3.96 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The amount of twists in this book kept me hooked the entire time and I couldn’t wait to finish but didn’t want it to end. Romance Fantasy based in Philadelphia with a 30 year old bi journalist woman main character and an immortal king is exactly what readers need. 
adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a thoroughly enjoyable read! Already looking forward to the second book in Dec!
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was a bit too long for me with how much detail was written, BUT I do think this would make an excellent TV show because of all the details and descriptions!! 
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Every so often a book comes around that inspires you as much as it breaks you. That draws you into the sweetness of triumph as easily as it plunges you into the depths of sorrow.
And👏🏻this👏🏻is👏🏻that👏🏻book👏🏻

I recommened you go into this one blind because honestly? Nothing will prepare you for the journey you're going to take anyway 😂
This story is filled with longing and heartache and sadness and rage. The FMC is in her 30s and ya'll, her ass is tired. The MMC is an immortal fey king who is also tired. The world is torn in 2, nothing is at it seems and yet at its heart, BTAD asks you to look deeper. 

So many times while reading this, I found myself questioning what was real and what wasn't. It was easy to get consumed by the story and the cycle of love and loss our characters go through. 

I will be impatiently waiting for book 2 while staring at a blank wall.

grcml's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 54%

I am in an awful reading slum and I just did not care about the characters. I also felt lost with the plot and was not invested. I always say that I want to try to read this again, but I never do… 

Urban fantasies aren't usually my thing, but this was so engaging. Great mythology, interesting settings and otherworldly pieces. Definitely excited to continue this story in the next installment