Language: R (32 F, 57 other swears); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG-13 (grisly deaths, fighting, bloodiness, mortal peril)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
17yo Anaïs is prepared to accept her fate. She’ll go to the ball, find a suitable husband, and live the life her mom wants her to, but that doesn’t mean she has to be happy about it. What she isn’t prepared for is the explosion that rocks the palace at midnight, killing the royal family, their guests, and Anaïs. She’s even less prepared for what happens when she wakes up the next morning as if none of it had happened and when the same thing happens again, and again, and again. As Anaïs struggles to figure out what is happening to her and her kingdom, not to mention how to stop it, she’ll need all the help she can get, from allies she never would have expected.
I thought the time loop was an interesting premise, especially in a fantasy/fairytale setting, but I felt like it bogged down in the middle. The main character tried different things to get out of the time loop, but some of it could definitely have been combined or cut out completely. I liked the main character and her determination to succeed, but I felt like there could have been some more world building around the reasons behind the violence, as well as some more fleshing-out of the secondary characters. The huge number of F-words felt out of place and annoyed me. I thought the ending was a bit rushed after spending so many cycles trying to get there. All told, I did like the book, but I think it missed the mark in a few ways.
Reviewer: Andrea R.
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