Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for gifiting me a copy of this book

It is the story of Cassia and Zeru who were childhood friends but when Zeru gifted her the Solis Gemma- a ring that was prophesised to bring war to an end. Zeru did not know how important this ring was and just wanted to gift his friend this ring. The parents found out and it fuelled even more hate between the families. Years later, they find themselves forced to travel together because of this ring.

The book sounded amazing, but the premise did not live up to my expectations. I was not captivated or wanted to keep on reading.

This book was not for me, but I feel like other could enjoy it!

i was unfortunately unable to get to this before the release date for this title. life got ahead of me and i realized i had never left s review for this title, and will not post a public one- thank you!

Well, the first part was straightforward and I was enjoying the conflict between Cassia and Zeru as they are forced together because of the ring and trying to figure out how to use it, it did get a bit convoluted midway through with new conflicts between the Ancients and what they wanted at the cost of everyone else. It threw me with the added new revelations and plots, all to get the Solis Gemma ring and use its power for destruction (though that is not what it was originally created to do and I am glad Cassia finds that out!).

While it is pretty good from Cassia's point of view, I think it would have been fascinating from Zeru's point of view, especially with the changes that happen. But, bonus points for the fox spirit Voz who showed up. It was totally awesome cool. And I love Cassia's sisters who stuck with her no matter what their awful father decreed. And of the three places explored so far, I would definitely want to go to Welkincaster. That place sounds wonderful, at least after Cassia and Zeru visit.

As this is the first book in a series, I guess all the extra was a build up to expand the world more later so all in all this was an enjoyable read and I would like to see what happens next! And I think it would be so cool if the next book was from the viewpoint of Zeru. It would be a nice counterpoint to the first book.

I loved it ! This is what i call an enemies to lovers : it has the most fun and enganging banter that i haven’t read in a while, plus i loved the worldubuilding and characters!