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Great premise — sapphic Sleeping Beauty where the main character Alyce, an outcast who possesses dark magic, falls for the princess, who's under a curse that she'll die on her 21st birthday unless she finds true love's kiss.
While so much of this world and magic systems was clever and intriguing, unfortunately, I found the world-building a bit too tedious — and got so bogged down in exposition that it distracted from the character growth and forward momentum of the plot.
And I didn't love Alyce's character arc at the end, she went from being misunderstood to becoming a full-on villain, so I won't be reading book 2 as that's not super appealing to me :/
3.5 stars that I'm rounding up to 4.
While so much of this world and magic systems was clever and intriguing, unfortunately, I found the world-building a bit too tedious — and got so bogged down in exposition that it distracted from the character growth and forward momentum of the plot.
And I didn't love Alyce's character arc at the end, she went from being misunderstood to becoming a full-on villain, so I won't be reading book 2 as that's not super appealing to me :/
3.5 stars that I'm rounding up to 4.