My fourth Kenney book in a short time frame, and while these haven't all been five-star reads for me, I'm starting to find her formula very comforting. Sassy FMC, worshipping MMCs, what's not to love.

This was alllmooosttt a 3 star read for me but I felt like it wasn't quite worth knocking it down a whole star. Wendy was slightly ineffective and annoying in parts, particularly when she leapt to believe slander about herself that was coming from a known and remarkably unreliable source. (Trying not to need a spoiler block!) Just made me feel like she was a bit of an idiot. I saw the twist coming but that's not necessarily a bad thing, and I'm going to read the next book for sure. I appreciate that while these books are interconnected, most of them are easy standalones (besides this one, which I think is a duet?). Sometimes you want a fun fantasy read without having to commit to a nine book series.