No matter what happened after this, in this moment Graeme Hewitt was mine.

Reasons why I normally wouldn’t have liked a book like this:
- the MCs are both really young
- they’re in school
- it’s enemies to lovers

It honestly didn’t affect my enjoyment at all. I absolutely LOVED it. I dreaded finishing the book because I didn’t want it to end. Enemies to lovers is never something I seek out, but when it’s done well? So worth it. The progression of their relationship, fights and all, felt really believable. And in a book with witches, demons and necromancers it was nice to have that realistic aspect. A little bit impressive, too.

I liked both MCs a lot, but I have a soft spot for Cassius. He suffered so much for things he never did, and it broke my heart a little bit (actually cried in the grocery store, not cool).

It’s a Romeo & Juliet retelling, but I don’t actually know that story so it didn’t matter to me at all, lol. If I hadn’t read about it being a retelling in the blurb I wouldn’t have known at all.

The stars incline us, they do not bind us

Anyway, run and read this. Or listen. I did, and JF Harding did a great job narrating it.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Romeo & Juliet retelling
Private Academy
Dark academia
Enemies to lovers
Dark romance
Paranormal
Happy ending
Heterochromia
Fast burn
Feuding families
Witches
Necromancer
Hate sex
Flip-fucking
First time topping
Solving a mystery
Fighting demons

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Alcohol consumption
Explicit sexual content
Underage drinking
MC injured by other MC (pre relationship)
Few details of decapitated murder victim
Death of family members (past)
Blood consumption
Unsafe sex
Dubious consent
Drug use — smoking — for necromancy
Vomiting
Severely injured SC — burns
Death of side character (MC’s friend)
Graphic violence
Death of family member (on page)
MC accidentally killing SC in self defense
Animal cruelty (murder of crows killed off page)
Injured MC
Violence between MCs
Harry Potter reference
Parent suicide (off page, current time — details, hexed by other witch)

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: Weeks without contact after fight — after hooking up, before defining relationship
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Paranormal romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 18 and 19
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 394
Happy ending: Yes


And there I stood — dick out, pants undone, chest heaving, watching the boy of my dreams step over the pile of books and turn the corner like he didn’t just come in and wreck my fucking world.

“My brain is confused. All I know is that you are all I can think about these days. You’re driving me crazy, Cash. It’s like nothing in the world makes sense until you come around, then everything feels… right.”