Okay this felt super loooooong (it could have/should have been a lot shorter, imo. it got really repetitive) but read this if you like slow burns! I'm talking we don't get a first kiss until the 60% mark! The magic system in this was fascinating and neat (I'd love to read more books with this type of magic) but sometimes confusing. I'm not gonna lie, I also sometimes forgot who certain side characters were, lol. There were so many names mentioned that they jumbled in my head. This read like a fanfiction or Wattpad book (which isn't a bad thing!). It kind of reminded me of E. L. Massey's hockey fanfics. It was a good palate cleanser.

It's kinda half open door half closed door. We see the start of sex scenes but never the whole thing (it fades to black after a few paragraphs), if that makes sense.

I'm not mad that I read this because AB and Matthew's relationship was really cute and sweet and well developed (it kinda had to be, with how slow that burn was lol but the payoff was gratifying with the emotional depth involved in their relationship before they actually got together). I thought the distinction between fate and Bonding was really interesting!