ashleysdreamlibrary's Reviews (600)


I was given an arc copy of this book for an honest review.


Okay so I really enjoyed this book! I did feel like sometimes the pacing was really fast and I would have liked if maybe there was a little more world building / character building in there.

I also wish Adelyn had more encounters with Venlian. Cause his comment of “I saw I was more then a mere mention in your story” well I’m just stuck on that! Nolan is cute but I want elf boy

I received an arc copy of this book for an honest review.


YES YES YES I don’t know if I could have asked for more out of a book. I was honestly on my toes the entire time, reading as fast as I possible can (when I had a chance to read) just to know what was happening, what is she scheming. Is it falling apart or working??? I stayed up until 5am just to finish the book!! And honestly this is all I can rave about without spoilers. I’m so damn excited for the next book and I needed it yesterday!!!

But here is one of my favorite quotes! Spoiler free as I’m not giving any info or context to the quote! ❤️

“I want you to fight with me, flirt with me, scheme with me, talk to me, threaten me, kiss me. You asked me what I wanted you to do. I want you to treat me the way you have always treated me and not as if I’m suddenly made of glass.”

This is a really good debut novel! I felt the world building was fantastic and the two different perspectives fantastic. Kyla isn’t my favorite character, I feel like her beliefs in her faith make her very naive, and I also feel like more cocky then she should be as I feel like in her haste she caused a lot of problems, and her haste was because all she cares about is not moving forward in her faith, it came off as very greedy. I wish she would open her eyes to the fact that I don’t think the others around her are as naive with the faith as she is.
Marlowe is the complete opposite with no faith in the God-Sage at all. And with good reason. At this point in time I feel like I side with him in how things are being run and that there is definitely something fishy happening. I hope to see more development out of his character past just the all consuming anger.