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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲?

I'm not a big sci-fi reader but this book is not an issue because as much as this story is about Guardians with magical powers riding Pegasi (plural for Pegasus), it is also fundamentally about love and soulmates. According to this book, every Guardian has an Arima or a soulmate that completes them. For our protagonist, Luna, who has been waiting to meet hers for ages, discovers that her Arima is somebody disguised as a human. When Luna and Gia meet, they both experience an intense bond shared only between Arimas and it's wonderful. But the heartbreaking part is that Gia refuses to accept fate, rejects being bonded to Luna and instead chooses to marry a human. This causes a lot of angst and I was on the brink of tears reading it.

Lawrence delivered an epic and intense love story and I fell in love with it. I thoroughly enjoyed the soulmate storyline and fell in love with Luna by the end of it because she's a wonderful character. This book discusses the philosophical concept of love and having the free will to choose and I think Lawrence nailed it through Luna. Gia is a different case and I can't say I like her as much. While I understand her motivation for resisting being a conformist, I think her insistence at marry Sean, the human, at the expense of hurting everyone is selfish.

This book is emotionally draining because of the angst level and I was exhausted when I was done. But all in all, it's an excellent book even if I don't agree with some decisions made by one of the characters.