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Rating: 6 happy endings out of 5

...I read this entire book in one sitting. Until four a.m. this morning. It was worth it.

Here are my hopefully coherent thoughts about it:

-The first thing that made me really excited about this book was Poly’s glasses. Yeah, I know, that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but glasses-wearing characters are seriously underrepresented in fantasy! Especially for the main female character.

-Poly and Luck. Pluck? Loly? At any rate, these two are the best. Also they are insanely cute together and I might ship them violently?? (help)

Poly: “Personal space! Do you assault every woman you meet?�

Luck: “No, just you.�

-Romance that’s slow burn and actually isn’t based solely on physical looks.

-This is a pretty loose retelling of Sleeping Beauty. I loved the bits of Rapunzel that were mixed in (extremely long and magical hair, anyone?) Also, given how much Poly exclaims “Good grief!� I’m seeing a bit of Charlie Brown in there as well.

-Time travel. IN A FANTASY WORLD. Yeah, it’s not like that’s one of my favorite tropes or anything...

-Logical consequences of being asleep for 300 years.

-Poly’s motherly side coming out in her relationship with Onepiece. It brought a different side of her than what you typically find in fairytale retellings and I loved it.

-Complex magic system. Maybe it went a little over my head? But I enjoyed it. Typically I read fantasy with no magic or a soft magic system, but I did like the way it was handled in here.

-Poly constantly falling asleep.

- Quote to Remember: “Scones are always relevant.�


This is my first book by this author, and it will definitely not be the last. I honestly can’t think of anything negative to say about it that is the book’s fault (for example, I was going to say that I had a hard time picturing the characters, but then I realized, wait, I /always/ have a hard time picturing characters without fanart or illustrations. Also, I might not recommend it to everyone just because of how heavily magic-centric it is; typically I steer clear of HP-type reads with spells and that sort of thing. But this was a worthy exception.)

Wow, that was monster of a review. If you made it to the end, have a scone! If you didn’t... well, I can’t threaten anything because you’re not reading this, so.