I loved this book so much one of the best fictional retelling of Anastasia with a bit of magic thrown in. I loved the characters so much especially these three Nastya,Alexei, and Zash a strong brother and sister relationship paired with a well written romance with its ups and downs. I loved Nastya for her strength of character and her general love of her family and her want to save them I loved her romance with Zash even if it had ups and downs I was very happy when they were finally together by the end. I loved Alexei for his strength of character even if his body is weak I really loved his relationship with his sister and how that weak body hides an iron will. I loved Zash for his willingness to change and how throughly he repented for so many things I loved how he would do anything to save both Nastya and Alexei. I loved the plot it starts after the Romanov family are exiled after the red army takes over Russia and they are doing what they can to survive the story moves to Nastya looking for ways out and depending on waiting for magic of a doll many things happen and what happened in history happens but Nastya manages to save both her and Alexei with magic they find Zash and he helps them other things happen they get where they needed to there is a really happy ending with them helping the white army. So this book was really good I would read more books by this author for sure.