Thank you to the publishers for giving me an arc to read and provide an early review.

This book was solid. It was a quick read and a fun one with a really awesome concept. Rapunzel is one of my favorite stories so I was very intrigued by the idea of this book especially when there were vampires involved.

Concept wise I was really excited but I felt like the execution made me feel a bit lukewarm. I enjoyed the story and flew through the book yet I wanted a bit more from a few key aspects. One being the world building and another being the back work that would have built up characters relationships to each other. These things just felt a bit lacking and I wanted to know more or become more acquainted with their past experiences. That is not to say I didn’t like the characters. Ava and Kaye were strong on their own and I feel like I understood them well. Their relationships to others though, other than the villains, were weaker because they lacked some background.

Overall I’m very happy to have had the chance to read this book early because it was part of my most anticipated for 2023, even if it was not perfect.