this book was not at all what i explained going in or thought it would be after the first few chapters.

i really enjoyed the characters! emilia and wrath were too sarcastic and snarky for me not to love them and how their dynamic worked. 

i liked how food and family played a bigger role in this.


i did have some issues with the overall setting of this book. 
what time/year was this book set in? the clothes and coins people paid with certainly shows that it’s not modern but i can’t remember if it ever said when exactly the book was set.
was it real life with a fantastic spin or completely fantasy with an italian setting as a guide? i have no idea!
did that bother me?
yes, but after a while i just ignored that as best as i could. 
i do wish i could either remember if it was mentioned or that it was mentioned.

but i enjoyed the princes and their powers, i enjoyed how emilia and her magic worked.

i just was throughly entertained by and with this book and while in some aspect this book could have given mir information overall it was just very fun.

there were moments where the story felt a bit too easy, we’re explanation where thrown in in ways that just made it all be a bit too simple for it too take that long to get there and the entire “who’s the murderer? and why?” bit was over simplified. 


is it the best fantasy? no of course not. 
is it very fun and gives a reader a very entertaining time while reading? absolutely!

so pending on what you are looking for this book will either work for you or be not what you want.

i wanted something easy and nice to get lost in. 
i for that and some very snarky characters o. top of that. 

i have no idea where this series is going as of right now and while the ending was easily predictable, i still want to know where the next book takes the story and what will happen now. 

all in all this was fun. 

and sometimes that’s what i want and need.
this delivered and i can’t wait to continue on.
which to me shows it’s a pretty great book.