Honestly I had forgotten who Marguerite was until we were given some snippets and reintroduced back to Grace from the first book in the series.

While this wasn't as cosy as the previous between Galen/Piper (who have gone galavanting to work out the mysterious things that Piper saw when he accidentally touch and relived (redied?) the Saint of Steel's death), the stakes were much higher and we had not one but two Paladins of Steel.

Shane is clearly a masochist of some sort, seemingly finding that his attraction to a heavily bosomed and clever woman a hard burden (in numerous ways) upon him. Wren is a comely once-upon-a-housewife who probably ran out with a rolling pin when the tide took over her and she was bundled off to her new home.

I love them both and they need to be protected at all costs, especially after what happened with Wren and Davith (could see this coming a mile away ngl)

The development of Marguerite and Shane's romance was exceedingly and deliciously slow. The edging was pure T. Kingfisher torture and it was explosive when they finally decided to just f•••.

The little sprinkles of development towards the end was clever and very rude since it left wanting and there isn't another book until at least 2026 (I hope). Hopefully by then we see Galen and Piper return with more answers.