I loved this book! Daella is such a strong FMC, and I love her. The world-building was fantastic, and I am excited to read other books in this series! This book makes me want to stay on the island with our MCs. The pacing was perfect. I didn't feel any slow bits, but the last 15% of the book felt jam-packed with revelations and surprises. I loved that the answers to all the book issues were not obvious. I was reading the book and wondering how we would make the HEA work with all the roadblocks in their way! But they get it. I adored the book and the characters; even the side characters were interesting, and I'm hopeful I will learn more about them in the series!

The spice in the book is good, and nothing happens before 60% through the story, so it is a bit of a slow burn :) The spice it does have is so good, and their chemistry is perfect. They are smoking together...well, steaming :)