I haven’t read any Lana Ferguson books, so I went into this with no expectations other than a fun paranormal romance involving Scotland and the Loch Ness monster. 

I thought it was fun and cute. I enjoyed the enemies to lovers aspect, as Lachlan was an utter dick to Keyanna and also their families were enemies. 

I enjoyed the mystery aspect.. why was Lachlan trying to uncover secrets on the MacKay farm? Why did Key’s dad move her to the US? Also why was Brodie so weird? I was here for the mystery and the romance. 

Like most cartoon cover romances lately, this definitely had some ramped up spice and it took awhile to get to it, but it was there. I can see why some reviewers felt it was jarring, particularly on the shore, where the author decided to dabble in some monster romance tropes out of nowhere. I didn’t mind, but the pacing did seem off between the rest of the book and the spice, so if it is important to you for everything to mesh well, be warned. 

I loved the concept of the book and I had so much fun reading it, so I definitely recommend, especially if you’re the type of reader who enjoys various subgenres of romance, some comedy, some enemies to lovers, some puzzle/mystery vibes, some monster romance, and a little bit of family drama to spice it up.