I am a big fan of the works of Stacy Reid and it is no wonder when she writes books like The Wolf and The Wildflower. What an original premise for a book. The wolf, James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton, has been lost in the frozen Canadian wilderness for ten years but was miraculously found and returned home. Having thought him mentally unstable, his mother hires Dr. Southby, a psychologist to treat him and determine his mental capability. The wildflower, Mr. Jules Southby, is a learned psychologist of her own right except.... Jules has been posing for all the world as a man for the past twenty-three years of her life with no one the wiser except her mother. I loved the tension and the empathy, Reid creates in her writing. She makes you feel a part of the story, almost as if you live it yourself. This is definitely one of those books you will read over and over again! Two thumbs way up!

I would like to thank Entangled Publishers for the advanced review copy. It in no way influenced my opinion of the book.

I finished this book at 5.26 am as I just could not put it down. If you have never read a book by Stacy Reid then I highly recommend that you change that. I have loads of 'bestest' authors and could not pick a favourite, as they all have something that makes them special however I think if I got off the fence, I would have to say that Stacy is my all-time top writer, and this is why. Every single book of hers has a unique tale. I read hundreds of historical romance books every year and often the story might be slightly similar to another because let’s face it how many different ways can you write a HEA in a certain era? Stacy manages to have something that just catches me and holds me through the whole book. I am going out on another limb and I think that The Wolf and the Wildflower might just be the best HR that I have ever read. It had a story so unique that it has taken me a whole day to digest it and revel in the details that only a truly gifted author could imagine and then transfer to words and share. The way that she has so cleverly taken James’ 10 years of survival and written about his sense of smell, impressed me. How mind doctors were becoming a science and what Jules picked up when she looks at people, the relationship between father and son, BUT the best thing is the chemistry and the romance between our heroes, rounded off with steam enough to burn.. I clamber to read Stacy’s books and am honoured to be an ARC reviewer, this way I can read the story and digest it without any other opinions tainting the relationship I have with Stacy, her words and my imagination.

The Wolf and the Wildflower by Stacy Reid

Sometimes authors are so creative with their twists and turns. Stacy Reid’s newest book, The Wolf and the Wildflower is just that - creative with twists and turns. The two main characters are interesting humans who are forced into interesting roles. James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton was lost for over 10 years. He had been stranded in the Yukon territory and all hope had been lost - until he was found. Now he has a short time to be “re -civilized” before being reintroduced to society. The newspapers with the huge stories of his life haven't helped him.

Promising psychologist Jules Southby and his prominently famous father have been asked to come in and help assess the Duke’s sanity. Instead of allowing Dr Southby to work with him, James only wants to work with Jules. Somehow he managed to see through the disguise unlike anyone else; Jules is a female!

All her life, Jules has masqueraded as a male. Although she didn’t know for years and later didn’t understand, she knew she had opportunities that other females did not. She learned to use stage makeup and a fake mustache. He knew and did not tell, provided she helped him. She agreed and so the plot line really became more twisted.

I enjoyed reading the book and found myself cheering for Jules and James. The Wolf and the Wildflower by Stacy Reid was a good read.

I have read this author before and really liked her books. This one did not work for me. I was not a fan of the gender-bending theme. I really, really disliked Jules' parents. Her mother was horrible to do what she did to her child.

Can we talk about all the inner monologue's? Every time either MC had what the author wanted to be some important thought it had to be italicized and made to seem so important. There were so many. I found it really made the flow of the book hard to digest.

Stacy Reid’s writing is phenomenal, and she has consistently been one of my favorite writers of historicals. Unfortunately, this premise just wasn’t for me. It’s well-written and well-structured, but the story didn’t grab me the way all of her other work has.

This was an interesting premise. I found that I generally liked the book. This is a good author who knows how to craft an interesting story.

Jules "Julianna" Southby was born a girl, but masqueraded as a man her entire life. She attended medical school and is training to become a professional psychologist and is expected to take over her father's medical practice. James Winters, the Duke of Wulverton, was presumed dead but was actually lost in the remote wilderness of North America for a decade. He is found and brought back to England to claim his dukedom. Jules is hired by the duke's mother to ascertain his mental well-being and to encourage him to re-enter "polite" society. James immediately sees through Jules' disguise, and the two develop a relationship as they both explore their true selves and try to identify the paths their lives will ultimately take.

