her name is amarante, was so well written. i loved her curiosity and drive to do what she believed in and it was sooo good to see how she grew in her powers and self-esteem. i like her a lot!! it was an overall solid book and a decent one to start off 2025 :D

and lastly the villains. they were poorly characterized, like thwir actions did not make sense given the context of the current situation they were in, it was unfortunate. anyway, given all this, i still had a good time. the sprinkle of romance was good and the main character+

motives came out of nowhere (there are two in particular whose "plot twist" involvement was so ??? like there were no breadcrumbs that could have led to that conclusion, and if there were, they were poorly executed) +

the story itself is solid and i like the magic system that they have. however, there were a lot of flaws that i could barely gloss over, like the pacing, the progression of the storyline and main plot (it honestly became confusing during the middle of it and even towards the end) some character's +

you're literally a magician, it's basically healed now 😭

+ up her playfulness and mischievous nature hihi. and also her costuming would be super fun AND I GET TO SING ALONGSIDE WINIONS??? HELLO???

HELLO MIKI HNY 😭😭