May contain spoilers 
 This book starts off really well with strong characters and a good (albeit overused) storyline and a fascinating backstory. 
 It then proceeds to plunge into a confusing love triangle which leaves the readers cringing. A garbled portmanteau of Greek Mythology and elemental magic is also introduced which makes it confusing to get all the facts right and in sync. 
 After a certain encounter, the protagonist falls violently in love with one of the elements of the love triangle while the other is conveniently unveiled to be evil and is then forgotten all about. The insta-love occurs faster than the time it takes to say 'beast'. That page later, Romeo and Juliet is in full swing. 
 While the reader is still reeling from the implications of the new-found love, some aspects of time-travel are introduced, which disappear just as quickly and the poor reader is left wondering what on Earth he did wrong to deserve punishment in the form of a shite storyline. 
 After that, I turned the page and saw the acknowledgements. HOORAY. 
 I'm not even kidding. There was almost a 50 page worth of story space after the last page and yet. The acknowledgements. 
 This book had a lot of potential, because the storyline, to me, seemed fairly similar to ACOTAR, and we all know how successful that was. However, that potential is now wasted because. The acknowledgements. And the shite storyline. 
 2 stars for promising start.