Let me start off by saying this was the Elaine, Tamlin, Azriel/Lucien fanfiction I did not ask for. 

I struggled so much to finish this book - I didn't hate it in the end but damn I was annoyed while reading it for like 90% of the time.

Every person I saw recommend this said enemies to lovers where they try and kill each other a lot. Categorically untrue lol they each get one attempt in before the insta-lust kicks in. 

It's also a love triangle - WHICH IS MY LEAST FAVORITE TROPE EVER. It may be my bad for not doing more research, but as soon as Vane is introduced I looked at all the reviews to see who was gonna be the main dude cause my brain can't take it. 

This book also needed quite a bit more editing, the "sentence time travels" drove me crazy. Like when you're reading and accidently end up skimming and all of the sudden the characters are in a different location or doing something wildly different than they were a second ago - so you think.. oh I must have missed something! In most cases the transition is there and I just missed it - but in this instance it just wasn't there. I felt like constant whip-flash. 

Vane's character confused me the whole time, and he never got a redemption - but it was written as if he was forgiven without any conversation. Like he was supposed to be in love with Morana the whole time, but then how could he have been sincere? This is why I hate love triangles.

 

Also did Daylia ever know about the murder or Mildred's parents? Cause how she was written I think the fuck not! Does every character in this book have multiple personality disorder? It just doesn't make any sense lol

Honestly the plot could have been really good - I like the dragon thing shifter aspect a lot. But it was so rushed - and obliviously I did not have a good time.