Thank you to HTP Hive for the eARC and audio to review. I was intrigued by the premise of this book and setting in Ancient Rome, it’s very unique compared to most historical romance. I appreciated some historical facts and built in political machinations. Overall, I have a mixed review for this book but I still enjoyed it.

Much like one of the tropes here, we started out enemies and became somewhat cordial lovers haha. I kinda struggled with the first half, the main complaint being the constant change in POV, mid chapter and sometimes back and forth. However, once I got used to the flow and got to know the characters, it was easier going and made me invested in the plot.

The second half of this book is where it won me over. The secondary characters added fun dialogue and interactions. Particularly the wholesome moment between Julia, Thorismund, and Riga – it had a funny comeback later on that was a nice touch!

Julia and Alaric are the queen and king of the miscommunication trope, I really wanted to throttle them half the time! Despite their rocky start and some questionable historical misogyny, theirs was a slow burn romance, that in the end made me happy with their whole saga.

The audiobook was performed by Lisa Flanagan and I think she did a wonderful job bringing this story to life. It was lighthearted and added a lot of charisma to each of the characters.

Title: Enemy of my Dreams
Author: Jenny Williamson
Genre: Historical Fantasy Romance
Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