Review also posted to my blog.


content warnings: violence, murder, gore, torture
representation: main m/m relationship, mlm protagonist and main character


‘“What’s so difficult to type, Finny? I was a dick so let me make up for it by sucking yours. Call me.”
Sue looks up from her book long enough to make a face. “You didn’t just say that.”
“What, too blunt? Fine. Roses are red, violets are blue, I owe you big time, will a BJ now do?”’


This is a very mixed bag of a book that I have many conflicted feelings about, so let’s get into it. This takes place at a college made up entirely of magical beings, with one exception; our protagonist, Finn, who is just a human with the ability to tap into the power of the ley lines. His power is incredibly unstable and volatile, though, and he fears he may not graduate. This isn’t helped by his dick roommate Roark, a faerie prince, who Finn has always butted heads with. But when court tensions begin to rapidly rise, Finn may have to learn to trust the Prince of Air and Darkness.

Plot-wise, this book did nothing for me. None of it’s too bad, but it is fairly generic court rivalry and intrigue, with a few interesting developments later on as you find out more from Finn and Roark’s past. The world is interesting enough, but definitely has the potential to be expanded on a lot more in future instalments, and I quite enjoyed the little tastes of the courts we got in this book.

But, honestly, there was one major stand-out in this book: the romance.

It’s incredibly rushed, to unbelievable degrees towards the end, but it’s also easily the highlight of the book. The sexual tension between these two is incredible and literally anytime they interacted I was enthralled. It’s tropey as hell, but I can almost guarantee that if you love the main romance in Carry On, then you’ll probably love the romance in this because it has very similar vibes. Except there’s also sex in this one, so there’s that (pretty well-written sex, if I do say so myself).

As I was approaching the end I was going “this is okay but I don’t think I’ll continue”. Then the end happened and now I’m super invested and want to continue, even if the next book has a different protagonist.

If you’re looking for a quick, borderline guilty pleasure book about faeries, I would recommend checking this one out when it comes out in a few weeks.


I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.