4.5/5 ⭐️
This was a truly beautiful story that had me tearing up at the end. I loved how it felt like a classic folk/fairytale in its style of writing and structure. It felt like I was sitting down to listen to one of Scheherazade’s tales from One Thousand and One Nights. But the bonus is all the smaller folktales told through out. And the thing I loved most of this story is the familial love. Yes I’ll always be a sucker for a romantic love story. I would have loved this story if it was lovers fighting to protect and rescue each other. But this warmed my heart more that it was filled with the love between mothers and daughters, while simultaneously showing that not everyone is blessed with such familial love. This was a lovely, lyrical tale that you could finish in one sitting. I highly recommend this book for my fellow fans of traditional folk tales.
Thank you to Kaye Publicity and Hoopoe Fiction for providing an advance reader copy of this book for my honest review.