It was good but not what I was hoping for. It just...was kind of boring for 60%-70% of it. We had some interesting reveals and progressions made but it felt way longer than it needed to be. I'm excited for the next book, but this one felt very much like "middle book syndrome" as some reviews call it. Nothing and many things happen but I don't care enough to go into detail about what it was, ya know? Fingers crossed that the next one picks up!

The words in this were super hard to pronounce so I would've loved if a glossary/pronunciation guide could've been added but unfortunately there wasn't. That being said, I absolutely loved this book! I thought the Celtic inspiration was spellbinding and the world felt enchanting and oozed magic and mystery. The authors writing was lovely and did a great job at keeping my attention. The romace was good even though I didn't care for Rogan. Ultimately, such a fun time with this one!

Premise sounded intriguing but it was bland and forgettable. It definitely had some creepy moments and the lore was interesting but overall I just didn't care about what happened and couldn't tell you exactly what happened. The characters were flat and the plot was meh. Just didn't do it for me.

I absolutely loved the mystery and atmosphere of this! The characters were interesting and I loved seeing how our POVs eventually connected. It was actually kind of hard to figure out who did what which I was happy about, so you were guessing the whole time. I enjoyed that we got some romance but it wasn't the main thing. Overall I really enjoyed this! 3.75 stars

Huh...that was a waste of time. This sounded good. I was excited. It started out good and I was interested but then it just droned on and on and things were happening that felt clunky or out of place. I never really cared about any of the characters because they had no personalities to begin with. Anyways, the ending made no sense. Like obviously very shady people but it was so incredibly underwhelming.

It was so cute, fluffy, and fun. It was full of whimsy and magic. Interesting characters and an adventurous plot that was nicely done. I just don't think was for me. I adore middle grade but this felt like it fell more towards the younger side of that and it just wasn't what I thought it would be. It's not bad at all but it's not a middle grade I would reread.

This is the second book I've read by this author after seeing it everywhere and seeing it receive endless praise. It was such a good time! The mystery! The thrills! The storyline! I thought this had such an intriguing and captivating atmosphere, the writing was nice, the actual plot itself made sense and was constructed in a way that connected everything without giving much of anything away. The ending was wild but fantastic!

Huh. It's a no from me.

Another historical fiction piece that I was actually fairly interested in. It doesn't necessarily have a whole lot of "magical" elements in it despite the name but rather a lot of events and situations before and after the civil war that tell our story. We have different timelines and different people that we follow and I found it to be interesting but I'm going to give this 3.5 stars, maybe 3.75 just because it's not quite what I was expecting to get. Despite that, I did like it and I think it's worth the read.

This was a good debut! Miriam was a sweet character and I loved how she used food to express things - I got hungry a lot! I loved how the author used cuban cooking culture throughout this, it felt refreshing and interesting. All the good stuff aside, I didn't like the weird miscommunication trope. It was an odd subplot, it really had no bearing on the actual meat of the mystery, and tbh it just annoyed me. Also, the mystery was kinda easy to solve but I look forward to continuing this series!