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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of my most highly anticipated books of 2021 and boy did it deliver.

Shuttleworth does a fantastic job at bringing in several new elements to the world as we know it. This is the first book in a trilogy, and thus requires a lot of worldbuilding and lore. At times it did feel overwhelming and slowed down my usual reading process due to the amount of information provided. The inclusion of deities and immortals, with fae being mortals, was a unique and fun choice. 
These characters were individually very fleshed out. Of course, I have my favorites, Nausicaa being most definitely one of them. The clever wit combined with the nervous kindness of Arlo was fantastic to read about. The boys have a little more trauma and history to their relationship, and I’m hoping that in the next book we get more information on that. 
The overall plot was unique in that it was a thriller with fantasy aspects without being cheesy. I’m excited to see how things turn out for the quad, and what the future holds most especially for Aurelian and Vehan. This book felt like a lot of groundwork being laid out for a very wonderful rest of a series.