I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

🥰 Lucia was such a sweet, wonderful, adorable, fun character. I loved reading how she came to live in the house and how she and the daughter of the man who saved her became such good friends. I did feel for her as she was an elf and had to hide her real self because humans weren’t too happy with elves. I hope that in the next book she is able to come out more as her real self. I also loved how she treated Modus from the start, before he was called Modus. Everyone else just saw a suit of armor, and she treated him better.
🥰 I loved Modus, and I loved seeing him grown more and more alive with each bit of the story. I loved that he was falling for Lucia, see him protect her, that rose scene was just SQUEE, and all the other things. I am curious how much more he will come alive in the next volumes.
🥰 While I am still a bit on the fence about the courtmage, I mean, he is very punchable, but he is also sexy, hot and I guess he doesn’t all have bad intentions. I do love how he tries to help out Lucia with magic and such when he notices that she has an affinity for it. Plus, well, some things happen and this is a solution I guess.
🥰 Knave! The adorable kitty that wanders the castle and is super adorable and cute. Also, such a fitting name for a castle kitty.
🥰 Kirsi x the prince/king. OMG, the tension between these two. They are meant to be married, from kids it has been arranged, so I was a bit worried if they would even match/have chemistry, but OH BOY, they do. I love how they are both shy, but both want to be together. This is certainly going to be a great marriage.
🥰 I love how Lucia provides some winggirl action between these two. Telling Kirsi to talk to the king/prince and for the king/prince to talk to Kirsi. Setting them up so they cannot avoid each other. Teehee.
🥰 Baynard and Peres??? HELLO??? I ship those two so MUCH. They are so adorable, sweet, and I love that they found a way to make this all work.
🥰 On that point, thank you so much to the writer for the bonus chapter! EEEEEEEPPPPP!
🥰 Loved the Behind the Scenes bit, always love it when books (especially graphic novels/manga) do this. Give us a glimpse in the concepts of the characters, more illustrations.
🥰 The underlying issues that the characters have. Kirsi has a wine problem. Baynard has an issue with confidence and when things go dark he retreats/gets angry. Lucia is of course hiding the fact she is an elf/fairy.
🥰 The art was so pretty, so dynamic, so fun. I would love to see this one as an animation!

🤔 While I could understand some of her motives, I wasn’t happy when Lucia put that pixie in a lamp. I get it girl, you want deets on elves, magic, and all the other things, but this is NOT the way.

All in all, I desperately need the second volume. This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2024 and BOY it delivered. This was sweet, romantic, magical, and more! Recommended!