I was lucky enough to receive an arc of this through NetGalley

I enjoyed certain aspects of this a lot.

I'm always a sucker for forbidden love and this has it front and center which is a really big hook. It could have been drawn out and handled a little more delicately to draw readers into it more, but overall it was good!

I can never get enough trans and non binary representation in books, so this definitely gets a big thumbs up on that front as there is plenty of it here!

The supernatural themes were all really fun and intriguing. I got Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes from the storyline and characters which was perfect!

I really enjoyed the intimate scenes between Ashly and Rias, I think they were handled very well and there was just enough spice to fit the length of the book in my opinion.

Regarding the negatives, I feel like the whole story would benefit from a bit more world building and character development. As much as I wanted to love some of the characters, especially the kick-ass fmcs, I never really felt it because I still don't really feel like I know them. The same goes for some of the side characters, most have them had so much potential to be amazing, but fell a little short for me.