The first book in this series was one of the most intense books I have ever read. It also had a horrible cliffhanger, so I was incredibly glad when I got an e-mail with an arc so I could continue reading. Although the world in this book is incredibly cruel, it's also incredibly interesting and rich. I was therefore really excited to see more of the world, the characters and of course the impossible situation the characters are in.

The book picks up where the previous book ended and I was quite surprised how long it took for things to get better again for our characters. A lot of romance novels have the tendency to fix cliffhangers and issues as soon as possible, but this book didn't. Everything the characters had to endure in this book really fit the world we have gotten to know in the first book and the characters in positions of power we have met in the first book.

Since the world in this book is cruel and since we are spending a lot of time with the emperor in his castle, this book is quite heavy and intense, but in a good way. However, it's a really good idea to read the trigger warnings in this book and to really make sure you're okay with them. We all know that eventually things will get better for our characters, but it's clear that until then things can get a lot worse and will get worse.

Because once more Sinclair invented a horrible cliffhanger, but also a cliffhanger that made me really curious about the next book and what's waiting for our heroes and our heroine. I also hope that maybe our heroes might get a little plot for themselves. So far they mostly exist as love interests and everything they do is for our heroine, which is amazing and she deserves it, but I'd love her men to become more than that.

I have my fingers crossed!