I loved Alessa, she is strong, persistent, determined and stubborn, and will do anything for Dante. The plot was so interesting and the pacing was perfect! This book has everything you could want in a fantasy romance including magic, slow-burn romance, one-bed, demons and more. This book was so good!! I was completely immersed in the fascinating world that the author created from the very beginning. Will Dante be able to help Alessa control her power or will he kill her? Then Alessa hires Dante, a killer and an outcast to become her bodyguard. Alessa's soldiers try to kill her when a priest tells everyone that the island will be saved if Alessa is killed. Alessa doesn't have much time to find a partner before an invasion of demons will devour her home. Alessa has a gift she received from the god's, but instead of magnifying her partner's power, she has killed every partner she's touched.

This was an enchanting and intriguing romantic fantasy about love, friendship, power, and grief. A better person would have been devastated.' martins press/wednesday books for the ARC! it honestly wouldnt surprise me if some book subscriptions put this in their boxes this summer! i get that the author may have thought ‘finestra’ might sound like a lovely title to readers who dont know the translation, but i just couldnt get over it.īut all in all, this story is a pretty good time. also, the fact that everyone literally calls the MC ‘window’ is so cringey. the world-building relies very much on surface level info-dumps, the pacing is inconsistent at times, and the side characters are pretty generic. but im not complaining!Īnd even though i did enjoy reading this, i couldnt help but notice little things throughout that make it obvious this is a debut novel. its a pretty main focus so, while i was enjoying the chemistry between dante and alessa, the other parts of the story tended to all away. due to the way this is structured, i found myself more invested in the romance aspect of the story. What a fun story! its a unique blend of italian influences, god-given magic and demon enemies, slow-burn romance, and strong main characters.

This vicious grace by emily thiede