The cover of this book is gorgeous. But I think it does the book a disservice. From the colorful and playful cover, you might assume (like I did) that this book is YA. That this book is going to be Fun over anything else.
That when you read the blurb, it means that this is going to be a heart-racing enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance.

And it isn't quite any of those things. So you may join the many unsatisfied customers that have read this book and left wanting.

It does, in fact, have an enemies-to-lovers romance. But, like everything else in the novel, the pacing is sometimes maddeningly circuitous. It's always two steps forward and one step back.

This book is about communities and prejudice. This book is about religion and power and philosophy. This book is about accepting other viewpoints and peoples, while finding something to fight for in your own. It's about the power of folktales.
I loved it. But, I was already interested in the concepts of religious cultures and philosophies. This book may not work for the people who think that sounds boring.