Nobody does magical stand-alones like Emily Lloyd-Jones.

Steeped in atmospheric folklore, this is a fast paced fantasy read, featuring a corgi you will fall in love with.
This book has moody characters, slow burn romance, bisexual rep, a heist, female guild leaders, welsh mythology, a magic system that will make your spine tingle and of course, a corgi who could be a spy.

In short, I loved it, and will continue to recommend ELJ’s books to everyone.

I loved this book. It was well written with an enchanting storyline and well developed characters that engaged me the whole way through and that I fell a little bit in love with. The world building was incredible too with vivid descriptions and rich imagery, I felt like I was there. I really enjoyed it and can't wait to read more by this author.

My, my, my! What a delightful adventure!

I hadn't read a heist novel before and dare I say, I love it? This story works perfectly for me ; well-crafted world-building (even though I haven't read THE BONE HOUSES by the same author), compelling characters, elemental magic, a dog character, a complicated father/daughter relationship, a greedy king, the fair folk, and casual queerness. And a lovely side romance who kept me hoping for the two main characters. What more to ask?

My only real complaint is about the use of the word "mayhap". Too many occurences really put me off.

4,5/5, really did the job!