*2,5 stars*

This didn't work for me for multiple reasons:

First, the fact that the main character is a curse breaker but the book is not fully a paranormal book and it's not the whimsical, slightly magical type of book either. The only "paranormal" element seems to be curses and there's no real explanation as to why, which is frustrating since the main character has a very "scientific" approach to curse breaking. It's like the author couldn't decide how to handle that element of the story.

Second, the characters had more physical chemistry but I didn't fully buy their emotional connection, which is why the i love you's didn't feel realistic.

I did like some things: I liked the characters individually and the few scenes where they had real conversations were actually good, I just wished there were more of that. The steamy scenes were really well written and the Scottish castle was an interesting setting.