I had high hopes for this highly-rated enemies to lovers narrative but felt slightly let down. Whilst I did enjoy the suspense of their letter writing in the beginning of the novel and the excitement with their romance, this was eclipsed by my disappointment in the rest of the story. There is very little world building for a book so grounded in fantasy and little information about the backstory of the war until the second half of the book. This gave it a faster pace but left me feeling lost at times. In contrast, the second half of the book had very little romance and too much war - it was so fast paced it was as though every sentence was "and then..." "and then..." "and then..." whilst the characters barely interact. Rebecca Ross knows how to write love letters and suspense, I enjoyed it, but with further revision I believe it could have been improved.