Considering this is the author’s debut I saw from reviews it was good, but I really didn’t I would love it as much as I did. Such a unique and impressive story that is woven throughout with stunning details and the story itself is just amazing. I loved the main characters, especially the “Condesa”, who has to go into enemy territory and marry the fake king Atoc. Watching her character development and grow was intriguing, because she always saw things as black and white never with any grey areas. Once she gets to meet the so called enemy people, she sees how what her people know and have been taught are wrong.
While I did find the plot itself to be pretty predictable, it was such a unique storyline that I never got bored. I loved the way magic worked and how descriptive everything was. How the main character has magical abilities to weave animals and how others can look at the stars and see what is going to happen. I did see the ending coming, but a couple things did shock me throughout the book.
Another thing I absolutely loved was the very slow burn romance. I won’t give away anything, but the person Ximena (the fake Condesa) is slowly but surely falling for is just such a great person and learning about his life and what brought him to who he is today, made it such an exceptional and intricate storyline. “I think it’s time we have a chat, little wolf.” I loved their silly banter, and how it went from complete and utter disgust of each other, and only seeing how they could be good or evil, but coming to realize each other’s stories.
Like I said before I really enjoyed the descriptions, but also how we got to know so many of the characters as well! Some of the side characters played such important parts, and it was nice to actually know about them and come to care for not only the main characters but them as well. This was a very satisfying read for me and had the perfect ending. I highly recommend adding this to your tbr shelf, it comes out in January!
While I did find the plot itself to be pretty predictable, it was such a unique storyline that I never got bored. I loved the way magic worked and how descriptive everything was. How the main character has magical abilities to weave animals and how others can look at the stars and see what is going to happen. I did see the ending coming, but a couple things did shock me throughout the book.
Another thing I absolutely loved was the very slow burn romance. I won’t give away anything, but the person Ximena (the fake Condesa) is slowly but surely falling for is just such a great person and learning about his life and what brought him to who he is today, made it such an exceptional and intricate storyline. “I think it’s time we have a chat, little wolf.” I loved their silly banter, and how it went from complete and utter disgust of each other, and only seeing how they could be good or evil, but coming to realize each other’s stories.
Like I said before I really enjoyed the descriptions, but also how we got to know so many of the characters as well! Some of the side characters played such important parts, and it was nice to actually know about them and come to care for not only the main characters but them as well. This was a very satisfying read for me and had the perfect ending. I highly recommend adding this to your tbr shelf, it comes out in January!