This book was really good! The cover really sold me on reading this but there were also so many unique and interesting aspects to this novel. For example, the magic was so cool! I personally love when magic systems have an intricate tie to religion. Colin and Bishop's magics were different in how they channeled it and where it origins from, but together they make an unstoppable pair. I also loved the romance between Colin and Bishop. It was brief and of course a little rushed, but I loved it all the same.

While I did enjoy this book, I found that it was missing that something to make it a five star read for me. Definitely not the length, because I felt this book was the perfect page count. I think maybe the pacing and the tone of the novel could've been faster, if that makes any sense at all. I'm super interested in reading more from this series (and from this author!). Although I am NOT entirely sold on the fact that one of the mc's in the next book is abusive ass Lincoln?? We'll see...