Genre:

This book is considered a dark paranormal romance book that involves humans and werewolf shifters. This is the first book of the Blossomfang series written by Cheryl Pratt.

First Impressions:

The first thing I enjoyed about the book is the triggers and warning page, it alerts potential readers to the contents and asks not to read ahead if it could potentially trigger trauma. The first few chapters were really in-depth and provided a lot of detail of how Lacey the female main character was as a person, and how her violent husband had made her feel over the years, like she was not worthy of love and she was lucky that someone wanted her. 

Her husband James, tries to trade her body out to clients, in which she obviously refuses as it is her body, so it should be her choice. James being a narcissistic man, absolutely hates that she refuses him and tries to force her into obeying him. A bystander steps in to prevent him from hurting her, for the moment.

The bystander turns out to be Reid, the male main character, dark, brooding and not looking for love in any kind of way. To him, it is a weakness. 

I can see why there were so many trigger warnings in the beginning, it is a shocking first few chapters talking about MCs and DV but it is manageable for myself.

Mid-way Impressions:

The book is a really good read and I am enjoying reading it. The character development of Lacey and Reid are brilliant. Lacey  goes from hating all men, and refusing to believe anyone would help without wanting something in return to loving one and enjoying the company of a few others, ones that she could eventually see as a family. A big improvement to her confidence and self-esteem, putting up a fight when needed.

Reid also had a massive character development, once he found out Lacey was his fated mate, he could not stay away from her. He had so many ups and downs during the time she was with him, to the point of triggering her trauma due to others lies. But he showed true vulnerability when he realised he could lose her, due to her finding about him being a wolf shifter. 

Twists:

Phantom is a WOMAN hacker. 
James being a twin? SHOCKING!

Final Impressions:

There are a few grammatical errors within the book but only small ones that probably would not be noticeable to someone less picky than myself. One of the bigger ones is that the sister seemed to age 2 years in the space of 7 pages, so unsure if this was a typo or not. I feel like it ends with so many things left unsaid and not found out, so I hope we find out in the next book. Overall, it was a really good read and I have enjoyed being able to read this book, I can not wait for the second one to come out. 

Rating:

I would give this book a 4/5 stars, I have enjoyed being able to read it and I am so grateful that I have been able to get this ARC. This book gets released  on November 24th!! Make sure to give this author a follow on socials and order the book!