Empathy

Such a beautiful storytelling! The author's wild imagination in combination with some lore elements, created a magnificent dark world building. I had an idea that it's a Cinderella retelling and was prepared for it, but honestly, I was totally blown away with what I found. It's a lot more than a retelling - so many carefully crafted details, so much consideration and love, invested in every thread of the plot and very interesting, new interpretation of the usual representation of fae, challengings and the magical realm they live in, some closer, some further away from the mortal plane.
So now about the characters - main and secondary they were all very well thought, developed and full of surprises. The focus of the story is one very special girl - Morrigan. This is actually her journey of survival, self discovery and awakening. She was marked and discarded as non significant because of the lack of traditional manifestation of magic when she was 13, but oh, how wrong they were. I have the feeling she will prove them wrong. Despite the hardships and the cruel treatment from her family after the faithful night of her 13th birthday, she was such an incredible ray of sunshine, full of goodness, wit, intelligence and light. The failed attempt to be sold, led to the best thing that could happen to someone marked as non magical. She was taken in by a changeling lord and his pack. And for the first time in years, Morrigan felt what care, love, warmth and loyalty in a real family are. The story is very slow burn with just a hint of a promise for a lot more to come as spice and heat level. But there wasn't a moment of boredom. I am impatiently waiting to see the continuation and the growth of all relationships, bonds, friendships. Excellent debut, Siri, I really enjoyed it. I received a complimentary copy of the book and voluntarily leaving an honest review.