She has spent her entire life serving the people, talking to spirits, and living for others rather than herself, wile he has spent his life patrolling the streets fighting Nightmares dreaming about becoming a hero, yet one faithful night has them swapping bodies and encountering each other... and soon they will have to learn to work together to save their perspective worlds from disaster. Yumi is a Chosen, she is the one that talks to the spirits and helps those in her society. She lives a rigid life of obedience, shelter, and being taught that the needs of society override her own. Painter lives in a world run by Nightmares, literal creatures that come alive and through painting, people can combat them. He wants nothing more than to be an actual hero, to be more than what he is. They both are so alone in their world, yet suddenly they find themselves thrown together, quite literally when their bodies are swapped yet they can both see and talk to one another. They'll have to find a way to work together to figure out how to save their perspective worlds and how they can make a relationship work when they are from two different worlds. This one is a bit odd to me, I can see that its inspired by Japanese and Korean stories, shows, etc, but somehow it managed to feel so slow and boring. I really wanted to like this one but I just found it to be so slow. The entire premise was interesting, especially since its just about two people from different worlds swapping bodies and there being magical creatures/spirits too, yet this one constantly felt like it took. too long to get to the point. This one definitely felt like a young adult novel and Yumi read so young. It's an interesting premise but the overall story kind of felt lacking and the pacing felt so slow. I was drawn in by the premise and the gorgeous cover yet it just didn't live up to my expectations unfortunately. It's not a bad book by any means, it just wasn't as exciting as I had anticipated. If you enjoy magical young adult stories with a very slow burn romance, then this would definitely be for you!

*Thanks Netgalley and Tor Publishing Group, Tor Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*