Genre: Adult Fantasy / Romance
Release Date: March 7th, 2023
Pages: 219
Publisher: Bloom Books
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher’s Synopsis:
“All Gesela’s life, her home village of Elk has been cursed. And it isn’t a single curse—it is one after another, each to be broken by a villager, each with devastating consequences. When Elk’s well goes dry, it is Gesela’s turn to save her town by killing the toad that lives at the bottom. Except… the toad is not a toad at all. He is an Elven prince under a curse of his own, and upon his death, his brothers come for Gesela, seeking retribution.
As punishment, the princes banish Gesela to live with their seventh brother, the one they call the beast. Gesela expects to be the prisoner of a hideous monster, but the beast turns out to be exquisitely beautiful, and rather than lock her in a cell, he offers Gesela a deal. If she can guess his true name in seven days, she can go free.
Gesela agrees, but there is a hidden catch—she must speak his name with love in order to free him, too.
But can either of them learn to love in time?”
My Review:
Holy fucking shit …. That is all.
This book had me feeling some type of way and I don’t want it to be over! 😭
When I read the dedication – “for the fuck of it” – I just knew this was gonna be so good.
Immediately it’s dark, harsh, devious, and full-on fairytale vibes. I loved both of the main characters. Their situationship is seriously hot! SEXY 🥵❤️🔥🔥
I also adore the illustrations! I wish more fantasy books had them.
This is my favorite book by this author to date. Nothing is ever going to compare to my experience with this story. I devoured it all in one day. Even though I wanted to savor it, I just couldn’t help myself.
I can’t tell you how freaking happy I was when she confirmed that there will be more books in this series!!!!!!!! Idk how I’m gonna wait another year for it.
If you like romantasy, you HAVE to read this one! I’m obsessed with everything about this story.
At the time of writing this, it is only available as an e-book, but Claire has stated that there are plans to print physical copies in the future.
Disclaimers:
Huge thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me an early copy of this amazing story! I voluntarily read and reviewed this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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