tbh it’s prob like a 2 but i’m going to give it a 3. kinda weird writing (like, misused words?), and i didn’t quite buy the character and relationship arcs. even for fated mates i didn’t really believe in them — he didn’t ever seem to not be a bit too much alphahole for me? but! i loved her and the secondary characters are great! tbh i might continue anyway! thus the 3!

this was too short for the story it's trying to tell. too much focus on insignificant details and needed more focus on character dev.

while i do think i would have benefited from reading the iron & works series (because there were SO MANY of those characters in this book and i couldn't differentiate them), i still enjoyed the story between the two MCs! lots of heavy stuff here, so check the CWs, but IMO it was handled well!