Witches, monsters and a murder mystery really sounds good to me when I read the premise.
Suffice to say, this was an enjoyable debut novel!

The world building is fascinating, an island was separated by an enormous wall that divided two cities.
It’s interesting to see how contrast one city compare to the other, Chernograd city was over-run by various types of monsters every new year – known as Foul Days, while the people in Belograd city can celebrate new year with great fanfare.

The plot started right at the beginning and I really enjoy following Kosara trying to get back her shadow along with her new friend – Asen, the detective who is following a murder investigation which brings them to work together to defeat the same monster.

The author did a great job in portraying just how difficult it is to get out of a toxic relationship and even if you do, some of the memories still linger just like Kosara and the main antagonist, the Tsar of Monsters.

I thought this was a standalone but imagine my surprise to find that things are far from over since they still have another ‘monster’ to hunt!

Overall, for a debut novel this was a great start. Great storyline and world building manage to captivate me from the beginning until the end.
I’m looking forward to read the next book in this series!

Thank you to TBR and Beyond Tour, Netgalley, author and publisher for giving me an e-ARC of the book and for having me on this book tour. I’m leaving this review voluntarily!