I had really high hopes for this story - Ezekiel has been such an interesting side character in so many of Lark’s books, but this one just didn’t work for me. I’ll likely be in the minority here, however Zeke and Sam’s story wasn’t a favorite of mine. 

Zeke and Sam meet via an online game when they’re paired up randomly and their relationship grows over time from acquaintances to friends to more than friends, but Zeke’s hesitant to meet because he doesn’t want to potentially be disappointed that they’re not mates. I think only being told about those early conversations made me feel disconnected from them in the present - I wasn’t invested in their relationship. Things progress quickly once circumstances bring them together and there’s a lot of back and forth, hiding true natures, keeping the fated mate situation a secret and trying to adjust to living with the Seraphim. 

Unfortunately I felt like there was a lot of telling that happened in the story - telling about what triggers are, telling about panic attacks, telling about feelings, but I wanted to see things, how they played out, how they developed. It took me out of the story more than a few times and made me a bit frustrated that I didn’t get to know Zeke and Sam as well as I expected. It left me wanting more from the story and more depth from the characters beyond them being fated mates and understanding each other. We missed a lot of their relationship development in the beginning and I think that’s a huge contributing factor to me feeling pretty indifferent about this story. 

I did really enjoy getting to see more of the Seraphim and the glimpses of some of our favorite demons, so those parts really made me happy. I’m hopeful for the rest of the series and am curious to see who these angels will fall for when it’s their turn.