This was a new one for me. The author of this book messaged me and asked if I wanted to ARC read her debut novel. I am so honored, let’s begin.

Sleeping Beauty meets Once Upon A Broken Heart in this fairytale retelling about love and finding yourself.

The book is called “The Queens Card” which is the debut novel from writer Erin Archer. It has been released on the 25^th of February so you guys can already buy this book and enjoy reading it. It’s a Romantasy book, slow burn enemies to lovers which I like. Also, there’s no smut, spice or whatever this book is purely focused on the story and its progression, that’s a big win in my book.

We follow Mira, who is a protector of the crown… She lives in a mortal realm and needs to let the king see she’s worthy of being a keeper so he can unlock her keeper magic. With a royal wedding on its way and a very hated and equally feared Queen of Azrea making threats to kill the princess of Lander.

The story just keeps getting better. After Mira sees the Raven, who is second in command of the Azrean Queen, she’s off to warn her sister, who is a keeper with keeper magic. The sister shrugs it off, surely the raven isn’t here… Why would he be?

When Mira goes out exploring that’s exactly who she encounters again. It’s then that she gets kidnapped. I had a bit of a laugh at this one, a bird in a tree house… Really fitting. Love it.

After multiple attempts to escape, the Raven named Bael and Mira make a deal. Surely after making a deal, you can still hate someone right…? Mira wants her magic unlocked, but has second thoughts… And Bael needs her help to rescue a loved one from the Queens castle. I can’t (and won’t) uncover much more of the story.

Except that you truly need to read this if you love a Romantasy that’s primarily focused on the progressing of the story.

It’s a ⭐⭐⭐⭐,5 star read for me.