This is probably a beauty and the beast that has more plot and world-building than spice, which some retelling that I've read tends to focus more.

Anyway, I would say the writing pretty much did a good job. It was compelling for me and really gave the vibes of a dark-ish fairytale in some ways.

My only problem is that the story really didn't have much going after, like the last 70-ish %. Another thing is the details of the magic, which I think is more of a telling than showing? There's also parts that were unanswered for me, and everything just felt and resolved easily, which made it very anticlimactic, especially when Mira was kidnapped by Maroev (corrent me if I'm wrong with the name) guy, that part was just resolved easily in my opinion.

I didn't have problems with the characters, I think they are really decent personality wise, but I just think there weren't enough quality that made them stand out.

The romance also felt short considering the fact that the novel is more of a world building. I kind of didn't feel the romance there.

Overall, I think this was okay. Could have been better.

~thank you author for the e-arc~