Thank you to NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my honest review.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book, who wouldn’t be drawn in by a RH forbidden romance with a dash of mystery?

Rylee is an outcast, the lowest of the low on society. She has been doomed to live her life in the Ashland’s, a part of society where the only criminals and demis live, until she decides to sneak into the choosing party held for the princes. From here she is picked as their chosen and must spend time with each of them, whilst batting her feelings and hiding her secrets.

I think the magic system was easy to follow, whilst it was unique it also wasn’t overly complicated. However there were open ended opportunities to expand the world building further and this wasn’t done, I didn’t get a massive fantasy world vibe even though I think the aim was there with the magic system etc.

Overall there was something lacking. The main male characters were not unique and I struggled to differentiate between Axl, Kal and eventually Pierce they all read the same. Jax only read different as he stood out from the beginning due to his issues and hatred towards Rylee, but again he lacked depth like the others.

The time Rylee spent with each MMC in their territories was again surface level, there was a lot of effort put into Kal’s month and the others were rushed and I felt like we didn’t learn much about the other men.

This book does end on a cliff hanger so I’m hoping that maybe there will be more exploration into these characters and hopefully the world system as the series continues.