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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book genuinely took me by surprise. The summary had me somewhat worried that a forbidden romance plot would be frustrating, as I find they often are, but this was not the case. On their own, Alac and Mara stand as very strong characters. However, all the other supporting characters didn’t feel memorable, which led to my forgetting who was involved in what parts of this royal coup. There were moments when the pacing of this book felt a bit off. There are other moments where the general timeline seemed a bit drawn out unnecessarily. I appreciated that the rules around magic and such weren’t too complex and part of the process of the plot was discovering how it all worked. I think this worked well for this story and allowed for it to be understood easily. Overall, I found this story really fascinating, and the plot was genuinely much more interesting in action than the summary leads you to believe!