I have been waiting and waiting for Septimus to be our MMC and as per usual Broadbent bloody delivered!! That was phenomenal I loved it all!! I am so excited for the last instalment!!! An excellent read! Excellent characters, great arcs! Super super emotional cried at a few different points! The spice came really late but damn it was good spice! Such a good read and well worth the wait!!

Thank you NetGalley and Sophia for the ARC copy i really enjoyed it!

This is one of the more unique takes on the underworld/life after death/after life/Hades and Persephone retellings i have ever read. I was hooked from the first chapter it was so mysterious and intriguing.

I really enjoyed the FMC, especially her personability before she enters the In Between, i found her a slightly deeper person before. In saying that her journey of forgiveness and self discovery through the In Between was beautiful. She had to face so many challenges but all of those that she had to face within herself were so moving. In the last 1/3 of the book it was a touch repetitive but it was a sweet ending.

The MMC was very interesting and i would have loved more time to explore his character the parts we got in the final third were excellent and needed but a touched rushed. The same goes for our key Villain i would have loved more backstory and insight i found them so compelling.

This book for the first 2/3 feels YA and then BOOM when the spice hits it hits. I think because of how long it was more of a closed door feel the first hit of real spice was a bit disorientating (still loved it!!) but after that the adult tones and feelings of the text all fell into place. I had a bit of trouble trying to place the time setting of the world of the living but i think the author was deliberately vague.

I really enjoyed this and would recommend to romantasy readers.

Overall 3⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Enemies to lovers ✅✅✅