Axios

If you only have a slight if any interest in ancient Roman and Greek warfare and culture, it can be a bit of a slog. The first 1/3 of the book is like any other young friends to lovers story but once Axios and Eryx are young teens, it becomes very repetitive with the training regimens and, later, warfare and I just have no interest in the culture. However, for those very interested in history of this time period, it's a hearty recommend because it is impressive how much research and historical knowledge went into writing it. I ended up getting bored with 100 pages to go so skimmed that. It's also not a HEA story and the last few chapters were hard to read yet disappointing after putting so much effort into the rest of the book.