Overall, I found this read enjoyable! However, I do feel it was lacking in quite a few aspects.

What I Liked

The world-building in this book was a unique take on the (often overdone) medieval European-inspired setting. Without spoiling it, I think there were twists and turns I appreciated, even if they weren't executed perfectly.

I also thought Sir Cameron was an interesting take on the classic egotistical "Prince Charming" knight. His main motivator was his intense phobia of death, and he had no shame in groveling if it meant his survival. He was a people pleaser who wasn't very good at people pleasing, and I think it gave his character some depth. I really was sympathetic to his situation.

What Didn't Work For Me

The book failed to reach any emotional highs and lows, despite the perils the characters faced. I never felt they were truly in danger, even when I should have. The danger they faced didn't last very long, and it had little emotional impact on the characters.

The emotional plateau was also true for the romance. Once our two main characters were "together," their relationship didn't develop. This, paired with anticlimactic action, made it kind of boring. The origins of their relationship was also lackluster, and I just couldn't get emotionally invested.

I felt like there were a lot of elements introduced with very little follow-through. There were two specific things the summary promised and didn't deliver: the kinky shenanigans and Cameron's support in Merulo's mission (which isn't a big deal, but I did have certain expectations because of the summary).

[talking about sex dynamics below]

Since the summary cheekily mentioned Cameron discovering he liked being locked up and told what to do, I thought we would get some fun dynamics between Merulo and Cameron. However, I found the few playful flirting scenes to be short and repetitive. There was a lot of talk and not a lot of action. And I don't necessarily need sex scenes (everything was behind closed doors, with only mentions of foreplay), but I expected it to be more creative and flirty. Throughout the book we merely got characters making fun of Cameron for getting a boner every time he was threatened with physical violence. They also kept saying how weird and freaky he was for getting turned on. If you're trying to convince me he's a freak, just show me.

[sex talk is over now]

The summary made it sound like the mission to kill God would be more collaborative, but Cameron was a reluctant henchperson at his most supportive. I also don't feel like we were given enough reason to root for Merulo. I would have liked more conversation about whether he was doing the right thing, but it was only touched on briefly.

This is definitely more of a personal preference, but I wish Merulo would have started off actually intimidating. Instead, he is portrayed as a scrawny nerd from the beginning. I think it would have been more rewarding if he was scary at first and then his walls came down to reveal his true nature.

My ramblings are getting pretty long so I'll try to wrap this up, oops!

In general, I think many deeper themes were brought up and dropped instead of being explored which left me feeling unsatisfied.

TLDR;

This was a fun, light-hearted read, but it failed to deliever on some of its more interesting elements. If you just want something a little silly, you might like this book! I didn't hate it, but it didn't quite hit that sweet spot for me personally.

Happy reading!