Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.75/5Before I get attacked, I'm a newer romantasy reader and this book was daunting to start strictly because so many people hyped it up one thing about me is I will read any popular booktok book (bc FOMO).I think after finishing it and really letting the book settle in my brain, I would raise my rating to a solid four stars but immediately after reading it I would give it a 3.75.I felt like I was forcing myself to get through the first half of the book and this was the longest it's taken me to read a book in a long time. Don't get me wrong, it's a chonky book but usually, if I'm intrigued and interested I would've read this quicker.Let's talk about the world. I really enjoyed the world building and I'm a sucker for a fae romantasy. Was I confused through like 30% of the book? Yes. I definitely just powered through and pretended I understood what was going on.Character thoughts:I'm just gonna put it out there that I did not like Saeris for a majority of the book and that could just be me honestly. I just felt like in the beginning she was a badass and then once she met Kingfisher she like lost her *sparkle.* I don't know how to explain it but I usually love a FMC with attitude but the only reason I liked her character was because she kept Onyx.As for Kingfisher, I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I also had a hard time accepting his name because I kept giggling every time I read it especially when characters just called "fisher" or "fish." This was crazy because I'm a sucker for a dark hair, fae, broody MMC and I just couldn't understand his stance (probably due to not having his POV). In the end, I ended up coming around and appreciating him but it was definitely a process.I just had an inkling about Carrion and I can't wait for his character to be developed more in the next book. Also, where'd Onyx go in the latter half of the book...I missed him!I am looking forward to the next book! I hope in the next book we get more information on Hayden.