This was quite a cute, quick sapphic romance. It’s part of a series, but you don’t necessarily have to have read the previous books to understand the story. I only read this novella, and I wasn’t confused or put off at any point. I loved the idea of these part-animal characters existing within the human world and I did enjoy how some of Cricket’s struggles could be extrapolated to other issues that already exist in the real world (e.g her discomfort in big cities and her sensitivity to noises could remind autistic readers of their own troubles). This made the characters easier to relate to. The writing is fairly decent, though not a standout, and the plot is easy to follow though not particularly special. I did get a little frustrated with the amount of times ‘oak and ivy’ was used as an expression (14 and counting, for a relatively short novella) and I wasn’t particularly interested in knowing more or in that much of what was happening, but it was far from a bad book.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

In-depth and likely very helpful, but there are some inaccuracies in content and there are also clear biases skewing readers in a particular direction. The formatting was also slightly odd with pictures and blue text boxes that broke up the content in awkward ways.