This was a very entertaining forbidden love story. I fully expected a dramatic reveal of Jules' true identity, but the plot took a different route, which was refreshing! It does take some suspension of disbelief to read this book; Jules somehow manages to keep her sex completely hidden from everyone except her mother for her entire life, but somehow James immediately knows she's not as she appears. James also has this super-sensor nose that can detect every scent note and befriended actual wolves in the wild, which seems a little implausible, but I rolled with it. I do wish we learned a little bit more about 1) Why James went exploring in the first place and 2) How he was found and rescued. This is definitely an angsty romance because the threat of being caught as lovers as well as Jules' hidden identity hangs over the entire plot. As usual, Stacy Reid writes excellent sex scenes, and this one did not disappoint!

Thank you to the publisher (Entangled) for the ARC via NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

I love a good regency romance but hadn't yet read any by Stacy Reid before. And this one has such a unique story. James has returned home after being lost at sea and surviving in the wilderness for years. His family needs to present him to the Queen and prove he is a true Duke. Jules has secretly lived her life as a male and is called upon to assist James in his re-acclimation to society.

I felt so bad for James because his family was pushing so hard for him to be “normal” and they only cared about their reputation, and not him. I really enjoyed the conversations between James and Jules - I wish there was more of that rather than paragraphs of what they each were thinking. That made some chapters drag for me, but other than that it was an interesting story.

For when you're vibing with... Tarzan but make it wolves, cross dressing in romance, a hero and heroine who trust each other implicitly, SCENTING HER AROUSAL, and just... balls to the wall, no holds barred fantasy.

Jules Southby is a promising young psychologist--with a secret. Since Jules's birth, her mother has disguised her as a boy, to the point that her own father very much thinks he has a son. Jules has known she's a woman for some time--and a part of of her wants to abandon her disguise. But another part of her enjoys the privileges she's been granted as a man. Her world is thrown off-kilter when James, the Duke of Wulverton, long thought lost at sea, is discovered. After living with wolves for a decade, James acts more like a beast than a man. But Jules believes that she can crack the inner workings of his mind; the question is, will she lose everything she's worked for in the process?

So obviously, this is kind of insane--in the most delightful possible way. WOLF DUKE DUKE OF WULVERTON. I had so much fun with it. Let's get into it.

Quick Takes:
--Yes, he did live among wolves, yes, he can speak (because he was actually 18 when he met said wolves). There are big Tarzan vibes with this one, but in a very toned down way. James can function as a human on a surface level, but he's lost all manners (and all taste for them) and he is very, very skittish and touchy around people. Also, he's much more reliant on his sense of hearing and ESPECIALLY his sense of smell, than he once was... which means he's become a bit less than appropriate among polite company.

--What this means is that James smells Jules. A lot. He immediately can smell, once he's gotten a proper whiff, that she is a woman. He is really into smelling her. Especially one particular part of her. If that turns you off, then go with God, but I was absolutely loving every inappropriate second of it. That's the thing about Stacy Reid--she just doesn't give a fuck. Stacy Reid sees y'all going "BUT A DEWK WOULD NEVER" and just goes "well this one's gonna", typing away. She does what she wants, and I admire it. It makes for a very fun, fast-paced read.

--I debated a little if I felt like Jules's story read as like... offensive? Because I could definitely see the room for error on a gender level, as Jules has been raised as a man. The thing is that Jules's mother fully knows she isn't one, and they keep this as a secret between the two of them. And then everyone else just assumes she's a man. (SHE WEARS A FAKE MUSTACHE!!!) Never did it feel like Jules's mother attempted to convince Jules to be a man, simply to live like one and trick everyone into thinking she was one. Compare this to extremely harmful experiments in which researchers and parents attempted to force kids to be a certain gender (and horrible things people today do with trans kids)--and I think therein lies the difference. Jules is not being forced to do anything; once she realized she was a girl in childhood, she identified as a girl, and she is very much faking being a man. There is no confusion on her part or her mother's about what she is.

For sure I see some bioessentialism in the idea that he can smell her and go "that's pussy for sure", and that is how he knows she's a woman... It just reads more as a plot device than a statement to me. But your mileage may vary on this one, and I would definitely think about that before reading if you feel it could be triggering. The gender aspect of the plot is pretty surface level in an old school kind of way (in many aspects, this book is VERY old school).

