Rating: ✨4/5✨
Spice: N/A — there was one kiss
Tropes: slow burn (like sooooo slow), enemies to friends, forced proximity, dark secret (kinda), injury
What a debut by @ivehousman. I really enjoyed this book and will definitely pick up the next one in the series.
Where to start? Let’s start with Seelie being the first MC I’ve ever read who has autism. For those who don’t know, my last job was as a medical associate editor. When I was working as an editor, we were taught patient first language. This means you don’t say diabetic person, but rather a person who has diabetes.
The reason I bring this up is that I feel like Ivelisse captures this idea throughout the whole book. Seelie isn’t defined by her autis
m, it is just one of the facets of who she is. The author never explicitly mentions autism, but she has been promoting it being very clear that Seelie does have autism.
We really see Seelie struggle to accept herself and her powers though. She wants to be human in the worst way. She wants to be like her sister. Seelie is a changeling and I wish that was fleshed out a bit more. I was confused about what a changeling meant in this world. Seelie, herself, seemed unsure so maybe that was purposeful.
The plot twist wasn’t super surprising, but it did bring up a lot of questions and anticipation for the second book.
My final comment is on Raze. I really liked him and felt like Seelie was unnecessarily mean to him, but I’m glad they become friends with the hint of romance to come. I will tell you, I really struggle to finish books with no romance, but this one wove it in just subtly enough that I have hope the next book will have more.
This book comes out on January 3rd, 2023.
Thank you to @Netgalley and @ivehousman for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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