THIS. BOOK.

Okay, first of all—the world-building and overarching plot of this series is beyond. If these books weren’t super steamy KU alien roms, I would bet serious money that they’d be getting nominated for a Hugo Award. Or something 😂 Because no joke, this sci-fi plot is… I have no words. 

But then the romance melts me into goo every time. This romance plot so closely tracked this couple’s compatibility, their character growth, their enemies to lovers deliciousness… my heart!

Here’s a little fact about my own hypocrisy: I can be loving a romance series, five stars across the board, but you’ll almost always see me giving the book with this kind of couple (let’s call them the Nesta-Cassian couple) four stars. Idk, something about these cranky heroines.. there’s always a moment where I’m a bit annoyed—like, c'mon you’re the heroine of a romance, open up already! And their love interests are almost always written either too bossy or too not-bossy. Something is always off, to me at least.

But this couple! Perfection. Imani made perfect sense, I completely emphasized with her at every moment, and I never felt impatient. And Vin! This guy was being so stoic, but so beg-y, so vulnerable, so masculine but also so submissive—oof 🥵