3/5 🌶️ 

## Tropes

## 📖 My Thoughts

I had the pleasure of reading this book before release day and it was a wild ride. Book 2 picks up immediately where book 1 of the series ends and the reader is transported into the challenging world of Clearwater Castle. A number of new characters are introduced and they come with their own interesting ideas. 

This book thrusts Sage into a new relationship with a prince who gives all the red flags right from the start all while she is slowly regaining her memories from her previous life. 

Von is trapped in the Spirit Realm and unable to help Sage with the trauma she endures throughout this book. However, the choice of Kot to place Von away from Sage was key to her ability to grow as a character and learn more about her past. 

The ending left me reeling, in tears and totally heartbroken. I’m already begging for book 3 because I have to know what happens. 

Jaclyn Kot drops amazing foreshadowing moments throughout the book but also some fantastic plot twists that the reader won’t see coming. 

## ⚠️ Triggers

Adult language and content, Depression, Sexual harassment/assault, Dubious consent, Domestic abuse and violence, Infertility, Sterilization, Involuntary pregnancy, Drugging, Blood and Gore depiction, Death, Grief and Loss, Captivity and Confinement, Suicide
Graphic violence (to include children), Graphic Torture (to include children, known but not detailed)

## 🌶️ Spice

The spice in this book rivals the first and is so much hotter. There are a few scenes that are extremely descriptive and one scene that includes MMF where the Female is completely aware of what is happening but one of the males is shadowed from what the other male is doing. There is some hint to sexual consent being forced through the FMC being “drugged” by one of the male characters, which may be triggering to some people. 

## 📝 Special Notes

The way that Jaclyn Kot writes completely immerses the reader into the realm of Edenvale and makes it so difficult to put the book down. Though some of the triggers are intense, Kot portrays them in an eloquent way which adds to the story while creating deep connection to her characters. Kot’s ability to weave foreshadowing through the book and even from scenes in book 1 make this series one that I could read over and over again.