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I very nearly DNFd this half way through, but wanting to know what was going on I persisted, and then wished I hadn't of bothered to be honest. This story is vaguely interesting, but suffers from a lot of problems, self centred characters, a lack of world building and an abusive relationship with a tree.

Hawthorne is one of the worst love interests I've ever had to deal with. At first, he just seems generic, but there was something interesting about him. Later events showed that actually, he's quite emotionally abusive, making decisions for Emeline without her consent, and making her go along with what's he feels is best for her. And then when she finally decides what she wants for herself, he goes off in a huff and... becomes a tree again.

This book doesn't tell you it's set in Canada at the beginning, it just has two characters start speaking to each other in French and leaves you to fend for yourself which may be confusing for some readers. It's really set around Emeline's town, which is almost impossible to picture due to the complete lack of description.

The world of fae, at least I presume them to be fae, is very generic. There's a town, some forest, some sort of fae creatures good and bad, I was left wanting so much more development of both the background characters (who are supposed to be Emeline's friends) and the world of the fae itself. For such a basic story, I didn't feel it needed to be as long as it was.