Romance right out of the gate, background characters pushed into the forefront, and found family explored. The characters’ commitments to each other in the face of conflicts fueled the plot and spawned a mission. I enjoyed this book more than the first one, probably because this has more romantasy and spice. (It’s the first non-YA fantasy series I’ve read, and the mid-book scene was downright filthy.) It ends on a cliffhanger.