Character Development: ☆☆☆☆
Plot/Writing Style: ☆☆☆☆☆
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight. Far too many generations of Queen's Bridge have been terrorized by this evil sorcerer's trickery. Eve's own unique magic - the ability to conjure weapons from nature - makes her a worthy adversary.As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle. But her mother, Queen Regina, has been acting bizarrely, talking to a strange mirror alone every night. Then a young man claiming to be the Knight's messenger appears and shares a shocking truth about Eve's past. Unsure of who to trust, Eve must find the courage to do what she's always done: fight. But will it be enough to save her family and her queendom?"
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Oh my goddddddddddddddd this book was so good. I've read one other book by Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella is Dead, and I thought it was solid but dragged a bit after a while. I was curious to see if this would be similar, and while I did think there were a couple things that got repetitive, the pace was solid and there were enough big reveals and plot twists that it's easy to forgive a little repetition. I thought Eve and her mother were such badasses, and I was so curious about Eve's powers...but the real strength of this story? The secondary characters.
Just...SO good. Nova? Nuanced, complicated, and wonderful. Claude? What do I even say about Claude? Thoughtful, strong, vulnerable. His boys? HIS BOYS. Ugh, I love them so much. Truly, they made the book what it was, and the way that Eve had to unlearn being fiercely independent and never needing help, let people in, and lean on them even though it wasn't something she was comfortable with...so emotional. So beautiful.
Plus, don't judge a book by its cover...but judge this book by its cover, baby.
Glorious. And it has bright green sprayed edges (poisoned apple, babyyyyy), artwork on the inside cover and the reverse side of the book cover. BEAUTIFUL.
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