Queen of Roses

thank you to NetGalley and Briar Boleyn for providing me with an arc in exchange for an honest review

verryyyyy strong 3.5 stars.

I am a very heavy romance reader. I love fantasy too, but if it doesn't have romance, I tend to get bored quite easily unless the fantasy plot is EXTREMELY interesting.

The plot definitely picked up after about the 60% mark. It was a pretty quick read and i did enjoy it a lot. the only thing missing for me was the romance. i understand that it is all building for the later books, but i would've liked a bit of development with the two main characters.

Other than that, i did enjoy the book. It was a lot of world-building, so it did take a bit of brain power, which is why i give this a 3.5
I did enjoy the writing style, though. i wish it was dual pov cuz that would've made it so much better.

also, the ending???????????