I wasn't really sure what to expect going into Enchantée because of the pretty mixed reviews I'd read before. Reviewers I like and generally have similar taste as had wildly different opinions on the book, so I guess I'll throw mine into the ring.

The premise of Enchantée? Excellent. The characters? Compelling, for me. For the majority of the book, this was a five star read. I did not have the problem that some other readers had of feeling detached from the story.

I'm gonna talk about the main relationship in the book here, which is definitely gonna be spoilery, so here goes.

Spoiler

I love dramatic irony, and the relationship between Lazare and Camille was RIFE with it. For most of the runtime, they were running two completely separate relationships, Lazare the commoner and Camille the commoner, in love, but then also Lazare the Marquis and Cecile the Baroness, also in love. But! Lazare didn't know the two were one and the same. I just loved that. It was super well done. However, like my main beef with this book, and what knocked it down to four stars, I felt like the ending didn't live up to the middle. Lazare knew all along that Cecile was Camille? Boring, to be honest. A bit of a let down. I wanted a dramatic reveal, dammit!

What knocked this book down to four stars, for me, was the ending. Enchantée had so much going for it. The plot was fascinating, the world was beautiful, the magic was interesting and new, there was loads of intrigue and drama. But that ending, it was just so...predictable? formulaic? I'm obviously not going to spell it out because spoilers but it just didn't hold up to the uniqueness of the rest of the book.

Still, though, I highly recommend to all lovers of YA fantasy and period dramas like myself.