Luella ya tiene 19 años y no se espera de ella que sea la reina humana porque no tuvo ninguna manifestación de magia durante su niñez, sin embargo todos se sorprenden cuando es elegida para ser la siguiente reina. Tendrá que abandonar todos sus sueños y empezar una vida para la que nunca fue entrenada. Everything Luella had thought she’d known about her life, and herself, was a lie. Taken to a land filled with wild magic, Luella is forced to be the new queen to a cold yet blisteringly handsome Elf King. Once there, she learns about a dying world that only she can save. Pasando a los personajes. Aquí siento un poco de amor-odio. Por un lado, me han gustado en gran medida sin embargo por otro lado me han parecido muy planos y no entendía algunos de sus comportamientos a lo largo de la historia. También estaba el hecho que las interacciones pasaban de “conocidos” a “amigos” en medio de un capitulo y yo sinceramente no lo veía factible. La historia de amor tres cuartos de lo mismo, creo que necesitaba mucho más desarrollo.

Harrow, the MMC's brother was trouble and a charming one at that too. I liked him more than the main characters. He came across as genuine and one with full of personality, which made me wish at times that he was the love interest 👀🤭 This is my #1 favorite thing in a book. The entire plot can be absolute garbage, but if the slow burn romance is good, I’ll keep hanging on every word. Thankfully, this book’s plot is NOT garbage and the slow burn isn’t either. 😏😏😏😏 This books uses a lot of subtleties when developing the relationship between the two main characters. Subtle looks, whisper touches, throat clearing, unfinished sentences, etc. It really goes all out on building the tension. My book club and I (lol my book club has two people in it...including me) were big fans of the MC always noticing the Elf King’s destroys hands. 😏 Everything Luella had thought she'd known about her life, and herself, was a lie. Taken to a land filled with wild magic, Luella is forced to be the new queen to a cold yet blisteringly handsome Elf King. Once there, she learns about a dying world that only she can save.El argumento, así como el sistema de magia y el desarrollo del mundo me ha parecido bastante interesante, pero al ponerlo en práctica le ha quedado muy simple. La autora podría haberlo desarrollado muchísimo más y le hubiera quedado una novela más completa. Creo que si tuviera que destacar algo de la novela sería el carácter de Luella en algunos de los momentos. Yo pensaba que me iba a encontrar con un personaje mucho más sumiso y bastante tonto, pero a veces hacia y decía cosas que me sacaban una sonrisa. Eso sí, un párrafo más tarde ya lo volvía a fastidiar diciendo alguna tontería. Most of the time they are just talking and arguing over lame stuffs and then he just cuts her off. Repeat. This is less of a Hades & Persephone retelling and more of an "inspired by" with Beauty & the Beast elements as well. I liked the contrast in magics we had between the two characters, with hers being nature magic and his being implied that it is tied to death (though not quite death magic). She had the spunk that I like to see with Persephone characters, with a mix of stubbornness but also very powerful magic and a desire to rule alongside him. I would say he leans much more into a Beast character than Hades, as he tends to be a little colder than I like my Hades characters, but overall I enjoyed their slow burn dynamic.

The hero was boring and plain and more boring. There was literally no chemistry between the two MC. It has a Hades-Persephone vibe but it's not for A Court of Thorns and Roses fans! If you want to read a cute fantasy romance? Sure go on.I didn’t feel anything, I couldn’t feel the glittering magic of the Elf/Fae realm. I couldn’t feel the danger of it. I couldn’t feel the mystery of it. I didn’t feel the magic! THE ROMANCE STEAM LEVEL was more than Elise typically has but not much compared to true romance novels. The slow burn was enjoyable. But overall, the romance didn't make me "feel" anything. Like... if there was not a HEA ending, I don't think I would have been too devastated I don't know. It might just be me but the whole time I was reading this, I felt absolutely nothing. I was honestly bored out of mind and considered marking this as 'DNF' many times, but I thought "Oh, maybe it'll get better....?" The magical land of Midscape pulls on one corner of her heart, her home and people tug on another… but what will truly break her is a passion she never wanted.