I can appreciate what this book was trying to do and what it was trying to say. I know this is a fantasy romance, but it was clearly very political and spoke a great deal to current climates and situations we face in the real world. If the book was simply just the deconstruction of narrowminded, bigoted views, I may have enjoyed it more. If it had leaned into Floss' deconstruction more. Plus, the ending was very rushed, while up until the 70% mark the book dragged and was so slow going.