Edit: my 2 star does not reflect my views on this author as a person. This author is a very sweet and kind person but unfortunately me and her book just didn't vibe together. Shame on the people who are one star-ing her book because she spoke up on Twitter about how she, an author effected by what ML did, felt.

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Book: Wicked As You Wish

Author: Rin Chupeco

Book Series: A Hundred Names for Magic Book 1

Rating: 2/5

Diversity: Filipino main character and LGBT side character

Publication Date: March 3, 2020

Genre: YA Fantasy

Recommended Age: can’t recommend, dnf-ed

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Pages: 432

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Synopsis: Many years ago, the magical Kingdom of Avalon was left desolate and encased in ice when the evil Snow Queen waged war on the powerful country. Its former citizens are now refugees in a world mostly devoid of magic. Which is why the crown prince and his protectors are stuck in…Arizona.
Prince Alexei, the sole survivor of the Avalon royal family, is in hiding in a town so boring, magic doesn’t even work there. Few know his secret identity, but his friend Tala is one of them. Tala doesn’t mind—she has secrets of her own. Namely, that she’s a spellbreaker, someone who negates magic.
Then hope for their abandoned homeland reignites when a famous creature of legend, and Avalon’s most powerful weapon, the Firebird, appears for the first time in decades. Alex and Tala unite with a ragtag group of new friends to journey back to Avalon for a showdown that will change the world as they know it.

Review: I had to DNF this book unfortunately. The book is so confusing. The world building is non existent and there are many different things happening at once. The pacing is lightening speed and it feels more like bad fan fiction then a book. It’s not all the way bad but damn it needed a few more rounds of revision and it needed to be cut in half and slowed way down.

Verdict: Not for me, but maybe it’s for you.