I love Adriana's work and have been on the edge of my seat for each book in this series basically since she announced it. It was such a delight to return to the Leonas and to learn more about the pieces of history that those in power have chosen to try and overlook. Adriana's incredibly successful about building out a super immersive world and cast of secondary characters.

The primary storyline here just felt a little underdeveloped to me. There's a few plot tools/character traits that I think could have been more fleshed out, and a lot of the mid-relationship growth between Cora and Manuela seems to take place off-page.

This is still an incredible read, though, tender and swoony, and I cannot wait to read Aurora and Darnick's book - and hopefully, more historicals from Adriana! I've particularly enjoyed her entries in the Like to F... series and would love to see characters from those pieces revisited.

Thank you Canary Street and Edelweiss for the ARC!