I received an eARC of this through NetGalley in exchange for an honest reivew.

3/3.5 stars out of 5.

I really enjoyed the premise of this story and the idea of tattoos having magic really intrigued me. Sadly the story doesn't centre as much on that idea as it does on the romance aspect. I quite liked the characters, I just really wanted there to be a bit more substance to them, they didn't feel fully realised. Their hate to love romance was such a quick turn around it really didn't have any build up to it and was very swift. I would have liked to have learnt more about their differing cultures and beliefs so that we had some true friction and depth to the story. But overall a quick read, with a reasonably steamy scene near the end, so if that is not your thing then you might want to skip this.