I had a great time with this book, although I notified it was a reylo fanfic the first few pages in. It was hard to keep a serious face with the transformation from space ships to actual wooden ships that could fly at first, but the author actually managed to rewrite a lot of the Star Wars stuff like the force, lightsabers and death stars quite well, creating an interesting magic system that thrives on opposites, much like our two main characters.

The enemies to lovers dynamic between Kylo and Rey never disappoints, and the same can be said for Talasyn and Alaric. The struggle of power between their familial elders and rulers made for quite some tense politics, having them be wedged between their duty to their countries and peoples and their own choices in the illusion of freedom that they have.

 The tension kept building up, both during the war fought in the battlefield, the worlds state, and between our two totally not lovers. ‘Hate and passion are two sides of the same coin’ was a quote that was very well placed, and having them navigate their new forced marriage to eachother while simultaneously trying to (and on some parts failing) to stay true to their ideals and hatred for eachother made for quite the read. 

I enjoyed this book very much, and the stunning fairyloot edition sitting on my shelves isn’t going anywhere any time soon. I look forward to the sequel, and perhaps to reading the original fanfiction if I can find it.