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I'm a bit torn so far.
On the one hand, the protagonists have some loaded history, which makes for a high UST potential. Also, this is all quite quirky, which I like.
On the other hand, the writing is a bit hard to get into. There are lots of interruptions in the narration. Constantly new chapters with these cryptic log entries at the beginning.

I'm supposed to steal the Baldasshi's impeccable sense of style.

What kind of fuckery job is this for an Emperor's agent? O.O I mean, I'm still thinking this is some code for a super secret spy stuff or something, but... To steal a style, yeah... Let's see how that will work O.o

The familiar, smug, attitude made Les want to chuck something at the back of Royce's dark head. Or wrestle him to the ground and kiss him till he couldn't breathe.

I could do with the latter, thank you.

But nothing could have prepared him for Royce Ree. Who is a nightmare so detailed, so absorbing, that you wake from him, gasping in remembered fear, then long to go back to sleep so you enter that twisted landscape again.

"The Empire has survived wars, supernovae, democracy, and the collapse of a neighbourhood universe. Let us hope it survives the good intentions of Agent Royce Ree."

-personal communication to the Emperor
Author unknown