Mika has to be one of the darkest, complex, traumatized female character I have read about in a long time. Saying that she’s “been through it” would be an understatement. Friends, before reading this story please make sure to read trigger/content warnings. This is a dark romantic fantasy!

The world that Moody built for us has layers, and does a good job at make sure we’re reminded of where we are at. What characters are around and such. I think the world building in this was really creative! The family that were introduced to and go along this journey with is a family I would want to be apart of. You have Beans, who is just the big teddy bear of the group but also fiercely protective. Bitty was such a “innocent” light break to some of these really heavy parts. Riley is in fact a cinnamon roll (that needs therapy) and the romance between him and Mika was tugging and pulling at my heart. These two are a slow ass burn. And….jfc to that ending….like ride (😉)

I will say there were some parts that felt rushed through, and then there were parts that were repetitive. It was a lot of traveling, eating, sparring, repeat. But that is the small bit that I would say I didn’t like. And this story was so good that it didn’t bother me that much. This story is dark, beautiful, sad and magical. I love the interpretation of female rage and how that comes out toward the end - like holy fuck the creativity.