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This was a lovely, slow burn romance. I wish I had read it before 'The Ashes and the Star Cursed King' because I would really have appreciated Lilith and Vale's characters more if I had known them ❤️

This is a dark take, wrapped in history with a little bit of magic.
As a rejected daughter, she travels to be a wife to an ambitious man with many dark secrets. As she struggles to navigate a violent, male dominated world, can she find herself again and reclaim her name and power?
3/5 read for a historical take on The Play that centers the brutality of women‘s lives. Extremely well written but not a happy read.

Less a retelling and more of an expansion of the story this was incredibly dark and yet compelling. In this reimagining lady Macbeth is a new bride, perhaps witch touched from Brittany arriving in dark Alba and seeing the starkness of the court and the violence and ambition of her new, cruel husband. There was much in this that was not for me but it was really well told and captures the darkness and fear of the original well.

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I like Kell Woods‘ style of lacing together threads from different fairy tales and folklore, making her work feel both familiar and fresh. I really enjoyed “Upon a Starlit Tide”, but this didn‘t capture me in quite the same way - I struggled a bit with the pacing. It did start to get me in the mood for books that feel more like fall! 🍂🎧

Definitely should be sleeping but I stayed up to finish this one! Whimsical is a good way to describe this book and the characters. A story of hope, friendship and community! I can‘t wait to read The Enchanted Greenhouse!

Definitely fits the cozy category. Doesn‘t mean there weren‘t moments of distress but satisfying ending. A lot of cute for people who love books, baking, gardens, and magic. Love the designation of garden plants as book genres. That chapter with the tree spirit bears was beautiful. Initially the narrative felt kind of cold to me. Like I couldn‘t really connect with Kielan but didn‘t even think of it by the middle and through the end.

Never come to Hellfire House without wearing a mask.
It was one of the rare rules in a joint without any. The only rule the master of the club did not mind following. He blended in with the sea of suits and white masks that arrived every other night.
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Violet is a bored prophet toeing the line with Prince Cyrus. She knows she should hold her tongue around her future boss, but he is insufferable and threatens to do away with her position until a curse emerges from the country's borders that make Violet more valuable than ever. The premise is so promising, but I found the “twists“ predictable and was left wanting more development out of the characters.