"A library with a deadly enchantment.
A dark fae lord who wants in.
A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power."

Very conflicted on how to review this one.

For one thing, I kind of feel like this is being mis-marketed a bit. This is not an enchanted library book. This is a book that has a very small portion spent within an enchanted library, and I think that's an important distinction. If you're going in this for a book of cozy bookish library vibes, that's not what you're going to get.

What you are going to get is a fae story that follows very similar story beats to other fae stories, complete with a love triangle where both love interests suck and a main character that can't seem to fully decide on her core motivations (for those of you that read the book, yes, using the word core was intentional there.)

To be clear... this isn't a bad thing. There's a lot this story has going for it, especially if you're someone that really likes a particular type of romantasy. I think a lot of readers will probably not be bothered by the same things that bothered me, leaving them to enjoy the really cool aspects of this book. The world was interesting (I wanted more information on how it was set up, though I assume that's coming in book 2), some of the descriptions were lovely, and the food sounded delicious.

I know a lot of people will love this book, I know there's a lot to love about this book, but there's also a lot of things that I feel were just not thought through or executed well - like the pacing or any of the plot reveals. I don't think this will bother everyone, but it bothered me. A lot. And pairing that with the repetitive, tell-not-show writing style... I really struggled to connect with the story.

Overall, this wasn't bad, it just fell flat for me.