5⭐️ usually angst and avoidance pissing me off... this was DELICIOUS! | tropes: marriage of convenience, MMF, angst | high steam | digital 

🩶 Stella is so kind and vulnerable I loved her character so much and I loved seeing her come into her own and take what she wanted. 

🩶 Remy is a menace in all meanings of the word and I loved him. He is manipulative and so afraid of being vulnerable while also so desperate to scheme his way into claiming those he loves.

🩶 Ben is conflicted. He has feelings for Stella and Remy but doesn't want to abandon his family to join a new family where is position is unstable. 

🖤 I loved how the relationship between all three of them developed. They all wanted each other so bad but also had to play this game of give and take with one another. 

🖤 The plot with the fae and gaining the trust of the territory was actually interesting.  There was just enough of it to add tension and stakes but not so much that it distracts from the romance.

🖤 I LOVED the angst!!! It was done so well. They were all desperate for each other but also wanted to protect their hearts from more pain. Even when I was pissed a character I understood them and why they behaved the way they did and felt so much empathy for each of them. I loved their love and the growth they all went through throughout this book and I cried at the end because I really felt like they deserved to be loved and cared for.