This was a sweet, fun, and quick read. It's the perfect choice if you want to dive into a standalone romantasy with intimate world-building. I love how quiet, contained the world is, allowing ample focus on our leads, Bria and Weston.

I loved their romance and its development. It's clear from the onset there are mutual feelings, but this isn't a romance about insta-love or even slow burn. It's about the consequence of pursuing said romance, and its effect on personal agency when it comes to one half of the couple possessing a gift of good fortune and the other possessing the very opposite. With one lingering touch the Weston, a Null, can take away all magical good fortune away from Bria. So having a barrier between them is his way to protect her from his presumed curse, even if it means constantly denying his own heart. There's a significant hurdle to overcome and I so admired how Bria never gives up on making the jump, even as Weston himself reinforces it along the way. She is always in pursuit of not only her own heart, but of her own choice. For as gifted as she seems, Bria seeks to become more than a tool to be used by others, she wants to be a woman capable of forging her own path, making her choices, and freely loving as she pleased.

I adored Bria as a heroine, endeavoring to find her happiness and agency; just as I adore the resilient love story between her and Weston.

This is such a delightful, quick read that will instantly put you in the very best of moods. There were plot points I do wish were more fully fleshed out, and I wished at times the book was longer to further develop those. Nevertheless, my attention never once waned, it was so wholly caught by the how beautifully the narrative weaved this story of love and choice. And I appreciated how this is very much a book you can read in one sitting and throughout that duration truly feel immersed within the created world. That is quite the feat to achieve!

I definitely had a good time reading this one!

Thank you so kindly Shaylin Gandhi and The Nerd Fam for this gifted arc.