As per the authors note at the start this didn't seem like it was intended to be a masterpiece of fiction. It felt like the author was having a lot of fun.

my main critique was when Finley was "speaking" to her shift beast there was no indication of speech marks or itallics to differentiate the inner voice and the creature

Is this a Beauty and the Beast retelling- yes. Is there a sickly father/family she is trying to save-yes. Is there a lot of sexual content- yes but not too much from our main character. Nyfain is a mysterious man who we learn alot from during the book with decent pacing on their building tension. I will continue to the next book as the world does interest me and I want to read more of Hadrials crazy dialogue.