Ratings:
- The story: 1.5/5
- The audiobook: 4.75/5
- The art: 5/5

I read the ebook alongside the audiobook and it was quite an experience. The artwork in the book was beautiful and complemented the story well, and the audiobook was absolutely incredible with amazing sound effects matching the text. It had such a festive vibe! The author went all in on the food descriptions, too, which was fun.

Unfortunately, the story itself was abysmal. It started well, super festive and fun, but it went downhill pretty quickly once it became about Tella's stupidity. Specifically, the story took a really dark turn halfway through. There was happy Christmas music in the audiobook whilst describing some horrible stuff and it was very off-putting. 

The fact that Tella was sexually harrassed and assaulted whilst kidnapped was disgusting and so different from the usual Caraval vibe. What the hell was that about? It was definitely not the festive fun it was at the start. Tella then wanted to essentially cheat on Legend because she was so starved of love? The author's obsession with kisses was overwhelming and led to an awful plot for Tella. 

In fact, the whole plot just felt like overkill and not the fun Christmas story it was marketed as. The author then tried to save it with a throwback to the letter Tella wrote and the fact that it was Legend all along, but I felt like a line was crossed. Tella didn't know it was Legend, so it wasn't ok.

Overall, I'd recommend going through the artwork and listening to the audiobook, but the story is terrible.