Thank you so much to YALLWEST and Fierce Reads for sending me this ARC as a giveaway prize!
One-Sentence Summary:
The goddaughter of Death and Fortune must fend off the authorities and a curse while trying to both right her wrongs and maintain the life she stole.
My Review:
I completely underestimated this book. I was so sure that it was going to be worth reading but not amazing, but I LOVED it.
First of all, Vanja is very chaotic and opinionated in a somewhat cliche way. Normally, this bothers me a bit, but she’s amazing. She’s smart, doesn’t take ANYONE’S sh*t, and she sticks up for herself. I am totally in love with her. She’s simultaneously horrible and amazing and it’s great.
Emeric motherf*cking Conrad, y’all. The other love of my life. He’s??? Just???? So???? Sweet???? Like I guess I have a new top three book boyfriend and I’m not mad about it. Again, smart, caring, and his relationship with Vanja is moderately healthy and very much adorable.
This is very reminiscent of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin, but I like it MUCH better. The fact that Lou was a thief who didn’t pull off a single heist was annoying, but this was a thief/law enforcement romance that was amazing and actually included copious amounts of crime and deception.
Lastly, the SUPPORTING MAIN CHARACTERS OMG. I loved every single one of them, even the lesser ones like Barthl. Ragne is probably my favorite besides Emeric and Vanja, but I also love Giselle and the others so much.
Most of what I liked was character and plot based, but there’s also a great world in place and I find it amusing that Death and Fortune raised a kid and are having a high stakes yet tame custody battle for the entire book. READ THIS BOOK.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
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