Weird pacing throughout.

I wanted to like this book so much. The idea of starting over and becoming a woman who values herself? Sign me up!

Unfortunately, Annalise is none of these things. I was hoping this would be the book to make me love Jordan. It did not. Anna is a shell, full of trauma with no sense. Owen is her savior but has no sense of purpose.

And let's be clear, the amount of times the Romani slur is used...is outrageous. Plus the magic healing of disability by a sage wise woman. And then the amount of times we're supposed to cheer on Owen, who apparently killed a bunch of rebels in India. It's clear what that was about.

Bad editing, bad story pacing, lack of relationship building. Just. Not a great book. I think this is my final attempt at Sophie Jordan. I've tried several. Pacing seems to be a common problem. Anna's in bed for weeks and we get nothing. Might as well be blank pages.