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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿:  Kate King✍🏻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 400 📖

📄𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩!📄

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️🌶️

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 5/5
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁: 5/5
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5
𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 4/5
𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 2/5
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Standalone
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: HAE
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Dual POV

“𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙈𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚.”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

🥀Beauty and the Beast + Anastasia
📖Sushi (iykyk)
🥀He Falls First
📖He’s Cursed
🥀From One Night Stand to Forever
📖Found Family

Let’s just get this out of the way: I have some reservations about Alix’s common sense. Like… girl really said “sure, I’ll pretend to be your long-lost fae love” without asking nearly enough questions. No red flags? Just vibes?

Also:

• When your one-night stand turns into a forever situationship.
• How old was Nana, actually? 👀
• I know you can’t just ask people why they have feet instead of fins, but why doesn’t Dessa have a fin?? I need answers.

Anyway. I didn’t expect this to be as good as it was—but God damn, was it ever.

I immediately wanted to re-read it the second I finished. This was a dark-ish fairytale retelling mashup that didn’t just lean into the trope chaos—it fully sprinted into it with great pacing and even better chemistry.

Alix and Daemon? 10/10 tension. Even during the whole “oops, wrong girl, kidnapped you by mistake” thing.

(If I had a nickel for every time a fantasy book started with a mistaken identity kidnapping… I’d have a small but deeply unhinged coin collection.)

Thorne was the best kind of villain—the kind who flies under the radar being shady until he suddenly flips the evil switch at the worst possible moment. Loved to hate him.

The soul bond vs fated mate dynamic? Refreshingly well done. It wasn’t the usual “love at first sniff” setup:

“The general consensus is that bonds aren’t fated or pre-chosen—they’re formed over time, usually from emotionally intense connections or shared experiences…”

We love a magic system with emotional depth, thank you.

Also, Daemon’s crew? Obsessed. Kal and Jett had the best personalities, but Fox? Fox is the one I need answers about. I’m already emotionally attached and slightly alarmed about it.

Before I get into the romance, let’s take a collective moment to agree that Alix’s husband is a flaming dumpster pile of elephant dung. Caught cheating in the act and had the audacity to gaslight her about it?? Be so for real.

Now. Back to our regularly scheduled thirsting.

Alix and Daemon’s dynamic lit up from the second they started talking in the bar. That plan to pass Alix off as Isabel? DOA. Everyone in that palace would’ve had to be deaf, blind, and dumb not to clock the sparks flying.

My only regret is not reading this sooner. I won’t make the same mistake with book two. Kas and Dessa—I’m ready for you.