Swordheart

More like roMANtasy.
Sorry, I'll see my way out...

I was given an eARC by Tor and NetGalley for the upcoming re-issue (I think).

A cute little story, to be sure, with some steamy parts. Halla was an interesting enough perspective character, and I loved that she weaponized certain parts of her personality to come out in the middle most of her life.

I know it's an ARC, but there were some style choices that I kept thinking were typos. The characters interrupt themselves with “err” a fair bit, and sentences just stop without any punctuation. It happened enough that I have to believe it's on purpose, but it was distracting enough that I found my way to re-reading whole paragraphs to see if I missed something further up. I'd rate it higher if it weren't for those things.

And also plot points that just ... die, I guess? I'd explain more, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

The real deal of the whole thing is Brindle. Five stars for Brindle.