When I saw this cover I was instantly in love and I knew I needed to read this book. When I read the description I was completely intrigued. I love when the magical and the real blend together and I thought this book had such huge potential. I found the world building to be strange but it was beautiful and this small town was a place I could imagine visiting. I found the story to be a painfully slow burn and I didn’t love how slow the story was. I will say the love story was sweet and I was definitely rooting for Yas and Raf. I enjoyed the art and imagery in the book. I did like that book tackles some tough issues about how one group can discriminate against another group by using the mythical Golub people. When the Golub’s land became unloveable they came through a special tree to the regular world we live in and were welcomed even if it was cautious. They are marked by a leaf tattoo on their wrist but they can lose their tattoo if they stray too far for too long or break other rules of their people. After tragedy strikes the two groups have conflict and the town is dying. What will the townspeople give up. To save their town?