annmarwalk
5/25/2022
Many Goodreads reviewers commented that it read like fanfic, by which I think they meant, "there are lots of sex scenes", and that was true. My difficulty with these types of scenes in original or traditionally published fiction is that I'm not invested in the characters - I don't have an emotional history with their romantic journey. And so I felt the sex scenes slowed down the action here. Also there were very few female characters of consequence until the very end.
On the other hand, there's a very strong sense of place, and place magic, and, oh wow, they pretty much had me at "newly decorated William Morris bedroom". So I will definitely read the sequel.