Huge thank you to St. Martin’s Press for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

One small caveat: I selected this book for the book of the month club before I was approved for the Netgalley ARC. This review is of the eARC, not the printed BOtM book. 

Ok, now that we have that out of the way. That prologue! Holy shit. I am 100% sold right there. That is how you start a book! I am absolutely blown away at how good this book is! There’s just a few that come along to transcend their categories, this is without a doubt one of those rare books. Every page is a gut punch in the best possible way. It’s beautifully written and I will argue to my dying day this should not be YA, it’s too big and too gorgeous to be limited in audience. 

This is the kind of book that I will forever buy every special edition of so I can keep it close and lend it out to share the amazing story with someone new. Absolutely incredible.