I loved the ending soooo much that I almost gave it 5 stars but then I remembered the things at the beginning that had bugged me and realized that realistically it’s a 4.5. Still super good!!! I’m just very picky with my 5 stars and this didn’t meet the criteria. 

I know a lot of people love this book and have so much good to say about it, but I’m going to give you the bad. (I don’t think these are spoilers at all, but if you think even the smallest things can spoil then I’d stop reading here🙂)

First, I actually cannot count how many times they talked about how “petit” and “tiny” and “frail” Violet is. Like, we get it, move on. 

Second, Xaden’s nickname Violence just never really did it for me. I don’t know why, but I just don’t like it. 

Also how come they didn't even consider a saddle until she had fallen off of her dragon DOZENS of times!!! Like, 5 or 6 DOZEN times. That bugged me. 

Finally, I didn’t love the smut. The descriptions just felt gross to me. The rest of the romance was great!! Just not the sex scenes. Oh and

in the last chapter when Violet finally woke up and we’re in Xaden’s POV I HATED SO MUCH that he was already thinking about ripping her clothes off and pleasuring her. Like, SHE ALMOST DIED. SHE COULD STILL DIE. And your first thought is “man, she’s sexy. I should go down on her.” Yeah, no thanks. 

Haha this was a much longer review than I usually give, so forgive me. And I know it seems like I was complaining a lot, but it was actually really good!!! I cannot WAIT to read the next ones!