We follow Toba and Naftaly in a myth inspired tale filled with heritage, deception, persecution, magic and love as they must flee religious persecution and end up finding things out about themselves they never expected.

Honestly I loved ~everything~ about this book. There were some unknown aspects to me given it is centred around Jewish characters, but they author guides you through with ease especially as there are fae-like folk and the story building of that to wrap one’s head around as well. My edition had a helpful glossary in the back for the religious terms I was unfamiliar with. It was all blended beautifully. I’d be interested in a Jewish person’s perspective of how this read!

The pace of the storytelling is so well done, which is harder with split perspective- and there was never a time I got tired of one or the other.

The romance between Naftaly and Bartisly was so delightful and heart-meltingly sweet when I realised what was going on.

I’m so so excited for the next books in the series.

What an absolute thrill ride! The truest example if a fantasy action adventure that everyone will adore.

A fantastic book in the true sense of the word. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it highly. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book.