I'm not sure why I'm happy to tolerate worryingly possessive men when Anne Bishop does it since it clearly annoys the hell out of me elsewhere.
I thought the story itself was interesting, but I spent the majority of the book wondering whether I should be rooting for Tor to turn out to be evil or not. If he was evil, that would be the most predictable plot twist in the history of books. If he isn't, that's even more disturbing because he's scarily possessive and buys into a ton of toxins masculinity bullshit that, incidentally, Maya is stuck putting up with because money.
I will probably read the next book on principle and because the actual urban fantasy world is really interesting and compelling and nicely handled. And I hope Tor gets what's coming to him. Ass.