Thank you to NetGalley and to Avon and Harper Voyager for this eARC. All opinions are my own.

The book started off okay. I was intrigued by Pantera and how her body and power work, and also by her "day job" as Lady Leonora. I was interested to see how Leonora was able to operate as Pantera and Lady Leonora without getting caught.

The book took a bit of a turn when a certain character became pregnant. Then it just felt like it was a scandal for the sake of being a scandal instead of for the sake of furthering the story.

There were parts where the book went into a scene with a lot of descriptions, and others where the book just throws actions at us in quick succession without much detail. On the flip side, moments that seemed like they would be very contentious were over quickly and we never got to experience the tension that seemed to be coming. The relationship between Pantera and Andrés felt a little all over the place. One moment they hate each other, then suddenly they're helping each other.

Towards the middle, the book felt a little like it was dragging on. Not much going on. I guess I was expecting more action considering the opening scene of the book. Things didn't improve from there. A lot of the time, it felt like the book was stumbling through the story, with some scenes feeling forced and others overly dramatic. There were too many revelations and conflicts that they became meaningless.

I did enjoy reading the different mythological stories, and about the different gods, though I'm not sure how much of it is accurate as I've never studied it.

Overall the book felt like a slow read, it was a bit over the place, and some things didn't feel fully developed, but I think it had a lot of potential.