I really enjoyed this second book! Honestly, this book gets A Lot Done. The first book is a lot of setup and the plot is really chugging along in this one. I was worried with the set up to the first book that the main characters would spend the whole book apart, but that isn't the case at all! Also, you get lonan's perspective in this one, so even while they are apart you are getting to see what is happening with each of them and also getting a lot of additional context on lonan and what was happening for him in book 1. Also, memory shenanigans! I love a plot that involves one half of a romance forgetting the other and this book executed on it deliciously. The smut continues to be good as well if that's what you are here for!

I also really like that the unseelie and seelie are both distinctly fae and their rulers each are their own type of monstrous that fits their court's vibe. I read a lot of bad books as a teenager where the unseelie were "evil" and the seelie were "good" and that isn't at all the case here. Lily Mayne's worldbuilding is one of my favorite parts of her books I've read so far. She always makes non-human societies still feel like fully alive cultures and it deeply compels me. I also love watching Ash become more and more fae and lose his humanity. I always love when fae operate on more of an orange/blue rather than black/white morality system. It's just a completely different set of rules and morals and worldview and I find that fun!

I was braced for another cliffhanger, but this book ends satisfyingly on a HFN situation. I'm looking forward to the last book, but not feeling the urgent need to stay up till an ill advised hour to jump right into it which is nice! I continue to be deeply invested in Ash and Lonan and look forward to reading the conclusion of their story!