I thought this was going to be dark with morally grey characters...but it was just mid. "Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Serpent & Dove" also wasn't a good comparison...I didn't get either of those vibes tbh.

I liked the story in theory, the writing was nice but just something was missing! It just felt so shallow? Like there would have been so much more depth and world building but it just all felt very surface level. I saw someone say it was enemies to lovers but it was more...employee/boss to occasional fling with mildly graphic "romance" scenes...

I could see how this was based on so many fairy tales all at once and even though I think this could have worked, it just didn't. I was just kinda boredddd...I wanted to love this so badly but I just felt neutral about most of it for most of the book.

I probably won't be picking up the sequel :')