Rainier was ridden with restrained passion and longing and Emma was eaten up by guilt and grief of her twin's death.

The female empowerment in this story is fantastic without feeling like it’s fanservice, and the romance is a slow burn that has you falling in love at the same time as the characters.But the reason I’m putting it down for now after two weeks of slowly reading it, is because it’s a bit slow for my liking. I love the natural angst that comes with reuniting with a lost love and the struggles as they learn to love who they are now instead of their past selves.

This time, I was unable to find anything, so just wondering if anyone has read this or the author and what their thoughts are!Instead, we get: Emmeline and Rainier half naked, clinging to each other, and smooching in front of a decent sized group of soldiers. The novel begins in a sleepy little town with a small cast of average folks, and by the end is a sweeping fantasy epic in a fully developed world - complete with scheming politics, religious extremists, a damsel in distress, and a strong lead character who just so happens to be a thirty something mother with full hips and a quick mouth. It's always sad for me to read a book that someone obviously put so much effort into only to realize that that effort was in vain.