Honestly thought this wasn't going to live up to the hype (like so many others that have come before) but this absolutely 100% does! Felt this deeply. 

I just wish there was more focus on the mc's. I liked the shifting povs but I also wanted their relationship to be more fleshed out and not just focused on when they were in the heat of it. Still good! I started this with a lump in my throat - I  swallowed and now it is in my heart. I want to read books in this vein. Like this. 

** unrelated but i love how cleopatra is a bit of a coco mellors self-insert.