A Kiss of Iron

I am so disappointed. I thought Clare Sager could be a new favorite after reading Slaying the Shifter Prince. A Kiss of Iron is making me rethink that. It wasn't a DNF but I didn't really want to finish it either. It was a slog. Way too long and not enough payoff. Katherine is naive and makes idiotic decisions but thinks she's got everything figured out. It was infuriating to read her thoughts. I stuck it out for the spice, but even that wasn't fulfilling enough. Bastian is enamored by this fool of a woman. Not sure why. Other than she's hot. The supporting characters are boring and forgettable. The villains are ridiculous. They're just incels with power and money. I just wanted the story to wrap up and answer the questions. There was no reason for it to be as long as it is. The whole book was a prologue and left me uninterested in reading the main event.