I'm waffling on this one.  I really, really liked it.  But I had some not quite major, but more than minor issues with it.  I'm not even sure where to start.

The tone of the book up through 95% was very young adult.  I guess you could call it an extra, super slow burn?  I appreciate the author trying to build the relationships but she isn't. After each intimate interaction between the two MCs, they take two steps back.  At the moment, it doesn't feel like it's furthering the plot.  Which again, take me back to that young adult angsty feeling.  

The infodump and world building was absolute next level.  Guanzon built a beautiful world, but holy cannoli, was I absolutely struggling with this book.  I wanted so bad to get into it because it was interesting, but the constant info dumping kept pushing me away.  I was Googling the author for something random and saw in the Google search the author's name and fanfiction.  So out of curiosity, I searched that too.  Realizing this was a Reylo fic actually made it make sense in my head.  Things started to finally click for me.

A quote from a favorite fanfiction author, InADaze22 once said about one of her fics, "...is a marathon, not a sprint." That's the feel I'm getting from this story too.  The Guanzon will skip months to then slow it waaay down.  I appreciate the character interaction, but by the end of the book, all we had gotten was the enemies married.  The arc was so small I didn't notice it.  They are still acting like enemies so it didn't feel like we got any closure and the ending didn't feel like a cliff.  I don't know.

Overall, I think The Hurricane Wars is beautifully written.  I enjoy all of the characters, even the ones we are supposed to hate.  They are done well.  I want to know where this story goes and how it's resolved so I am absolutely going to keep reading.  I'm hoping the pace picks up.  I truly believe Thea Guanzon will be a future auto-buy author for me.