--What I really did like about this book was how much James and Jules connected. Yes, there was an inherent carnality to their interactions (more on that below) but I also felt like... Her being able to understand him, and respecting his boundaries in a way that nobody else really did, was a huge part of it. Much of the conflict, aside from the whole "I want to pretend to be a man for perks but also I'm in love with this guy who needs a wife" thing, is about James functioning differently. I didn't feel like Jules really wanted to change him--she knew how to accommodate his needs and work with them. She accepted him; and I found their talks in the woods, their time alone together (which nobody batted an eye at because hey, everyone thinks Jules is a guy) really sweet.

--The ending is pretty neat and kind of anticlimactic. I didn't really expect it not to be; this is a quick read, the solutions are fairly clear, it's really about the characters getting to them. Nonetheless, I could have used a bit more work on James's part for Jules, though I really don't super know how he would've done that... It just felt needed. And one issue not related to the couple was a resolved a bit too smoothly for my liking. Neither issue pissed me off, but I did notice them.

The Sex Stuff:
Stacy Reid writes a hot historical romance, and this one is no exception. You get all the foreplay here, several vaginal sex scenes, and honestly? Not all that much standard missionary, which seems appropriate because like--come on. What position do y'all think Wolf Duke is gonna prefer? C'mon. Good boy, Wolf Duke!

They were also very sweet and romantic, too? A lot of Jules discovering her body, a lot of Jules getting in touch with her true self? A lot of intimacy beyond sex? (And yes, he does love... sniffing her. I wasn't mad at it.)

Look, if you can't suspend your disbelief for some things... a lot of things... you won't enjoy this. Don't pick this book up and then come crying to Your Book Review Website of choice about how implausible this is, because my God, you read that fucking summary. Let's all be adults here. But if you understand that and are in the mood for something kind of rollicking and old school and quick, I recommend The Wolf and The Wildflower. I had fun. Don't we deserve some fun?

Thanks to Netgalley and Entangled for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I like this author, but had some trouble getting over the two main topics running through the plot. The first was that of a young woman who had been treated and dressed as a boy since birth, her gender known only to her mother as a way to keep her father appeased that they had finally had a "son". The MFC, Jules, only became aware of her gender when she was 12, and she and her mother continued to keep it a secret through her early adulthood. I believe the author based Jules--who went to school to study psychology--on Margaret Ann Bulkley, who disguised herself as a man in the 1800's in order to become a surgeon. Her gender wasn't revealed until death. However, Bulkley didn't start disguising herself until she was on her own in life. I found Jules's situation unrealistic and also deeply sad. Although Jules has been able to pursue a field that women would not have been able to at the time, what kind of parents would deprive their own daughter of her sense of sexuality and identity?

The next topic is that of psychology and the MMC's , James's, behavior. While there was lab exploration going on the the 1880's, psychology didn't really become a field of study or popular within the general public until about a decade later and into the early 1900's. Wundt did get the field started, but it was largely unknown in Britain and didn't become big until Freud. Also, James was on his own in the wilderness from the ages of 18-28, so while the idea of not liking a lot of touch and people around is realistic, it's not as if he was a child when lost. It's hard to believe that his behavior would have been so feral in certain scenes. At the same time, his mother's demands that he comport himself within the standards of the ton and marry a wife in just a few months is ridiculously unrealistic. And though Jules does work with him a bit as a therapist, most of her therapy is of the sexual variety (I know this is a romance, but still) and her talk of boundaries is very anachronistic. (I have a background in therapy, so maybe that's why it bothers me so much.) There's a mention of retrospection (I think the term that was meant to be used was introspection) but that's about it.

Positives: I did like the chemistry between the MC's, and the sex scenes were steamy--a bit more than I was expecting, really. Also, the descriptions of nature and takes on society from James's perspective flowed well.

I appreciate that the author took some chances here. If the book had been set a few decades later than it was, had more realistic relationships between the MC's and their parents, and included some early therapy techniques, my rating would definitely be higher.

I read an advanced reader copy of this book. Opinions are my own. Thank's to the author, publisher, and Net Galley for this opportunity.

