4.5/5 
 WHAO. Just....wow. I need to formulate actually sentences in order to review this so you'll have to give me time to come to terms with this book. This was not the lovely fluff sex slave story I expected. 
 Update 2/6/17 Full Review 
 This book is everything and more than I could ever imagine. The world is well built, the characters are perfectly fleshed out and wickedly cunning, the court politics were easy to follow yet jaw dropping with twists, the romance/relationships in this book are dark and gritty and I just loved everything. EVERYTHING. 
 Damen and Laurent are now one of my top OTPs. Sorry not sorry. I adore hate relationships, they are one of my weaknesses. When you hate someone but grow to have feelings and its like this big explosion of emotions and power and just *fans self*. You get what I'm saying. Anyway this book starts off really quickly and everything is easily laid out for you so you can't get confused save for the absurd amount of characters in the book. By the 30% mark I was better able to know the differences in characters and by the end the cast is whittled down to just the main characters so it's all good. 
 Basically this was a super quick addicting read. I couldn't put this book down until I finished it. I also know that the next two books are going to physically wreck me so I'm putting them off because I don't want to be a blubbering sad fangirl just yet. For those of you who have read Laurell K. Hamilton's work this is like a twist of her work and Game of Thrones. 
 Would I recommend this book? 
 Yes but I realize this book isn't for everyone and this REALLY isn't a book for young readers. At all. This is 100% adult fiction with sexual content and taboo topics that made even me feel uncomfortable and sad at times. If you're looking for something to ease yourself into this sort of genre I recommend starting the Anita Blake series by Hamilton. Eventually it gets gritty and super rough emotionally but the first like 5 books are easy reading. For those of you that are more experienced readers I say give this book a try! I loved it!