3.91 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
slow-paced

sapphic magical noir detective story? sign me up.
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

I'd been wanting to read C.L. Polk's books for years now and finally after reading Even Though I Knew the End I can confidently say that I get the hype. This was such a wonderfully haunting read. The magic felt so tangible, the love so heartwarming, and the hurt so real. An absolutely phenomenal read. 
adventurous challenging inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Bless this gorgeous little sapphic historical romance with a fantasy twist! Although big TW for just casually referring to a mental health institution as a “nut house” even if it was set in the 1940s I nearly DNF’d for that. 🙃🙃 but back to the rest of the book that was good! Getting into audiobooks and fantasy/sci-fi/urban fantasy is all new for me so when I find one I enjoy it’s really exciting to me still! The love held by Helen in this book is so big and endless and beautiful. I loved the background setting of 1940s Chicago with its fantasy twist. I want to meet Eden so badly. What a woman! If you knew the ending for yourself, what would you want to achieve? Who would you sacrifice everything for?