Rasputin is a vampire! But not a real vampire, his mother was raped by a vampire and then she gave birth to Rapsutin. Who was then Always Different. He can live in the light but has to drink blood. The plot was there, but most of the book was actually Anastasia’s character developing, and her sort of ‘finding herself’? If that makes sense. First off, I’m not a Russian, I don’t know much about the culture, empire and the country per se; however, I have a mere noob level of understanding/knowledge about it. that is so completely true. 😭 and in this context it was so beautiful because it gave Anastasia hope, hope for the future, hope for the kingdom, hope for Damien. Fair warning though.... I am not a historian so do your own research. And feel free to correct me with plausible resources if I am wrong.

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One thing I expect from Fantasy Romance, no matter what the scenario, is that the two parts are equally represented. That the Fantasy would enhance the romance, and the romance be vital to the fantasy. I am SO happy to say that this book fulfilled that assignment for me. The magic system was very intriguing and the world-building was easy to follow. As a person who doesn't read fantasy romance, or fantasies in general, I think this could be a great one for beginners because I never felt lost reading this book. I will say that it felt a bit long-winded at times, and I found myself wishing for a little less words. Other than that, this was one of those reads that I became emotionally invested in because Anastasia and Damian go THROUGH it! Then we've got Rasputin, a man that I refuse to put on the side characters category. He had more presence than Damien himself and was the most intriguing character in the whole book. A mysterious man who calles himself a sorcerer and who charmed all Rusya with his magnetism. I spent the better part of the book trying to figure him out, is he as selfless as he claims to be or a wolf in sheep's clothing? Needless to be said, he was my favorite character in the book regardless of the ending.Sometimes I missed Damien desperately, and sometimes I wished we'd never met. It was too painful and too impossible. We could never be more than we were, and I couldn't bear to be less.

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I swear it wasn't my intention to review this book but it's been days, and Sophie's afterword still haunts my days and nights. 🤣 Anastasia meets her love interest, Damien – because it’s not a retelling so Lark couldn’t use Dimitri but she had to come with A Good Russian Name (that’s irony) starting with the letter D, obviously – when he tries to kill her father. At the age of fourteen. Which, good, for him, honestly. The first part of the book is from Anastasia’s perspective, but then in later parents the POV shifts… but not every chapter? You know, maybe describing the war front was too much for Lark, because well, she would have to describe things well in the first place.Honestly, this same book could be written about any other girl. Just a fictional girl that never existed. But then it wouldn't garner that much attention, right? So much for giving people, who never asked for it, the ending they deserve. 🤪

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When I read my first Sophie Lark book I had this gut feeling that I was reading the words of someone who had immense talent with both craft and storytelling ability and I could not WAIT to follow her career. This book is a retelling! Oh, wait, in Lark’s words: it’s not. Anastasia is older (because god forbid she’s not the “legal age”) and has magical powers. She can speak with an animal (one) and can stop time. But it is a retelling, because the first illustration is Anastasia (the animation) fan art. Like, I kid you not. But then, in Lark’s words, it’s not a retelling? What is the truth, Sophie Lark!?Her fate grants her a chance to make amends… but saving what she lost may cost her everything she holds dear. Rasputin, though. he made me really think about things. i loved how multi-dimensional even he was, and how he made me think about things fr. 👀 reread june 2023: ok I still love it obviously but I will say I wish the author kept anya’s scars from the mine. it shaped who she was and stuff and I wish she still had it As a small example: the author confuses the poor woman Anna Petrovna — the daughter of Peter the Great who died at the tender age of 20 💀 and was never even a Russian empress in the first place, with Anna Ioannovna (who was indeed an Emperess: a weird mix of something unhingedly merry and cruel in her personality), and SLANDERED the innocent woman who didn't even do anything wrong during her short lifetime, poor thing.

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since this was mostly story, the romance aspects were VERY spread out and kind of rare, but at the same time it made it all the more 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 I'm sad to be writing this review becuase this book is so highly anticipated - but I genuinely think it's MUCH too long for what it's supposed to be. This is inspired and a loosely based retelling - there are lots of changes that Sophie added ( and may I say I love the liberties she took with this). She definitely paid homage to the animated version by sprinkling Easter eggs through out the book. You can also tell that she did her research overall🖤 For those who've read the comments: I did not beta read this and this is not an ARC review. After thinking, I've decided to get the kindle book and read this after release.There are also fantastic supporting characters here. The ones you love (Felix Yusupov ❤️🥺) and the ones you will hate so deeply and completely that they could haunt you. At one point Sophie you killed it with this book, you took your writing to an other level. I can't wait for your other fantasy books<3