Loved it. Nothing summons me like a histrom set in 778

Here’s my thesis: This book is for all the girlies (like me) who love old-school medieval historical romances but either don’t love or actively ignore all that old-school bodice ripper-y questionable content.

Because this book hit all the points:
🍂 that harsh medieval setting where the baddies are bad, the goodies are meh, and the heroes are everything
🍂 a stabby heroine
🍂 ‘he’s her jailer’ forced proximity goodness
🍂 she dressed as a boy
🍂 she was a bit witchy and had prophetic dreams
🍂 so much ‘one horse’
🍂 the kind of bonkers plot you can only set in 778

The romance was pine-y and angsty. The side characters were wonderful. Our heroine wasn’t underage (looking at you, A Kingdom of Dreams). And nothing unforgivably old-school histrom happened… but it still had that old-school flavour (and a few vintage tropes that might be out of fashion but I love for the angst).

It was perfect.