Another excellent fairy tale retelling！I'll keep the review short because I feel rather repetitive， but I loved the book！ I'll admit I wasn't a fan of the romance， not because it was toxic or awful but just cause it was。。。。standard？ Ignoring that， I liked almost every other aspect of the book！ Characters were colorful， pacing was well done as usual， and the retelling part was done so well。 I also loved the expansion of the world building。 Always did want to know what was across the desert。。。 :） Another excellent fairy tale retelling！I'll keep the review short because I feel rather repetitive， but I loved the book！ I'll admit I wasn't a fan of the romance， not because it was toxic or awful but just cause it was。。。。standard？ Ignoring that， I liked almost every other aspect of the book！ Characters were colorful， pacing was well done as usual， and the retelling part was done so well。 I also loved the expansion of the world building。 Always did want to know what was across the desert。。。 :） Oh， and I do feel this needs pointing out since I complained about it before， but the balance between exposition and action was really well done。Asides from that， not much to complain about。 This was a well done read， like most of Cellier's works。 However， I did love the sultana a lot。 Even if she only got 2 short scenes。。。xDContent: there is a little violence but nothing gruesome， a suicide of sorts， and no language or iffy content besides an innocent kiss 。。。more