This is hands down the worst book I've read in 2021 so far. I can't believe it was published this year, it read like a 2005 fanfiction of someone who was just starting with writing (including phrases like "their tongues battled for dominance", ugh). It was boring, the plot was running in circles, the worldbuilding didn't make much sense (when you have a couple that is fated, they are mates and they are in love, I'd appreciate if you at least explained what the differences were, not just repeated it ad nauseam), and there were plot holes the size of main character's ego.

Speaking of ego, it was the only plot this book had. The main character was wronged by his loved one and he could not get over it. He would literally rather die than move on. And it gets repeated for 200 pages. Again. And again. I wanted to kill him halfway through the book. Or maybe myself, for not putting the book down sooner.