This book was good, it just wasn't great. I don't want to say anything bad about it because I really didn't have any negative feelings about it, it was just a bit average. 
 Firstly, I think this was much more romance than fantasy romance. The romance was the central aspect of the story and while it was quite enjoyable it didn't feel all that real. I hate hate insta-love and while this was far from it, I still sort of couldn't really tell why exactly they fell for each other, which always bothers me. No warm and fuzzies felt. The attraction part was much better explained. 
 The fantasy.. This world had an outline but wasn't quite coloured in. The magic was explained well enough but was not fleshy enough for my liking. Although in some reviews I read now I see the term 'vaginal fantasy' was used for this book, and I guess that means that the fantasy takes a back seat to the.. erm.. 
 The characters were likeable - Gurn is a sweetheart, Martise is somewhat feisty and Silhara was a dark wizard with a loose tongue. Who doesn't love those? i see there are a lot of negative comments about him, I did not think he was such a douche. He was honest, his intentions were not malicious.. I really enjoyed him, he was definitely my favourite part of this book. 
 Overall, I don't regret reading it but I don't really feel the urge to read the follow up novella.