If I did quarter stars, this might be a 4.25! I’m not quite sure if I understand the extreme amount of hype, but I did enjoy this. I can see why it’s often grouped with ACOTAR (fantasy romance with some definite spice), but I liked this way more than that. There seems to be a greater acceptance and mainstreaming of more explicit sex scenes in fiction these days, and I’m all for sex positivity! I also LOVE how this is the second spicy book I’ve read recently that talks about consent, even if briefly. It felt like if you removed dragons and magic from this, you’d just have a modern day enemies to lovers romance in a military school. Personally, I could have used more fantasy, more diving into the magic systems.