I was so excited to read this book because the cover is gorgeous! haha! I will always pick books by their covers, and I don't deny that. Regardless, it was a great pick. I really enjoyed this fantasy! 

One of the early feelings I had was that there would be a love triangle. There are definitely aspects of that going on but the actual romance in this book is not the main focus. It's so low key that I didn't even mind it. Although, I hope we don't end up with a love triangle in the next book. It's my least favorite trope! 

There's a lot going on here. We have a lot of magical elements, gods, revenants, necromancers, royalty, and drug runners. Sometimes I think there was a little too much going on and some of the world-building was lost to me. There's a lot of interesting aspects but I wish there were more details and explanations for some things. There's a lot of talk about the gods and I wanted more of that. I think that's something that could be explored in book two. 

Lore, Bastien, and Gabe are all such interesting characters. They have all grown up so differently and are in such varied places in life. It was so fun to see these three working together. I think there's a lot of things that were hinted at and we didn't get clarity. I'm hoping for that to come out in book two! I feel bad for all three of them. They all got dealt some bad hands and suffered in their own ways. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this one! There are some cool fantastical elements that I cannot wait to see explored further. I also can't wait to see what happens to these characters that I fell in love with. The pacing was a little off at the beginning, but it picked up in the end and I had a hard time putting it down. I'm looking forward to book two!