aridmj780 's review for:

The Sun and Its Shade by Piper C.J.
1.75
slow-paced

It was fine but then after around 60% mark (very generous guess) slowed to a crawl and I wasn't interested in reading it anymore. It seemed to be extremely drawn out, especially with 3 more books left of the series. Not sure if I'll actually read the rest of it. I was so close DNFing this book. Character development regressed and I actually started to hate Amaris and Nox. I hate the ending and the tropes used.
The smut scene of Amaris and Gad surprised me, altho I kind of had a feeling they would get together for some reason. It just felt off and forced. There really wasn't much need to have their relationship develop into something more than friends/comrades, heck, I honestly was hoping more of an older brother-younger sister relationship. The whole thing felt extremely weird and kind of creepy.