An absolute delight and I need the second book immediately 😩🩷

I don't necessarily think I would classify this as cozy even though I've seen quite a few reviews stating otherwise. Maybe it's the lighthearted tone of our narrator, Leovander, that gives off this vibe? But I do think this has enough stakes- both internal and external- that I would just leave this in squarely in the Fantasy with a romantic subplot category.

Leovander Loveage and Sebastian Grimm are excellent nemesis turned unlikely friendship turned - eventual lovers? (This series has a beautiful slow burn.)

This had all the charm & whimsy of Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales in a Freye Markse a la The Last Binding kind of setting.