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When he hears his father is dying, Darragh makes one last effort to reconcile with his apparently transphobic family, but Pops is in a coma, so Darragh heads to the only place he can think of to find a cure: the sorcerer who helped him discover his true body. Along the way, he reads many conflicting tales of the sorcerer's cruelty. Then the POV changes, and we get to see things from the sorcerer's perspective, reframing those old tales and reminding us that rumors are often told to serve someone's purposes.

There's more to the plot, notably some stuff that might remind you of Beauty and the Beast in a very loose sense. My initial impression of this book is that it's trying very hard to have a lot of queer representation. A+. Lots of queer folks in here. Other than that, there wasn't a lot that drew me to part one or Darragh. He was a little too pure for this world, which ruined him as a character because there wasn't enough conflict. But in part 2, we get all the conflict we could have hoped for and a new take on the brooding fae prince. The ending was heart-stopping, and this book kept surprising me by avoiding that classic "Everything would have been fine, but." I liked that, and I'm glad that there were so many happy endings for queer folks. If you're looking for a magical story with a lot of queer representation, I'd definitely direct your attention to this book.