The Wolf and the Wildflower - Stacy Reid

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️,5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️,5/5

Where in the hell do I start with this angst-central book. It was so different and wild and I loved it.

Read if you like:
- angst, lots of angst
- Pining! So much pining!
- Came back from the ‘dead’
- Secret identity
- More angst and pining!

This book opens with a woman almost dying in childbirth for the second time. She is desperate for a boy because her husband will not stop trying until they succeed. When the child is born the husband assumes it is a boy, however when he is out to celebrate it, the midwife tells the woman that it is in fact a girl. The midwife tells her she should pretend for 5 years that the girl is a boy to prevent the husband from trying to conceive a boy again because the woman will not survive another pregnancy and childbirth.

The book then moves forward 23 years (!!!) and Jules has been hiding the fact that she is a woman for all that time. It gave her the chance to go to university and study psychology just like her father and acting as a man gave her lots of freedoms women didn’t have. But, she had to give up a lot as well. Her father still doesn’t know she is a woman. I was so sad for Jules that she also craves just being touched because she can’t allow herself to be touched. Afraid it might alert people that she actually is a woman.

Queue the Duke of Wolverton. He has been missing for over a decade in the Canadian wilderness but by some stroke of luck he was found and finally taken back to England to reclaim the dukedom. The approval of the queen that he is not bewildered, but sane of mind is if pertinent importance because his title is at risk.
His mother is desperate for him to get that approval and calls in the help of Jules’ father. Jules’ father decides that it is the right time for her to join him and learn from him in practice.

I loved that the duke knew almost right away that Jules was a woman just by her scent! And then his astonishment about her being a ‘human chameleon’.
The scent thing keeps going since he has had to trust on his sense of smell throughout his time in the wilderness.

I felt it was such an interesting premise and I was so curious what was going to happen.

What I loved about this:

- The cabin in the woods James had made is so sad to me. He still feels the pull of the woods and isn’t able to sleep at night in his bed. He misses the quiet and no nonsense of the wilderness.
- The 12 year old boy that runs errands for him and keeps secrets for him. It’s adorable.
- The first touch between them took my breath away. So fragile! The emotions that occurs between both of them!
- The star gazing scene with James’ sister is so fragile! And I loved how they are were slowly building up their relationship.
- That first kiss! I was screaming.
- James reading so many books to just grasp everything that happened the last 10 years. Trying to make up for those lost years and the lack of a university education is just precious. Him trying to do right by his station in parliament.
- How James slowly opens up to Jules about everything he has been through.
- That brothel scene, absolute brilliance.

The last chapter felt rushed and I have experienced this before with a Stacy Reid book. This would’ve been better if it was splayed out over multiple chapters. I would’ve liked to see more of the revelation and the consequences for Jules’ mother.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Entangled publishing for providing an ARC of this book.

Another lovely romantic, emotional journey by Stacy Reid that I gobbled up in less than a day. She always manages to create unlikely duos who overcome great odds to be together, and James and Jules are no different. A vague mashup of Tarzan with a Shakespearean gender bender, the book requires a bit of checking your disbelief at the door, but truly, what romance novel doesn't?

Jules has been living as a male her whole life; only her mother and a few servants know the truth. It seems odd that her father and sister never figured it out, though I suppose most people see what they expect to see. James, however, isn't most people.

James is recently returned to England after a decade lost in the icy hell of the Yukon Territory. His loving but uncomfortable family think he should just be the duke and get on with it, though his mother is wise enough to hire Jules' father, a psychologist, to assess and assist James with the transition. It wouldn't do for the haut ton to see him as a savage. The good doctor brings his son--er, daughter--with him, and Jules is the only one who James is truly comfortable with. James quickly discerns the truth, and the two grow closer even as James' matchmaking mother pushes him to find a worthy duchess.

James is utterly fascinating, and I wish we had a little more to go on with regard to those 10 lost years. He shares with Jules, but I wanted more. What we do learn is a little farfetched; nothing earth shattering, more anecdotal if a little absurd. Jules' life actually feels more perilous at times, heartbreaking even, as we consider her mother's lie and get father's behavior that led to the lie. Emotionally abusive, in my opinion, even though it is not expressed as such within the confines of the book.

