this was not at all what i expected going in but so fantastically strange and different, snarky and filled with so many great points and i really enjoyed it!

i have no idea how to explain this books at all or even tell anyone for whom this book would be.

so let’s say this:

it’s funny in a very quirky way, but if you enjoy that quote i started this review with? you will enjoy the book because that’s the humor.

it’s dark. both in plot and in the topics it discusses. this book doesn’t shy away from anything.

it mentions abuse, child death, miscarriages, how horrible birth are, curses, death, murder, how horrible situations can lead to even more horrible situations no matter how most people in them wish they wouldn’t.

i think this book does an incredible job in mentioning and pointing out all the issues there are with abusive partners and that it really shows that the more powerful the abuser the less people are willing to actually see what’s happening even if it’s impossible to overlook.

the extremely timely message i read from the book (maybe just read into it or actually part of the story who knows those things?) if unwilling pregnancies and how dangerous being pregnant actually is, especially in bad situations.
and that nobody should be forced to be or become pregnant to save their own lives as of the life of an unborn child is worth more than that of the pregnant woman.


it shows that sisters can hate each other but still protect each other when needed.

it shows that parents can make horrible choices if they don’t see a different option and while they might feel bad about it, they also wouldn’t change it no matter how they children suffer if they think they did the best they could. 

that being right and doing that is not always the right way. 
that sometimes you have to listen to what others want and accept that they don’t want the right and good thing but just continue living as they did - no matter how horrible. 

and that it’s not your choice or responsibility to decide what’s right or wrong for other people when they are given the choice and choose freely -even if they don’t do what you want them to.


this book is filled with so many things that i could have never expected. 
but it’s not overbearing or pretentious in the way it mentions those topics. 
it’s more of a “oh look that’s happening” kind of thing. left to the reader to decide if they want to think about it or not. 
no preaching or telling you want to think. 
just showing an issue and pointing out the problems. 


now as i mentioned this book is strange. 
from the writing style to how the plot is carried out to every single character that is extremely likable and dislikable in equal measures.

in some ways this book is messy. 
in some ways this book is perfect. 

does that make sense? 
does it have to make sense?

does this book have to be filled with message or current topics or be read with those things in mind?

no.
to all of those.
of course not. 

it’s in its core “just” a fantasy story about sisters, one of them in a quest to kill a prince before he continues his horrendous reign.

if you want to read it as more.

great. 

if not?
great!


all that to say: this book was great!
and in many ways unforgettable to me that makes me want to reread it right away.