This was my least favorite of the books from this series, but I still enjoyed it. Marius’s character intrigued me enough in The Company of Fiends that I wanted to read his story, but it was surprisingly underwhelming (not to the point of being like BAD or anything, just, not as exciting as I imagined it’d be).

This might stem from my overall apathy toward the “virgin FMC gets taught how to sex by experienced MMC” trope. I don’t hate it, but it doesn’t excite me. I think Kathryn Moon still did it pretty well here.

Being someone who can see, I can’t speak to whether or not Lillian’s blindness is handled well, but I certainly always appreciate disability representation. It was nice that Marius was so willing to offer Lillian freedom, and never seemed to infantilize her. 

Overall this was a fun, short read.