Lauren OK's Reviews > Siren & Scion

This book was absolutely not what I expected it to be.

There is a content warning up front that tells you, "This book deals with themes of dealing with themes of recovering from psychological and emotional trauma." And I thought the way this book handled it was so well done.

Not only are there heavy themes of trauma, this book also deals a lot with themes of slavery and class. We're taken to a new area of the continent where using magic is outlawed and anyone who has it is hunted down and sold to the highest bidder. The author does a good job of showing us the darkness of the situation in a way that grounds the setting and raises the stakes. Some of these villains had me SCARED.

The romance between the MCs was probably the most slow burn out of the previous books of this series. But it brings about a lot of healing and discovery for the characters, so the steady pace of it feels much more believable. I may have gotten emotional? Who's to say?

I love this series so much, because not only have I loved each romance in a unique way, I'm also dying to see what happens in the overarching plot.