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This loose Beauty & the Beast retelling has a serious cozy mystery vibe to it. I liked the characters, I liked their world, and I really, really liked the magic-as-technology angle. More like this, please.
The book does feel a bit longer than necessary and has a few pacing issues that slow the mystery down, but I can‘t mind much since it‘s all due to Gingell‘s clear delight in her characters and their story. You can tell she had FUN writing this.