This book reminds me of Grimm’s fairy tales and I felt the same awe that I experienced 20 years ago when I was reading the Grimm stories.

The story revolves around Urdhr, an old witch, and her daughter Rapunculus, whom Urdhr creates from her magic. Although she was born as a beauty, sadly she doesn’t have a heart, making her unable to love. Things got complicated when prince Circium is attracted to Rapunculus. Will Rapunculus, the cold-hearted beauty be able to live Circium?

The author has done a great job with his masterful storytelling. It is beautifully written in simple language, but the writing style is so descriptive that I felt like watching a Disney movie.

I couldn’t get into this at all and I kept trying for months. Not my cup of tea. I’ve read some great reviews about it. I love the fairy tale element of it but I just couldn’t get into it.

A fun quick read at 200 odd pages.

Rapunculus is the Witch Urdhr's perfect 'except for one flaw' daughter - she does not have a heart, she cannot love... Enter Prince Circium... He likes Rapunculus... Can she like him back? Can the Witch Urdhr do anything to help?

I enjoyed this book. It was part fantasy, part magic, part fairy tale... The author created an immersive experience with the beautiful narration. The book ended abruptly, So... where is Book 2?

This was a fun first entry in this series, it was a lot of fun and had a fairy tale feel to this book. I liked the characters and enjoyed getting to know them.

Urdhr had lived most of her life deep in the woods alone so that she could concentrate on her magic. However this was not quite so good once she was getting on in years and so she set about finding a housekeeper/companion with mostly hilarious results. After creating a wish child who’s outwardly was perfect and was the best housekeeper Urdhr had ever had she realised that her wish child had one fatal flaw that meant she would never be the companion Urdhr wanted. With the help of her with friends Urdhr sets off to find a way to fix her wish child once and for all.
While Urdhr is away the wish child starts to do and learn things that make her think and function differently and a chance encounter with a runaway servant starts her on an adventure.
This was at times very funny and amusing although the abrupt ending was a bit disappointing even though there is obviously going to be more books to follow up
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.