As I tap out this review, I realize that, much like with James' lost decade, I could've used more info about how Jules got through the first 23 years of her life, living first as a boy (not even knowing the truth herself until she got her ".") and later as a man. By glossing over these years, the author maybe took the easy way out; adding more context would have meant finding a way to explain the unexplainable.

But James and Jules are just so darn cute with each other, so necessary, that is pretty easy to forgive the author and just go with it. I imagine future books will feature James' two buddies and perhaps his sister, and I'd definitely pick any of them up (even if the marquess came off a little gross in the brothel scene, yick).

I received an ARC of this book for free from the publisher and Netgalley. I'm writing this review voluntarily, and it reflects my honest opinion. Thanks!

Okay… I have a lot of thoughts about this book. I loved James & Jules’s relationship and their chemistry with one another. Jules being in disguise really lended well for the steaminess between the two. I also really enjoyed the pacing and overall story of the book. I really loved the scenes where James is being vulnerable with Jules and his family (especially his sister!).

I want to point out a few things that might be troubling to some readers. The handling of Jules’s gender might not have been handled the best way and might be triggering for some readers. As a cis, straight woman, I will leave this discussion to other readers that this topics might directly affect and can lend their experiences and opinions to. Her “disguise” is a very screwed up thing to do to a person (no matter your reasons) and coupled with James’s heighten abilities, it sends part of this story into places that might make some feel a little uncomfortable and limit how encompassing gender is.

I also really wish this book had been a fantasy/paranormal HR! James’s heightened senses felt a bit out of place in a standard HR and could’ve lended well to paranormal or fantasy as well.

I overalled enjoyed this book and think it was well written (as Stacey Reid does)!

3.5 stars - ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
3.5 peppers - 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

I love a Stacy Reid book, she's quickly become one of my favorite romance authors and the fact that she's churning out books left and right is always a reason to celebrate.

I will admit though that I had a bit of trouble fully getting past the premise of this book, which made it a little hard to connect to the overall romance. Jules has been living as a man since she was born, a choice made by her mother in order to stop her husband from insisting on more children and possibly killing her in the process. It's hard to fathom this deception surviving twenty-three years, and I wish more time was spent delving into exactly how that effected Jules and her relationship with herself and with others. She comes across as so alone, which is necessary in order to make this work, but it leaves the character feeling a bit stranded. I also wish that more time was spent reconciling with Jules' relationship with both of her parents, who each horribly scarred her with their expectations.

Meanwhile James has survived ten years stranded in the wilderness with no living person beside him. This loneliness bonds the two and is one of the most poignant parts of the novel. James' story felt a lot more understandable because he is struggling with a return to normalcy after ten years in isolation. He's a pretty swoon-worthy hero.

ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

"Two lost people who are found....by each other."

James Winters, Duke of Wulverton was lost in the Alaskan wilderness for 10 years at 18 years old. After surviving a decade on his own, he's now returned to London to his family who are very concerned about the changes in him. They want to ensure he's of "sound mind" and can behave like a proper Duke so they hire a psychologist and his "son" to analyse him.

Jules Southby has been secretly living as a male her whole life. She's enjoyed the freedoms of men of this era like being able to attend university and becoming a psychology graduate. When her father invites her along to analyse the lost Duke, she's delighted to join him on the case. They're given three weeks to prepare James to behave like a proper Duke or else send his family into scandal.

The premise of this book was so unique and nothing like I've read before! When Jules and James first meet, it ignites feelings neither of them have experienced before. I loved the bond and trust they developed over time. James went through a great deal during the decade he was lost and he's now very overwhelmed by day to day things. I loved how patient and kind Jules was, never forcing or pushing him to change who he's become. I will say, I would've liked Jules' revelation at the end to be fleshed out more but it didn't deter from my overall enjoyment.

This was a beautiful and unique story and I'd highly recommend checking it out when it releases on February 27th!

James Winters, Duke of Wulverton, was thought lost at sea but now he's back in London and has three weeks to become a refined duke for presentation to the Queen. Psychologist Jules Southby has been secretly living as a boy since birth. She's been hired to help the duke, but their forbidden attraction makes everything more complicated.

