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What to Expect:
�� Faerie Bargains
�� Forbidden Love
�� Marriage Competition
�� Dangerous Trials
�� Kissing for Practice
�� Love Triangle
�� Only One Bed
�� Alternate History (1848 England)
�� Immortal Fae Queen ruling England
�� Unexpected Twists
�� First Person Multi POV

This is a stunning book (I own the Fairyloot edition) that had a very intriguing premise that unfortunately I won’t be recommending.

The author had me hooked at the beginning but from there my interest started to wane. I struggled to connect with the FMC (Ivy) and I couldn’t muster up much interest for either MMC. (Also hate a love triangle. 🙄) The trials the girls faced should have been the main focus, but most of them felt very rushed and lacked originality. The book was written in First Person Multi POV which did set the book apart a bit, but I think there were some missed opportunities to add more subterfuge between the girls. In a way it was kind of nice that the girls were mostly kind and supportive of each other, but it seemed unrealistic to me since they were in competition and the consequences of failure were steep.

With so much hanging in the balance, it was disappointing that so much of Ivy’s focus seemed to repeatedly return to the past love interests of one of the Princes. My biggest issue however was that the author included an explicit scene in a book that is marketed as YA - a genre that is marketed to children as young as 12. I really don’t understand why this scene wasn’t removed or at least rewritten to be more fade to black when the book was edited.

I am on the fence on whether or not I will read book two. There was a pretty major twist at the end that could take the series in an interesting direction, but at this point I feel pretty indifferent about continuing. I’m bummed that I didn’t love this more, especially considering how gorgeous my Fairyloot SE is! Oh well, it will still look pretty on my shelf. 🌸

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Pre-read: A society where all citizens are expected to make a Fae bargain? What could go wrong? 🙃

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