A re-telling of Puss in Boots. Check. Fantasy with shape-shifters and beings with magical powers. Check. A wee bit of romance that tried to be spicy. Sort of a check.

I enjoyed the book enough that I finished it in a day, but it left me a bit underwhelmed. I am not sure who the target audience for this book would be. The writing style leads me to believe it was aimed at YA originally, but then someone decided it needed some spice. Just a bit, but enough to fling it off the YA shelves and into adult. (Unless of course I’m not up on my YA reading, which I’m not.)

In the end, I think the story just got too convoluted trying to be too many things. Too many liars. No redeeming qualities in any of the characters. Too many repetitive sayings. I only need Celine said once with a ‘snake accent’. (Foreshadowing, perhaps? There are more books planned for the series.) If a theme with the characters is ‘I am the master of my own power’ then a few need to grow a spine. Frustrating.

All in all, not for me….

Thank you to NetGalley, One More Chapter, and HarperCollins for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.