECIAL AND UNIQUE.

I really like Cora Carmack's contemporary romances so was highly anticipating her first YA fantasy but meh. I think actual Young Adults will eat this up but as a more mature reader, I was left wanting a lot more from the world-building and a lot less of the alpha male bullshit.

If your significant other is in danger or has almost died you shouldn't be thinking about sexy times just because some of their skin may be exposed by shredded clothing. Seriously, this happened all the time in this book and it just felt wrong.

Also, the names in the book are very similar. Aurora/Rora/Roar. So many things named Locke. It was confusing and unneccesary. All of the secondary characters seemed more interesting to me than Roar, but we didn't get a lot of time with them. Maybe the next book will expand a bit?

I think there are some good bones here, but Aurora/Rora/Roar needs to get rid of the stupid dudes who want to own her. Bye, boys.