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Dialogue is still incredibly painful. Apparently anything counts as Enemies to Lovers these days, and the "enemies" half is breaking down before we're even a third of the way in. Sticking with it for all the reviews that say the ending is good.

I hope the dialogue gets better as the book goes on. And if the author writes "she hates him" one more time it'll be a dnf from me lol

Took me forever to get 40 pages in.. finally something happened to make me want to continue reading!

Loving El and wanting more of Orion. Enjoying the flow of character development vs world development!

Absolutely loving the lore of this book..

Still 3⭐, entertaining and the last 10% of the book is probably going to be the only reason I read book 2.

I'm still not a fan of the objectification of the MMC, and the insta-lust turned insta-love is not my brand of romance. The journey from enemies to lovers didn't have the build up or depth so it doesn't feel as satisfying.

I'm here for the dragons and knowing a conflict was about to pop up. 😂

Now I understand the love for Rebecca Ross- definitely shaping up to be one of my favorite books of the year!

Thoughts at 40%: 3⭐, fast-paced & entertaining but not well written

World-building is lacking and comes in unnatural info dumps

FMC reads as immature 15 yo not 20yo and the constant reminder of how small she is gets annoying

The objectification of the MMC is nauseating and hard to get past

Relationships are shallow

Bestie sidekick seems tokenized and has no development but to be horny and sunshine/cheerful