I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.


This was a good read despite the first chapter it’s was not a love affair that create Layla I’m just going leave it at that. Suri and Layla is brought together by fate they both are to defeat the darkness that’s is threatening to tear their world apart but neither plan on falling for each other in the process but will they be able save the world and be able to be free. I like how the author dives into the supernatural world and how it’s works.

There needs to be some type of TW when you open your book with a brutal rape. Not even 3 pages into the book and the MC is being brutally assaulted.

This had a strong premise from the description but I didn’t enjoy the first chapter. I continued reading and thought the supernatural element was good but this book has more adult elements such as rape and sexual violence. Anne Shade writes a good supernatural story.

I was not a fan of how Layla's mom and "dad" were talked about. Layla and her grandma posed it as this love story, but it was plainly rape. And no content warning for the rape at all.

I thought I’d give it a try, even after reading the one review. I know that there was a rape scene on the first chapter. I can handle that. I have no issue with the fact that it was written. I have a lot of issues with how Layla and grandma talked about Layla’s mom and “dad”. That was rape. That’s not a love child. Just because Layla’s mom wasn’t “forced” doesn’t mean it’s consensual. And the fact that Layla said this…When she stood, her grandmother’s eyes widened in fear. “He has to pay, Granmama. My daddy may have tricked her, but in the end, he gave my mama a choice. Massa Jonas beat me and just took what he wanted.” That is what made me DNF. I was willing to look past the toxic and downright wrong view of what happened to her mom. I thought, okay, this is what the characters think but it’s not reality. But the issue is, I don’t think that the author realizes how messed up the dialogue surrounding a rape that resulted in a child.



I didn’t want to leave a star review because I don’t feel like it’s fair of me to rate it without reading it. Me DNFing is my rating. But Netgalley made me rate it.

WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK.

The synopsis says "Being the love child of a top-tier demon and a human isn’t all it’s cracked up to be."

The love child in question was born after a slave master brutally raped a 15 year old enslaved girl during the first chapter of this damn book. No content warning or anything. I guess this author is confused by the definition of love child because last time I checked, a child born from rape doesn't qualify.