Thank you, thank you, thank you for the ARC!!

I was throwing my middle child's birthday and then fathers day happened this weekend, but did the busy-ness of this weekend cause me to falter on starting and finishing this book? NOT A SINGLE STEP.

This is everything we've come to know and love with the Dark Olympus series. And it's getting dark. Here we have Aphrodite marrying the much hated Theseus, now Hephaestus, from previous books. Only in this, maybe he's not a character we need to hate. We get so see a soft side of him, one he didn't know he had.

Also, added to the mix is Adonis who Aphrodite has left broken hearted marrying Theseus and Pandora, who is his best friend.

This is a poly relationship and it's going to get messy at first and I'm kind of sad we might miss some of the mess with their story ending here.

It was nice seeing Aphrodite have a heart and watching the forced marriage grow into a real one. I'm always going to be a sucker for enemies to lover stories based in mythology. Now, while this series keeps fleshing out more, I will say this is my least favorite... only *if* I had to rate them. I just felt the storyline between the four weren't given enough time as the politics were. And while I realize we really do need to see the politics as we are delving deeper into the series, it felt a tad...rushed? I mean this is still going to be a 5 star book for me. So don't let it not being my favorite make it seem likes it's not great, because it absolutely is and wow is it SPICY. I can't believe I failed to mention that until now. I guess what I need is longer books 😂 no pressure Katee. No this series is perfect. Each book is really getting more intriguing. I am here for it all.