This book was pitched to me as a mash up between Labyrinth and Beauty and the Beast, making with a hint of the Hades and Persephone myth. I have to say, that's a pretty apt description, though this is definitely it's own story.

I really love books that use music as a running theme. Jae-Jones' descriptions really bring life to compositions we can't really hear and it makes me wonder what classical composers she drew inspiration from.

While I was very much down with the story, actually having some feelings for these characters and how their story "ended" *Glances at the sequel bait*, there was some problems here and there. There is a weird character shift with Liesl somewhere around the second half, going from slightly chaste, to oh my god jump me now Goblin Boy. Which was....odd.

There were also some scenes that probably could have been cut, though perhaps only one or two.

Overall, I really enjoyed it. There's definitely enough mystery and open ends to get me to read the sequel, though, if I'm being honest, if you don't care much for traditional fairy tale endings, you could just stop at the first. It actually has a decent, bittersweet ending.