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Frae is soooo cute 🥹

If she calls him ‘my old menace’ one more time, I’m gonna lose it 🥴

for a story about a bard whose magic revolves around songs, it would’ve been more immersive if there were actual lyrics or ballads included. without that, magic just felt flat 😅

it would’ve worked better if they were from rival clans... enemies to lovers needs real stakes, and childhood pranks just aren’t enough to justify a ten-year grudge imo!😅

done with part one! but i think i will dnf for now ☺️ i’m more invested in the second couple. a middle-aged marriage being tested just hits differently—there’s maturity and emotional weight there.

meanwhile, the main couple, even in their 20s, read like teenagers who never outgrew their childhood prank phase 😅

okay, now i know what feels off…🙂 the book begins with jack having a strained relationship with his clan and his mother because they bullied him and sent him away as a child. but three chapters later it’s like none of that mattered. he just switches to caring about them. where did all that anger go? now, it feels like his relationship w them feels forced.

i probably shouldn’t have read this right after juliet marillier’s sevenwaters series — this really pales in comparison. that series felt magical and immersive, and here i don’t feel that at all.😅

so far, i’m not really hooked… 😅 one thing i’m sure of is that i really don’t like the female lead. she bullied the male lead when they were kids, and the townspeople treated him terribly. now she has the nerve to ask why he never thought about returning to their clan? i find that ridiculous. she doesn’t seem to realize that her actions pushed him away.