This story definitely reminded me of a fairytale but an unfinished one. The story ends on a cliffhanger, and I am curious what happens in the sequel. The characters in this book were okay, and the only person I really found interesting was Kenan. Something about the characters just never really drew me in, however they were all okay. I found the pacing to be fine. An interesting aspect of the story was that Shae, our protagonist, is an unreliable narrator. The world building and magic system was okay and the romance kinda came out of nowhere but that’s fine. Overall this was a okay fantasy read about a girl trying to discover who killed her mother and her secret abilities.