Actual rating is 3.5 but 3 stars is too low.

I am pleasantly surprised by this book. It's a cute murder mystery that feels like historical fiction but is actually fantasy. I absolutely loved that Freya used science and logic to solve her problems (a rarity in North America). There's a little bit of romance but it's super low key. It's a little too Disney-fied of an ending for my liking but a decent fantasy stand alone.

It does really lack (and by lack I mean there really isn't any) world building. It doesn't necessarily hurt the story since the focus is the murder but it was kinda disappointing. I expect world building in a fantasy. I also wish there would've been more information or a bigger role of the Gustafson rebels. The author kinda forgot about them or gave them way too large of a role without any real wrap up.