I think 2 stars was generous but this is a guilty pleasure read. I enjoyed the plot and the smut but it did read like a bad fanfic.
The sentence structure was so repetitive. The grammar was all over the place and there were glaring errors like random speech marks after non-speech text. There was also a lot of accidental pronoun alterations to ‘him’ instead of ‘her’ which makes me wonder if it was initially drafted as a MLW work and was altered to a WLW one.
The story was solid but JEEZ did it need even a basic edit. It reads like a draft that was never read back over.
Saying that, I hate to admit it but I still enjoyed this???? Maybe I’m still hungover from eating too much at Christmas.
Hot alpha ice queen? Left no crumbs.
I will say this won’t be for everyone, it does read as more dub-con almost non con leaning at times and I would mark it as a captive/dark romance.
Rep// sapphic/wlw central romance.
TW’s listed below, please skip if you don’t want spoilers.
TW// death of parents (past), murder, brief gore, dub con contractual themes, explicit sex scenes.
CW//Spice// dubious consent/ kissing scenes that leaned towards non con, praise kink, alpha/omega dynamics, toy use (strapless strap), oral and fingering, power imbalance (wealth and status.)