This book had a unique premise with two characters that stand apart from others, albeit for different reasons. At 18, James was presumed dead only to be discovered by a trapping team in Alaska a decade later. The time in solitude - surviving by his determination to live - has made him into a man unrecognizable to his family. They expect him to step back into society and marry, but he is overwhelmed by their touch, their noise, their rich foods. Jules and her father are hired by James's mother to determine his mental fitness and prepare him to reenter society. But James rejects Jules's father and quickly sniffs out her secret.

Jules has been living as a male since birth, which is an interesting twist on the disguised character trope. Generally, female characters in disguise stories tend to start with the heroine hiding her gender around puberty, for safety; but here, Jules's mother begins the charade at her birth. (Please see content warning below). She keeps her hair short and uses a fake moustache and stage makeup, managing to keep the appearance up from everyone but James. His heightened senses detect that she is not as she seems.

I really liked how these characters bonded and their chemistry built through a relationship that was forbidden. The story was beautifully built with themes of independence, belonging, and identity. The only thing that really stopped this from being a five star book for me was that there was so much build up and I didn't feel like I got to witness enough fallout from Jules's revelation. However, the conflict and resolution to the main couple was solid, and I thoroughly enjoyed them. (4.5 stars)

Tropes: Presumed Dead, Lessons, Disguised Character, Working Heroine, Forbidden Love

Steam: 4

Content Warning: The book begins with Jules' birth. Her mother has been warned that she cannot survive another childbirth, but her husband is determined to have a son. It does not happen on page, but there is a feeling of forced consent, and some might even consider it marital rape.

* I received an ARC and this is my honest review. #TheWolfandtheWildflower #NetGalley

4 STARS!!!!
An absolutely wonderful book from Stacy Reid! This is a love story with a twist - something different and refreshing.

What I liked - 1.JAMES. period. An amazing MMC and a living example of 'ladies, if he goes to therapy, that's a green flag'. He agrees to be therapised, and then actually tries to use it in real life. What more could a girl-parading-as-a-man want?
2. The ANGST. Jules' anguish is palpable. Apart from having to live a lie, there is also hidden resentment towards her father, for whom the entire ruse is perpetrated, and whom she also really loves and respects.
What I loved - the scene in the brothel. I laughed and screamed in equal measure. And that letter from James to Jules. I swear I swooned.
What was funny - How can a human lost in the wilderness for an entire decade be able to speak in such fluent, flowery language? Love is indeed powerful. Or, errm, lust.

The Wolf and the Wildflower is a fun read with lots of great sex and just the right amount of angst! A win for Stacy Reid, definitely!

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley!

The Wolf and the Wildflower was a unique and awesome read. I loved the forbidden nature of the relationship between the main characters and that there were levels to it. It was overtly and covertly forbidden. I loved how the author juxtaposed them along with the theme of identity. I think she did a great job of marrying these elements so to speak. I loved the nuances present in this story and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the next book in the series. I recommend it.

James Winters is the long lost Duke of Wulverton and he has 3 weeks to behave like a proper duke to meet the Queen or he plunges his family into scandal. Psychologist Jules Southby has been raised as a boy because her father desperately needed an heir and is enjoying all the freedoms that come with living as a man rather than a woman. She has to help James return to civilization after ten years isolated in the Yukon.

Yes. Bonkers premise. But I love Stacy Reid and once you suspend disbelief, the ride is great. Jules just wants her father to recognize her talents as a psychologist regardless of her gender. James wants peace amid the chaos of modern life and for his family to stop trying to make him something is not.

There was potential for many fascinating parallels about identity and belonging. I did wish for more exploration of Jules’s feelings about living as a man. The story was more heavily focused on James’s journey than hers. I needed more build up about Jules’s views to believe her choice.

But the romance was excellent as always and this was a page turner for me.

Here's the deal with this book. I really liked it but you have to just accept the reality the author is presenting you with.

If you choose to read this book as a fantasy romance fairytale in an actual historical setting, I think you'll love it. If you choose to read it as a historical romance only, you might be disappointed.

There are a lot of plot points you have to just go with and not question too deeply. If you start to try and ask "but how?", You're going to be left with a lot of an answered questions.

Jules is a great heroine and James falls stupid in love with her ❤️. So if you just go with the flow on some of the plot head scratchers, I think you'll enjoy it too.

p.s this book is 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Thank you to Entangled Publishing for providing an ARC via Netgalley.