Such a fun ride! Very immersive with the language and the description of the setting, beautiful writing in that regard. The author clearly is very skilled.

Robin makes for an interesting lead, and one you truly want to root for. You’re exposed to her shitty lot in life, even as the daughter of a highborn family, right from the start. She never seems truly ungrateful for what she has, but frustrated about the barriers she deals with as a highborn woman. She’s also humbled in quite a few scenes, which I appreciate. I don’t like a perfect character, so I enjoy seeing her learn things.

All of the men are extremely distinct, something I value a lot to reverse harems. My favorite of the group is actually Friar Tuck, though I don’t know if many would feel that way. I just appreciated the contradiction. He played as a “holy man” who considers himself a sinner and beyond redemption. There are many moments in the book where this is fun to read about, especially during his backstory.

The other three men all have their own shiny moments, And moments of weakness and vulnerability, which makes them more lovable as well. It’s easy to see why Robin is smitten with them pretty quickly.

This does have its darker moments, but I wouldn’t consider it overly dark or unreadable for that fact. Good spicy scenes though, very intense ones. Robin is often horny lol but I think she has her time with each man in an appropriate amount of time in the book. Not rushed at all for this type of story.

My only real complaint is that it felt a little slow in the middle, but when it picked up at around 70%, I was glued to the pages. I’m very interested in what happens in the next books… as we get a nice cliffhanger. Though there is resolution for a big part of this plot! The cliffhanger is more of an expansion… making everything more satisfying. I like having at least a little bit of resolution.