

Wren, who is kind and caring and wants to be adventurous and brave. I was really happy with both main characters. It seemed like it was forgotten some as the book went on. I wanted to see more magic beings and/or have more fairytale interaction. My one problem is that this started so well, but kind of faded as the book went on. This part was really well done and I was hooked on this magical world. Wren, a poor village girl, would often talk about people she heard of that could spin straw into gold or that put a curse on an apple. I loved how the setting was in a world filled of magical creatures’ right out of fairytales. There was nothing wrong with these differences so I quickly grew to enjoy the overall feel of the book. And while I expected the book to be a bit more action based, it felt like a character study more than I expected. While the romance started out as enemies to lovers, it didn’t really last that way.

This book had a slightly different feel than I was expecting. I didn’t love this like I was hoping to, but I did really like it so I can’t complain too much. However, I do think my high expectations might have affected my enjoyment a little bit. Sapphic-YA-fantasy will get me just about every time.

This book was actually on my list of most anticipated reads of 2021.
