This is the cutest sapphic story I’ve read in a very, very long time and I highly enjoyed it overall.

Rounded down from 4.5. Normally I round up, but the subpar world building in this book was distracting me from how much I loved the story often enough that I couldn’t justify 5 stars. This is potentially just because of my own hang ups on sociopolitical theories, but I find it hard to believe that a world that is so set up on sexism and the idea that women specifically have to marry by a certain age would also be a society that is completely free of homophobia. The sexist ideas that tie a womans worth to her youth are the same that force comphet onto society, the same that defaults love and marriage to the ability to procreate, and the same comphet societal ideas that would have made the Ash Witch believe barring a Honey Witch from love would kill off a bloodline.

Otherwise, the love story in this is adorable and uplifting, the struggles to overcome the curse were well done and kept things at just the right tension, and the love conquers all themes were predictable in the best possible way. So overall I would definitely recommend this book, especially if you are able to look past the above criticisms more easily than I am.