Ann Royal

Great concept

I think the concept here is very smart - creating a situation for Princess Kyla that she needs to solve with her newfound magic. I personally thought the pacing was pretty good too, although the plot really zoomed by sometimes. Honestly, solid idea, and solid usage of the time magic. I struggled with the amount of exposition though. It was a little much for me, with a lot of emotions and situations being told rather than shown through the characters. I think a little more character development would be wonderful too just to help develop the romance more (which moved a little quick for me but I’m also a fan of the slower burn type of style lol). Personally, I also would’ve aged Kyla up a bit both to match her love interest’s age, and because I often mistook her to be in her 20s, but overall, a good fantasy plot.

Hard to stop reading

Once I got into it, I couldn’t put it down! I enjoyed the plot and how the characters were interwoven into the story, and thought the characters were great. Maybe the death scenes could have used a bit more emotionality, and the perspective switching threw me sometimes. I almost would have wanted only two perspectives that were constant. But it was fast-paced and super fun to read :) since I don’t usually go for action stories, I was pleasantly surprised at this one