For starters, apparently there's a prequel series, Nightwing, and I didn't realize this until I was almost done. Apparently Nightwing gives some more background information on the world and side characters. I wish I knew about it beforehand because although I wasn't totally confused, I did feel like I was missing more thorough explanations about the world.
I didn't love the romance. I desperately wanted to, but I didn't. I felt like the author crammed an entire series worth of romance into one short-ish book. I can't help but compare this book to Tairen Soul a little because of the whole "binding your soul and life to your mate" idea, which is in both books. In Tairen Soul it takes FIVE BOOKS for the MC and love interest's relationship to grow enough for them to properly bond. In this book, it all happens in just this first story.
It's like reading a short book and having it go from two people being strangers, to being married at the end (WITHOUT an epilogue that jumps forward 6+ months). I guess it was just too much too fast that I couldn't properly connect with it.
I didn't feel like I knew Kol well enough to be anywhere near as obsessed with him as Moira was.
Plus, I think a lot of people will have issues with how the romance goes. This is a legit quote:
"an exceedingly dominant man would come into my life and rattle me to the point that I didn't give a damn about my dreams, because life with him had become most important."
Moira started out as so, "I don't take shit from no man", then by the end she's like, "Screw all my dreams and ambitions. You, man, are the center of my universe."
Bleeeeh.
But anyway, all that being said, I did definitely enjoy the story overall. I liked the dragon-hybrid race and I might jump back and read the prequel series to get more deets!