The history and the use of fairytales strangely may the book feel more rooted in our world. Especially since the East O’ Sun, West O’ Moon is one of my favourites since childhood. We get a glimpse into one of the legends, and I do love the addition of fairytales. I also want to know more about the history. I want to see more of their magical London. The way Cari Thomas has weaved magic into our world. I did really appreciate the world-building. There’s plenty of time for her to find love and not just because of the in-text reasons why she shouldn’t yet. She’s not really had anyone in her life before this, and she’s still young. The two crushes were kind of obvious, and I just feel like Anna needs more friendships before she even thinks about romance. The romance wasn’t anything I was too keen on. I’d love to see more interactions between them in future books. But Rowan was definitely the friend that Anna needed. I really liked Rowan, and Manda was okay. Attis a bit more so, but everything there felt overly complicated. Her home situation was terrible, school sucked for her, and she really did need more good in her life. But you probably won’t enjoy it if you’re looking for a very adult book. So this is a great book if you love both adult and YA.

But it does follow a teenage girl and all the drama that follows when you wind up with a teenage coven. Some of the descriptions due to magic are grim, and it’s certainly not been written for a younger audience. This book can certainly get dark in places though. But I think that might just have been what I’m used to. So listening to it, it almost felt like I was listening to chick-lit. I haven’t listened to many fantasy or sci-fi audiobooks by British authors. But it’s a thick book, and with my focus recently… Audio seemed to be the way to go. It was the whole reason why I was willing to wait for its release. And as an old friend of her Mother moves into town. Her Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of love and of magic. Her first year of being in school with boys. This is supposed to be an adult book, but it follows a teenager and feels very YA in places. Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for that. But I was lucky to have the opportunity to listen to this audiobook before release.

I’ll probably still wind up buying a physical copy. You ever have those books that you’re determined to wait for the release to read? Yeah, that’s what this one was supposed to be.

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