“[Y]ou became my only and secret delight.  I became consumed with you, and then I genuinely fell in love with you, and then you became mine.” —Alisander de Balon

this was not particularly extraordinary, but i had fun. the entire setting being a fantasy land and the characters being somewhat anachronistic did take me out. alisander’s pov did that as well because he’s not like a true alpha male, but he’s flitting across the lines of it and i’m not the biggest fan of that archetype though i did find the characters’ backgrounds interesting! perhaps i’ll try another coldbreath book in the future