really wanted to like this and in small moments I definitely did. But this suffered from single pov monotony. It was annoyingly repetitive and at times I resorted to skimming because i felt like I’d already read it. The author did a good job conveying physical sensations but just because this is why choose doesn’t mean every scene needed to be group. And I was confused and annoyed as to why a magic village that really should have been called a small town would need reindeer shifter protectors. Or why the author chose to make the town accessible to anyone but claimed that Noelle finding it was destined. I think this had potential to be magical and unique but it fell very flat for me.