A beautiful sapphic book around incarnate tales, following your heart and making your own story.

This was my first Tasha Suri book and I can confidently say that I’ll read more of her work. This book had such an original story, the magic system was thoroughly explained and connected so well with the world building and what the characters were going through, every character was integrated in the story in a way that everyone mattered, whether they were a side character or someone lightly mentioned, everything made sense. The plot of the incarnate tales was so interesting and I can’t even begin to explain how invested I was, it almost felt like a bedtime story, purely magical.

The split of the book into two parts played really well into the story and its timeline, but I found part two to be a little weaker than part one, the story could’ve been better explored, some things felt a little rushed without much explanation and it could’ve benefited from being a little longer for the story to properly tie together.

The romance in this book was so beautifully written and I’m obsessed with them. While Simran and Vina initially are pulled to each other by their tale, they go through moments together that brings them closer and their love story starts to grow organically. Simran cared so much about Vina, always asking about her, what was her story and what she wanted, and Vina was equally gentle, wanting to make sure Simran was always ok and not letting her do dangerous things alone. There was so much yearning and teasing between them, you could truly see how much they loved and cared about each other.

Truly can’t describe this book any better than it being beautiful, the story, characters, romance and writing.