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“Whatever challenges lay ahead—and he wasn‘t so foolish or far-gone to believe they‘d be without difficulties—they would overcome one by one. Together.”

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Rereading during a hair appointment. I love Jane Austen retellings.

Fabulous

As a mood reader craving something dark, this delivers in spades. I like retellings, even when I am not familiar with the original fairy tale. I enjoyed the writing and was surprised by the underlying narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, and resulting behaviour of those being abused. I felt it on all on a personal level and wondered if I was imagining it. The blending of the retelling, themes, and plot were quite genius, and there was humour.

“There is no peace for a woman with ambition. No love for a woman with a crown. She loves too much is lustful. Her power is too strong she is ruthless l. She fights for vengeance she is mad. Kings are brilliant mighty godlike. Queens are deadly shameless accursed.”

Sums up the book.

Here I was thinking this would be the last book. Wellll Tracy sure enough left a big fat cliffhanger, so now I must wait 😭😭😭 This was SO friggin good, possibly my favorite in the series thus far. #tbrtarot #retelling #readyourkindle

The writing is good, Saint connected a multitude of Hera myths in a cohesive way, the set up shows Hera‘s notorious wrath as a form of reactive abuse & that invoked empathy, but ultimately Hera‘s ire was repeatedly misdirected & I just couldn‘t relate to the redemption Saint was conveying for the goddess of marriage.

This was a good read. It was a little slow to begin with, but towards the end it got real exciting. Overall it was a good read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This author can do no wrong. What a deliciously wonderful creepfest. I love strange forest books and am always imagining what lurks within the trees in the darkness. This gives a good spin on that genre if you love spooky forest stories.

This one is a slow burn that you have to be patient with but it does payoff. The atmosphere alone is worth the read.

I loved her other books!

I had this on my tbr for a while and needed exactly this kind of story, and I wasn't disappointed. I even stopped on the side of the road to grab a coffee and get back to the book. The ending was exactly as it needed to be instead of tied up with a pink bow. I will be reading more from this author.