I'm COMPLETELY unwell over this story in the best possible way, and I LOVED every second of it. The twists came one after another, the adrenaline was never slowing down, and I stayed glued to every single page like my life was depending on it. Maddox absolutely destroyed me, and also my standards while I was falling harder and harder for him. I was completely obsessed with him and his morally grey, broken, dangerous hacker personality who was carrying too many sins and too much history, and yet I was still soft for him every time he was letting his guard slip. He never pretendend to be a hero, and that was exactly why he was working so well for me. He was intense, protective, emotionally wrecked and painfully loyal, and I was eating up every messy, complicated layer of him. He was my baby, and I fully stand by him. Vivien was everything I was craving in a FMC . She was sharp, competent and stubborn, and she was incredibly real. I resonated with her and her independency SO much. She was angry when she deserved to be angry, she was making mistakes and owning them, and she was never shrinking herself just because Maddox was standing in front of her. Their chemistry made me absolutely feral. It was INSANE how quicky they clicked and how freaking good they were together. I was honestly losing my mind over the fact that hacking banter was doing this to me. The emotional tension was constantly wrapping around every dangerous moment, and felt the yearning, the hesitation and the vulnerability slipping in between betrayals, and corporate conspiracies. Their trauma was shaping the way they were moving through the world, but it was never defining who they were. The writing felt intelligent and deliberate the entire time, controlled like both characters were. The pacing stayed sharp, the stakes were constantly rising, and every sequence was pushing the story forward instead of dragging it down. The side characters were everything. I'm already getting emotionally attached to all of them, and I desperately want more from them. And the spice was absolutely delivering. My gosh, I had to fan myself a couple of times. Nothing felt random or excessive. The intimate moments were deepening the connection between the characters. By the end, I didn't want Maddox and Vivien go. Absolutely loved!!