This has what I was looking for in a reverse harem romance. I definitely will be continuing on in this story to see what happens with Melisande and her men, but something in this story didn't have me dying to pick up the next one so it may be a while before I pick up the sequel. I feel like I have to be in a certain mood to read these kind of stories, and I'm more in a Christmas-y mood right now (and in some ways, this is very very anti-Christmas lol).