An elf king and a human queen, an arranged marriage, and two kingdoms at stake. Luella is a human who works as the local herbalist for her community, helping her people as best as she can. In this world, every new elf king must take on a human queen (who possess magic) in order to help seal the magic between the lands and protect both worlds. However the newest king has yet to find his queen.... until now. After a secret is unleashed, Luella discovers that she is the human queen that has been awaited for and is whisked away from her duties, from her family, from her life, to fulfill new duties that would protect her people. However this new marriage is not as blissful or as happy, her elf king is cold, rude, and distant. Luella however will not tolerate this, and soon two complete opposites will be warring with one another, but slowly, discovering that the line between hate and love isn’t so clear and that despite all their yelling and bickering, they just might be falling in love. This was a mixture of Hades & Persephone mixed in with Beauty and the Beast and I LOVED IT. I loved how stubborn but sweet Luella was, if you are kind to her she is kind in turn, if you are rude to her, you bet she will give back what she receives. The romance was a slow burn but oh so worth it and I can’t wait to read the next book!