This is the first book I've read by Kris Ripper and, although it wasn't 100% my thing, I'll likely look for others. The story premise is excellent, the main characters and character development good, the secondary characters lovely, the nonbinary rep handled well, the slow-burn exquisite, and the Grand Gesture treated just as I always think Grand Gestures should be treated. The plotting was a little uneven and the narration is very, very voicey. If you love our chaotic mess of a prince, PK, you're going to love the book, but if you don't, woe is you. Because this is very much PK's perspective on this story. If I'm being honest, I did love our chaotic mess of a PK, but I definitely could've used some more from Art, too. I don't think it needed full dual timeline, but more dialogue between them would've set me up nicely.