dark emotional medium-paced
dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

This was quite the romance. It was filled with loss & grief, everlasting friendship/ride or die, a love that knocks you off your feet, epic banter & sass, chaos, obsession, love, hope, betrayal, & so much more. 
I love that each of our main characters are complex characters, there is a ton of character growth, & that Kage was the utterly morally gray man that you absolutely loved. 
challenging dark mysterious tense 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

2.5✨
adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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: No
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 I read this book with The Swoony Readers book club. I was fighting a slump pretty much all of July but as soon as I picked up this book I was immediately sucked into the story, and I didn't want to stop reading. This just gave me everything I needed at the time to get me out of my slump. I loved the banter between the Nat and Kage. I also really loved the friendship between Nat and Her best friend Sloan and their interactions together. They were just so funny. The spice was definitely spicing and I loved that too. Was this predictable? Yes, but do I care? Not one bit. My only complaints were that it was a little too insta love for me and I really wanted to see Kage grovel in the end because God knows he needed to. Did either of these issues I had affect my enjoyment of this book in any way, no. Like I said this was just what I was needing. I finished this book wanting to immediately continue with series and that never happens. I bought the book and borrowed the audiobook and as of 7/28 I started reading book two. 
adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was an okay book however I’m not attached whatsoever to the characters and found myself bored throughout the book. Very predictable 
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's a solid steamy smutty romance. The dialogue is funny and I loved the friendship between Nat and Sloane. The main story focuses on the fast pace hidden romance between Kage and Nat. It was enjoyable to read. Not much plot behind it all outside of their romance. Kages instant devotion was charming. It was direct but not a roll your eyes over the top annoying way. I can see why Nat fell in love with him so quickly. You get a glimpse into Kages mafia world but not enough to say there's a huge plot there.