I liked a lot about this story, it contained many of the classic tropes of a fairie romance. Marr is one of the original writers who incorporated fae into YA and it was so nice to revisit her world. I still remember reading Wicked Lovely for the first time and being unable to put it down! However, the last time I read it was years ago. I thought I remembered enough about Wicked Lovely to work things out and that turned out to be partly true.

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Up until about the 80% mark, I felt that I was keeping track of everything. Then there is a time skip to the future, where I immediately realized that I had no memory of SO MUCH of the Wicked Lovely series. That’s really due to time since I personally last read it and not at all a reflection on the series or this prequel.

Overall, you can definitely enjoy this prequel story- if you’ve never read Wicked Lovely, if you’re a long-time fan, OR if you think you remember more about the Wicked Lovely series than you actually do.