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� 4 �! 🦌
spoiler free!

“of women, he’s heard it said: “she will be the end of me,� or “she will be my undoing.� none of that is true for liska radost. She is not the end of anything, but the beginning of everything. he has been dead a long time, and she is his resurrection.��

🎧 - mad woman + young & beautiful
᯸§¡£ð�­© now i breathe flames each time i talk
my cannons all firin' at your yacht
they say, "move on", but you know i won't
and women like hunting witches too
doing your dirtiest work for you ��🌿

� what did i just read & why did i like it?! and your telling you're telling me this is a debut? that's amazing! let me first start off by saying: this may not be for everyone! depending on the genres you gravitate more towards :) but if you love folklore stories, howl's moving castle, old manors, cozy fantasy books, polish folklore, cottage core + more, i think you should give this a TRY! the cover is so gorgeous, im actually in awee. but yeah i feel like you'd have to appreciate the book, yk? like i thought i wasn't gonna like this and it was going to give me the ick, but i surprised myself! 😭 for example, not everyone loves 'the cruel prince' ( which is totally fine! even tho thats my baby HAHA) but to those who do, it reminded me of it (setting wise only) but yeah i enjoyed myself <3 and some of the quotes in here had ME!! im just mad i didn't save it for the autumn szn � you could probably also pick this up at your local library instead of buying!

� "impressed? he asks, amused.
"i think i might be going into shock."
"i do have that effect on women," he says casually. "most people, really."

˗�ˋ�plot � 350 pages for a standalone fantasy is GOOD. the only thing that threw me off was the pacing at times. the beginning was okay, the middle was picking up... the ending was BIT rushed, but i adore the epilouge. (which is rare) afterall, it's just a tale as old as time, but AUGH that ending. 😭 and i though the writing was super good for a debut! someone just try this so we can scream about it tgt <3

˗�ˋ� overall experience ꒱pretty enjoyable! again, maybe this isn't for everyone which is so understandable, but im glad this was still a 4! i found myself annotating a lot, and aw the ending was so bittersweet, but ive come to terms with it <3 its just a tale and i get it. ALSOO i love how the author incorporated where she was from! she is polish and she based this off the stories she was told growing up with her own twists <3 cant wait to see what comes next!


˚₊‧꒰� character under-study ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

˗�ˋ�liska � her character really grew on me! i will say shes brave, i would be SCARED to go into the woods by myself no joke. and might i say, both our characters have very traumatizing pasts 😭 and i feel so bad for how she was treated, and she deserves everything she has now! fearless, you might say. ofc, i have other fmcs that i love, but im glad liska had depth and wasn't boring! :) her and some of elias' moments had me crying n swooning �

� liska pulls back, panting fuiously. she wants to cut his throat. she wants to kiss him, but most of all, she wants him to feel how she feels, if only for a moment.🌿

˗�ˋ�leszy (elias) � i was so, so conflicted at first 😭 might i add, he has antlers. OKAY BUT ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK. anyways i did grow to like him, and i like how he was different from other fmcs yk? yeah he was dark and mysterious but he has other sides to him and he wasn't such a sterotype! i thought i was gonna get scared or icked out by him but i didn't tbh, and i grew to really like him <3 i feel bad for his past too. him and liska, were... AHGAW. but enough of the
not so clever fox. anyway, i mean just LOOK AT THE COVER OK? i also couldn't forget out side characters! they added to the story too <3

� "you were so full of hope, so maddeningly tenacious. and then, oh then. liska, the worst thing of all happened." his voice cracks, and he looks away."i fell in love."�

˚₊‧꒰� mini playlist ໒꒱ ‧₊˚
� snow on the beach
� exile
� out of the woods
� say dont go
� into the unknown
� monster
� ivy
� runaway

young & beautiful
᯸§¡£ð�­© hot summer nights, mid-July
when you and I were forever wild

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� "if only we could go back to that time, liska thinks, when we were young & full of stories

� " you are so brave, liska," he says. "braver than you know, infuriatingly so, in fact. just look at what you've done to me, turned me soft despite all my grand efforts to resist your relentless charm.

chapters - 7, 14, 15, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32

bottom line: just have fun reading y'all, i hope everyone is well and having a great june! if you're a fantasy lover, maybe try this! or if you want to get into it <3 notheless a great standalone, and i cant wait to see what world i get to delve into. where reading will take me next! bye! <3 💌

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wait nooo why did i enjoy that sm?! this is a literal folklore tale and i ate it upp! but oh that ending (but looking back on it it fits) 😭 but be ready to try this, they may not be for everybody but its def something to give a shot at! cant wait to rant about this, 4 stars, rtcc!! <3 JUST LOOK AT THE COVER

ᡣ� •｡ꪆৎ ˚� preview! �
picked this up on a whim, but tbh it looks pretty interesting! the cover is actually gorgeous irl, I'm not kidding 😭 but tell me why he has antlers? look, you don't have to find every 'love interest' in a book attractive, BUT ANTLERS. hmmm but the artist did a great jobb. yk what, I'll stop complaining, cheers to happy reading!! <3