In a world where there are people gifted with the ability to turn into animals (or familiars) and are bonded (romantically) to a witch, a familiar girl with a powerful gift wants nothing less than to escape from the Princess of the kingdom's courtship and to find a cure for her grandmother's feral stage. Rose is a bone familiar, she is a powerful one too, having the ability to shift into various animals without needing to really think about it while most people only get one or two, she has so many to pick from. Rose spends her days in the Bone Forest, caring for her feral grandmother and hiding her powers to avoid being conscripted into the Witch King's army. Yet when she ends up saving the Princess Shaw, a witch known as Death's Heir, and the King's daughter... she is given the chance to go to the prestigious school, Witch Hall as payment. This is her only chance to find a cure for her grandmother's affliction yet Rosy finds herself hurled into the political games she can't understand and a bond she doesnt want, begins to grow between her and the one person she never wanted, especially since Princess Shaw's family was the cause of Rosy's grandparents' death and current situation. Rosy has to hide her powers while also finding a way to just get by with passing grades, yet the more she tries not to stand out the more she does. It doesn't help that Princess Shaw, a girl known for not wanting a familiar is now actively courting Rosy and even asking her to pretend a fake courtship ( and trying to win her over despite Rosy thinking it's only a fake one as they agreed). Rosy will face the war brewing head on and have to decide whether or not she is done running away from problems and finally embrace her magic and inner wolf or will she hide away like she always does? This one was a miss for me unfortunately, I really wanted to love this one because sapphic fantasy romance with witches, magic, and some politics is absolutely right up my alley.... but this was just not it. I did not feel the chemistry between Rosy and Shaw at all and half the time I was struggling to even like either of them. The switch from Rosy's 1st POV to Shaw's 3rd person POV was so strange for me. I also didn't really care for the pacing of the story and the overall romance just didn't work for me. There were so many characters and yet I really didn't find myself all that invested in any one of them particularly. I was just tired by the end of this book unfortunately and I dont think I will be continuing on with this series. While it wasn't for me, if you like complicated school drama with a bit of romance and magic give this one a go, I definitely think you'll have a better time with it than I did.

*Thanks Netgalley and Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Feiwel & Friends for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*