I loved falling back into this world and I picking up from where Halfling ended, as we continue to get more of the world and otherly folk! Be ready for a tummy ache because this book is so sweet! It has a forbidden friends to lovers romance with mutual pining, such cute courting with secret moments and don’t worry there is spice! 

Aislinn is such a relatable FMC and I appreciated the neurodivergent rep. I liked seeing her work through the transition of now being next in line. I also loved her interactions with her father. The time she spent in the smithy learning hand talk was some of my favorite! Her and Hakon are just so adorable. All the stolen glances, just so swoony! I was obsessed with how growly he was regarding her! I also loved seeing the hard of hearing rep. I grew up with a mom who similarly was mostly deaf in one ear and I lip read because of that. It has given us a way to communicate in public now without others knowing! I could just go on forever on how much I loved these two and just how pure this romance was! 

Of course I can’t forget to mention wülf! I love that Wendel includes cute animal sidekicks. There were so many new characters introduced that I am hoping to see in future books and possible get their own! But cannot wait for Allarion and his stabby unicorn!