What an intriguing and uniquely captivating story by Cora Carmack. 
 I loved that I was immediately drawn into this amazing world. The story had my attention from the very beginning. I liked how stormlings capture storms and put them in stones and are able to harness the heart of a storm. I found the use of the magic or storms was different in a very welcome way. The world was fascinating in that the townspeople were subject to the whims of storms and tornadoes and they needed the protection of stormlings to keep them safe. Then there's the wildlands where storms wreck havoc on anything and everything destroying entire villages. I loved it all. 
 Then there's Princess Aurora who has no stormling power and is betrothed to marry and prince from Locke to hide the fact that she wields no power of her own. When she discovers she cannot trust Cassius, she flees with a Duke and his mysterious crew. It is with them that she hopes to learn to gain power of her own to help her kingdom and create her own destiny. 
 I really liked Duke and his crew. Jinx and sly may have been my favorites, but Ransom was also very fun. They were all carefree and fun characters. I liked that different circumstances brought them together and how they have their own specialties when it comes to storms. They work extremely well together and take in Roar a.k.a. Aurora as a apprentice you could say. It is with Locke that she learns her training. They argue nonstop and butt heads throughout their entire journey. At the same time their feelings for one another only grow stronger. Beyond the magic and romance I felt a sense of mystery in the story as well. Roar has strong reactions to storms as they approach and Locke and Duke can't seem to figure out why its happening. It begs the question if there is more to Aurora than she knows. Also, Cassius seems to be harboring his own secrets and his fear of a storm lord leaves much to debate and question. It all makes for a really good story that I couldn't help but enjoy. 
 My only issues with this book and I can't really complain is that sometimes I didn't know how I felt about Roar. She comes off as a knaive and overly sheltered princess who never had any friends growing up. She is sheltered from things that go on in Pavan and around the world. She turns away from Cassius because she believes he is using her and tried to manipulate her for the throne. So she immediately becomes distrustful of Locke and believes everything he does is to manipulate her. As she wants to learn everything there is about his crew, she lies and does everything she can not to tell them about herself. Something that she does internally struggle with. I love Cora Carmack as a romance author and I had not problems with the romance in this book, I just felt a little annoyed that Roar and Locke spent all their time arguing with each other. I enjoy a strong female character who isn't a pushover and speaks her mind, but I would have liked some of their arguing to be more of funny/sarcastic banter that was more lighthearted than antagonistic. I really loved Locke and that he is the leader of everyone and the one each person turns to, especially when caught in a storm. I would have liked his character to more levelheaded when it came to Roar. With her around he completely disregarded the safety of his crew to stay with Roar. Which I felt clashed with the type of character I felt him to be. He became enraged and violent when anyone questioned her place among them and whether she was trustworthy. He acted this way even early on and I thought it was a bit much. So as you can see I had some problems with the romance but it does not take away from how good this book truly is. 
 I really liked this book and the wait was well worth it. This book does almost suddenly end and kind of on a cliffy so I've very upset I have to wait for the next book. But I can't wait to get my hands on it. I certainly need more Roar and Locke because that ending was very, very good.