This was sweet, high stakes and unaliving of relatives, but still sweet. Why I enjoyed it? Most likely because this author makes everything feel intimate and calm, as if you are there listening to her interests and thoughts, a storyteller that uses actual historical locations and events in Scotland to tell her story of how a highlander chieftain was deceived by his wife

Enjoyed it, but also have a lot of thoughts. Despite the set up of the book not quite being what I suspected after the end of book 2, a lot of this was predictable. My biggest pet peeve of this book in the series was a particular twist at the 70% ish mark made almost the entire book feel like none of it mattered.

The series as a whole I truly enjoyed, but I don't think I'll ever reread it, (or that I will get physical copies). Every time I put down the book I had almost no motivation or urge to pick it back up again. I'm still happy that I read it. I still find her worldbuilding very good, love the imagery in her writing, and the dynamics that she sets up. The fmc her character arc was very interesting and beautiful.

I think it comes down to that I just am not a big fan of how she writes the climax of her stories. If you ask me what exactly puts me off, I do not know, will ponder some more on this🤔. The ending of the book was satisfying, and dare I even call it cute and wholesome.

I didn't entirely connect with this book. I liked the story, its themes, and the world. I liked the narration by Daveed Diggs (I can't shut up about it, sorry not sorry). I'm not sure what didn't work for me in Solomon's writing but I had a hard time visualizing what was described, the landscape, the actions scenes... And was often lost. I tried rereading some parts on ebook, wondering if the audiobook was the problem for me, but it was of no help. The afterword was very interesting, it described the creative process that led to this book, how it's a retelling of sorts.