bookish.reader.elle's Reviews > The Longest Autumn

I was really excited for this one. The premise had me intrigued but this just fell a bit flat. I was hoping for a rich fantasy world with romance and magic. The book started out decently strong with the mystery surrounding the broken mirror pulling me in. I think the middle of the story just was a bit muddled with so many different characters and sub plots all happening. The conflict started to become repetitive and the pacing felt off. We knew there was as the issue with the broken mirror and broken magic but it never felt like there was much progression and the resolution happened very quickly. It was a very much tell you not show you type of story. The romance was basically nonexistent. I would say there is relationships but never actual romance. I also never felt any connection or spark between Tirne and Autumn. I really wanted a sweeping forbidden slow burn romance between herald and god. Overall this was rather disappointing. I did enjoy the unique seasonal magic and mythology but I think this was too bittersweet and a bit of a miss with how this was marketed.

Huge thank you to Flatiron Books for gifting me an ARC