I really enjoyed this book and I have a feeling the series is only going to get better. 
It’s a very slow burn which I love, and I’m immediately running to the next book!

I wanted to love this so badly but in the end it just didn’t wow me like I hoped it would. For me a romantasy has to do both the fantasy and the romance well, and I just felt like this story lacked in both aspects. I wasn’t super invested in the relationship, the characters felt a bit flat and some of the decisions, particularly at the end, just didn’t make sense to me 😭

I did still enjoy the book enough to read the whole thing and I loved the concept of the story, but the execution just left me wanting so much more. 

I read half this, and skimmed the rest for the spicy scenes and major plot points. I think where this book fell a bit flat for me is it was too long for what it is. I love a good Romantasy and I think this book is very much romantasy, but for it to be this long it needed to be more like a romantic fantasy where the world was fully fleshed out and the plot kind of stands on its own, with a romantic subplot and spice. This just didn’t do that for me and I found myself skimming to the end. It’s not a bad book, I think it’s probably a decent option if you don’t normally read fantasy and want to dip your toes in (while enjoying a why choose romance). I just have such a ridiculously long TBR that I am trying to be a bit more ruthless about putting things down when it’s just an ok read for me. I probably won’t read the next one, but will likely look up spoilers (because I do lowkey want to know what happens 😂)
The hunt for a 5 star romantic fantasy or romantasy why choose continues!