This was such a cute and cozy book!

I really liked the characters and heavily related to Clara and her reluctance to do basically anything outside of her home. I also really appreciated that it was grumpy x sunshine but with a twist! Clara, the gardener was the grumpy one and the tall mysterious love interest was the sunshine one! I felt like that was super refreshing and not seen very often!

I loved the plot and thought that the world building was very good! I would have LOVED a map as the world seems really interesting and they go to so many cool places!

Honestly my only complaint is that I didn't fully understand exactly how Clara defeated the prince but that might be a me thing.

This was such a sweet story, if you like animal companions, cozy fantasy with a little adventure, sapphic romance, and found family, this is the book for you!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ALC. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved this!!! I had honestly forgotten I had requested it and then I was looking through my Netgalley shelf and saw it and read it all in one sitting!

I loved the story so much! I thought the messaging was great! I really loved the characters and relationships! I thought that the characters were really good and interesting! I love that we got some generational trauma going on in this too, and breaking the cycle!

I also LOVED the character designs!! I thought they were super cool and unique! The art was so gorgeous and fun!

A gorgeous story about nature and the relationships between animals and people!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC! All opinions are my own.

This was such a sweet book!

I really loved the story and premise! I thought that the characters were very well fleshed out, and felt very real! The relationships were great, I loved Serafina's rivalry with Æthelburg and how that did not translate to George and Floriant! I do think it would have been cute if there was a romance storyline with George and Floriant, sort of a supposed-to-be-rivals to lovers, but I loved their friendship!

I really loved Minerva and Serafina's relationship too, the old married couple vibe came across very well and very strongly in a way I really loved!

I thought the side characters were really great too, and all of the friendships felt very realistic!

I absolutely adored the art! It was so cute and felt very different and unique!

I think this is a must read for anyone who loves knights!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. All opinions are my own!