This felt even less memorable than the first one

I like seeing a medical main character, it was nice to have him be so upfront to her about helping her too. Him patiently and consistently showing how he wouldn't hurt cat was adorable and so sweet and important

I like that Cat took initiative to try to earn her place on the ship, and that Tarekh let her be helpful too. There was something about the transition of feelings on Cat's part that wasn't amazing?

I thought it was good / interesting to show a captive who had been abused / hurt-- often I feel like these books open with a person who is yet to be harmed and saved in the nick of time, which has never struck me as very realistic

I thought it was interesting to gender swap and have the main male character be the one who thought that they were ugly and needing reassurance by the female main character

In the end I liked how much cat trusted him, to even agree to go to a bar with a collar on to be able to have sexy foreplay there. I thought it was a fun element to make Tarekh be a slob, this was a characteristic to help him stand out. Some reviewers complained the pace was too slow/ it was hard to accomplish a slow burn in so few pages. I agree that I wanted more book, but also I liked him pining without pressuring, and to allow Cat to come around at her own pace