"Enchanted Ivy" was different to what I normally read ... I saw it in a bookstore and immediately fell in love with the cover and the design of the chapter x pages - seriously, so pretty! I'm not really into fantasy - especially not when the books are kinda short, this book "only" had 340 pages (german version) - because it always takes me long to imagine the world and all the different creatures that exist in it.

I haven't had lots of trouble picturing the worlds of "Enchanted Ivy"! Maybe because most of it happened on the Princeton university campus, hm. Actually I was really looking forward to explore the other world and the creatures but that never really happened. It was never enough. Not for me at least.

It's an easy read with an interesting story but a little rushed. Sometimes that's good but here? I never had the chance to connect with the characters or feel for them. They seemed a bit flat and Lily really annoyed me - not all the time but ughh. Just a "normal" girl that isn't really normal - WHY give her the predicate NORMAL then?!

Tye was a lot more interesting - predictable but I enjoyed his humor and him in general. I knew right from the beginning what he was and I was so looking forward to find out more about him!

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The whole soulmate and love thing between him and Lily was (again) too rushed and not really believable ... I didn't even care about them being together or not - they were more like friends to me than a couple but whatever.

And still, I enjoyed this book! It's funny, makes you smile and dream about another world. I think that maybe I would have liked it more if it would have been a bit longer ... such a fantasy world with all its amazing and unique characters/creatures just needs time to grow and understand. It was a nice and lovely read but definitely nothing more than that.