I am a big fan of fantasy and romance. My favorite thing about both these genres is the nice escape from everyday life they usually provide. This book did more to annoy me than relax me. Editing (if there was any) was an obvious failure - in an exchange between two main characters, one uses the other's name immediately after she's refused to tell him her name. The prose style is belabored and switches between "fantasy" and modern style intermittently. Characters are hollow despite the repetition of supposedly meaningful backstory. The author uses the same expressions over and over again, especially during sex scenes. Dialogue feels inauthentic and is ultimately unconvincing. A very unsatisfying read.