I wish that I could say that I loved this, but unfortunately, this was a bit of a disappointing read for me. I came into the story with higher expectations and I do wish that I had read reviews first before reading in so I knew what I was getting with this one. Basically it's beauty and the beast retelling smut. Its also a shorter book as a novella. It's technically a romance, but I just didn't feel the intimacy, lots of hot smexy times though but I was hoping for more relationship stuff in this book. I think it could have happened if the story had been a novel but I do think the author wrote what she intended to write. This will work for many readers, it's just not really my cup of tea. I need the romance, the intimacy, and the relationship-building aspects. I thought it was a solidly written story just didn't deliver what I was expecting from the way readers on Bookstagram were raving about this book. But the retelling aspects were beautifully done and I think this story had some amazing potential. But if you are aware of what you are going into, and smut is what you are wanting, then this book will work for you. And I will be looking at this author's more full length work and see if I can get hooked more into her books, as I did enjoy the writing style that she implements in her storytelling.