"As an elite spy and the Queen's Third-in-Command, Aya has dedicated herself to a life of discipline and duty, using her gods-given abilities to keep dark magic from ever returning to the realm. Her oath ensures she will always act to protect those she fights alongside—including Will, the Queen's Enforcer and Aya's bitter rival.
Forced by circumstance to work together, Aya and Will struggle to come to an uneasy truce. But when tragedy strikes, Aya instinctively reacts, unleashing a power that hasn't been seen in over 500 years. Shaken, she's confronted with an impossible truth: one that threatens the precious grip she keeps on her control. One that forces her to work with Will to discover who—or what—she really is. And one that could turn her into a weapon in a war she doesn't know how to win." --Goodreads
I wanted to like this book more than I did. It was...fine. I would have liked to see even more character and world development, though some might say that it was well-developed. I didn't mind the trope-heavy storyline, really. It had some of my favorites: chosen one, enemy to lovers, secret powers. But Aya, despite having moved up in the ranks because of her different prowess, makes bad decision after bad decision, can't get herself out of sticky situations, and generally doesn't prove to me that she deserves the rank. The miscommunication trope is one of my least-favorite, but whatever trope this is, the "I'm a powerful woman but the man still has to come save me every time" is worse. 3.5 stars rounded down to 3.
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