After finishing the last page, I set this book down on my coffee table and immediately hopped online to purchase a copy for my bookshelf. Maybe I'm a little biased, but a book with a well-written trans main character and a budding relationship you'll absolutely find yourself cheering on, all wrapped up in a plot focused heavily on lore from a culture I'm not immensely familiar with? Count me in. Trust me, this one's an absolute winner.

Give me monstrous love interests, elegant flowing prose, and a main character that just really loves gardening. Robin McKinley has the special talent of making every scene feel beautiful and romantic, and I cannot understate how much I love this book.

I devoured this book in two days, and could barely tear myself away long enough to sleep in that time. The characters are fantastic, and and the world-building equally so. This is an absolutely worthwhile read, and the audiobook is equally good if that's more of your flavor!