I really appreciated the retelling aspect of it. Despite the major info dumping that’s pretty consistent throughout the read, I still had so many questions and seriously, this really would’ve been a great book to have a map-I know I would’ve benefitted from it as many other lands/countries were mentioned but their presence was kinda vague and I had a hard time situating their locations in relation to Briar in my head. I personally didn’t feel the stakes and I didn’t really connect to the characters which meant that I didn’t feel the romance. I buddy read this with Leslie and sadly, both of us felt the same way about this book. Sadly, this one just didn’t live up to the hype for me but I’m definitely in the minority with my feelings! Although I loved reading about Alyce’s villain origin story, I didn’t feel particularly attached to her or any of the other characters we’re introduced to. It’s a slow-paced read and the whole time I felt like I was just waiting for something to happen and whatever I was waiting for wasn’t delivered.
I didn’t hate or love it but to be honest, I was kind of bored throughout. TL DR: Unpopular opinion time: this book was severely underwhelming. Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world.īecause we all know how this story ends, don’t we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. If my power began her curse, perhaps it’s what can lift it. Even though it was a power like mine that was responsible for her curse.īut with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating-and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs.
Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss. Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die.
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