Review
Thank you to Ballantine Del-Rey for an ARC of this book!
This is one of my most anticipated reads of the year. I have loved every book in this series so far, and this one is no exception. In this third book we are in Wendell’s world, and he is trying to retake his kingdom and save it from a curse.
I ADORE Emily so much – she is such an amazing character and her relationships with the people around her. Plus, her and Wendell’s romance is honestly just perfect. I love every moment they are together in this book. The moments between them, the sweetness, the – I don’t even know what to call it, the chemistry? Well, it was all lovely.
There are some moments in this book that had me outright chuckling. It’s still written in an epistolary style as Emily journals her adventures. Heather Fawcett is an amazing writer, and Emily has such personality in her journal entries. You really feel as if you are there with her. Also the descriptions? Love. I love all the different types of Folk mentioned. I could go on and on about world building, but I think you all would tire of that very quickly.
This book is much less cozy fantasy than the previous, it definitely leans more into a typical fantasy book. Historical alternate fantasy? Whatever the case may be, it absolutely works for me.
This one brought the series around in a full circle kind of way, and I don’t want to say too much on that. But we do have some returning characters from previous books!
100% recommend and while it does have a solid ending, it does feel as if it was left open for more to be written…