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Reread: I loved this even more the second time through!! So beautiful, raw, and powerful.


ROMANOV is a raw, real story, full of pain and hurt. But it's beautiful. It's full of love and light and courage. Courage to hope beyond the hopeless. It's the kind of story you don't just walk away from unchanged.

I was blown away by the characters. Every single person who appears on the page, even if they're only there for a few chapters, has a heart and a story and a reason. They're like living, breathing humans.

I loved the relationships between the Romanov family. The sister telepathy, the father-daughter. It was all so pure and so real I could feel it. Nastya (Anastasia) was such a perfect narrator for this, and I connected with her so deeply.

No spoilers, but the romance was beautiful.

The story is an amazing mix of historical truth and fantasy. The magic system was simple, but I loved it like that. The different twists and turns of the story, the style, the author's heart in every scene had me hanging on each page for more.

Some content warnings. I try to keep the spoilers to a limit, but enter at your own discretion:
(view spoiler)[- One kiss
- Several main characters are shot and killed
- A character has to bury their friend
- A character considers/attempts suicide but is stopped by another character
- Other violence -- nothing unreasonable, but there are fight scenes, mentioned executions, near-deaths, severe pain caused by magic, etc.
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This is a MUST re-read for me. I loved it so, so much, and I can't get enough of it. ��

Note: I received an ARC from the author in exchange for my honest review.