Anthea Clark has a sense of obligation to her sisters, to work and pay the bills since their parents have died. After a fight she has with one of them she decides that she needs a night out on the town. While drunk and disoriented she stumbles out of the bar only to be confronted by a man who knows her name. As the man proceeds to draw strange burning marks on her skin, Anthea too stunned to move, the man continues the outrageous interaction by reciting a prophecy that she is unable to comprehend. Anthea is finally able to break free of this entanglement only to suddenly fall into another realm with Elven princes. She must quickly adjust to live in this new realm if she has any hope to return to the one she knows. But there is more to her than they all thought. Can she be this new realm's prophecy? Can she do what they want of her or can she break free and make it back home?
Overall rating 5/5
This book had me up multiple nights enraptured in Anthea’s story. There were points in the book that I felt mirrored ACOTAR’s plot which was both appealing and a bit too similar for me. I did enjoy the world building done by Asavi, and would love more dual POVs in the next installment.
*Thank you to A.E. Asavi, and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.