I initially began confused. I'm not one for fantasy for this common denominator they all seem to include of beginning the story as if we are half way through the book. Resultantly, I read the first few chapters in a confused state of what was actually happening and I found the visualisation of the story difficult to grasp. However, the world did slowly seem to unfold into something which vaguely made sense to me, despite there still being a persistent use of fictional words. The beauty of the cover is continued inside with unbelievably poetic writing, which, although a genuine pleasure to read, can sometimes only heighten the confusion already generated in the whole new world we are immediately placed in the middle of. As I reached page 30, things began to make more sense as I accepted some parts would not be explained and I would simply get used to them. This is also around about the time that the plot begins to show- the real highlight of this book. It appears initially to be a reverse on the typical enemies-to-lovers trope, with our main character ordered to fall in love with the son of the continents self-proclaimed emperor, then, as she believes she has achieved this, to kill him. This is when the story truly begins, as we have to watch a girl fall in love with a boy, with the ultimate fate of betraying him.