5 stars because I'm pretty sure this book was made just for me. I was a little wary about the storyteller omniscient presence but decided to lean into the silliness of it, and I absolutely loved their little inputs by the middle of it. The romance was so sweet it'll give you a tooth ache. It's a true fairy tale, and made me extremely nostalgic for my childhood when I would read fairy tales and desperately, obsessively hope that they were real. Loved everything about this book. It ended wonderfully, and I'm happy if the story ends here, but if there's another book and this turns into a series, you bet your bottom dollar that I'll be reading it as soon as physically possible.