Well...that was disappointing. 

For a self published debut, I believe the pacing issues can be excused on my side of things but what I can not look the other way about is the language/vernacular used. The author should have, at the very least, gotten a British person to read through because a lot of the phrases used are not only far too modern to fit the Regency Era, but they were also quite obviously not British either. 

I read Dora's mannerisms and characterization to be autistic/neurodivergent and the author confirmed that in a review under the book, but all that did was make me mad at the connotation that half a soul=neurodivergent. This anger was fueled even more by the epilogue where it is alluded to that Dora and Lord Sorcier went back to Faerie Land to join Dora with the other half of her soul. Like oh, okay then. 

While I did have slights with the romance, mostly on the part of Elias, I did still enjoy reading about them. The little gestures and moments were very cute. The most interesting character to me though, was Albert and I wish I got to see more of him. 

I really hoped I would enjoy this but alas, it was not to be.