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The Cherished by Patricia Sarrafian Ward
2.0

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC!

First, this is a beautiful cover! I was in awe of it everytime I went to read the book. BUT, I agree with a few of the reviews I have seen. The way the author describes mental illness and race can definitely be taken as ableist and offensive. There should have been better editing and honestly, some of that could been edited out considering how poorly it was done. I also agree that this book was SUPERRR slow and hard to get into for at least 40-50% of the book. I can definitely appreciate the way the fairies were written, as their evil and mischievous selves and there was vivid imagery painted. I enjoyed some of it, but a lot was hard to overlook. Also...Abigail sucked.