2 stars/DNF at 34%.

This book feels like it is missing the beginning of the story. The world, magic system and politics is poorly explained and when there is some explanation, it is usually done in a info dump that doesn’t make much sense, doesn’t actually explain things or is unnecessary. The characters are unlikable, the promised competition is hardly on page and is just boring, and the romance can hardly be called romance and the plot is fairly predictable.

There’s a couple interesting side characters but they cannot keep me engaged enough to finish this book. Also I am not a fan of this narrator’s narration decisions, especially for the men and the accents given to them.

An intriguing story with a feisty FMC! The FMC enters in to the marriage games to marry the prince. However, it’s not the Prince she is after. This story is a sapphic romance. The FMC is a funny and firey character who was fun to follow. The world building was good and plenty of twists and turns!