There were some really good bones supporting this book, but the skin was too thin for me. I'll never again take for granted the time some authors spend on world building, because honestly I kind of felt like I was just floating in fill-in-the-blanks land. And while there was some real potential for the conflict and romance, I just had a hard time buying a lot of the unbelievable behaviors of some of the characters, even for a fantasy novel. It wasn't bad, necessarily, and some people are still going to love it. It just didn't quite do it for me.

Thank you NetGalley for the ebook arc. While the synopsis sounded amazing the story has a slow build and not much explaining on the magic, and it kinda just dumps you in the middle without much explanation. She longs for a prince that she can’t have as she is not royalty and he bangs everything that moves.
She ends up engaged to the brother and he slowly drives himself crazy denying the fact that they are fated mates. He doesn’t want to tell her cause she in love with the brother, and she doesn’t want to tell him that she has feeling for him cause she doesn’t want to end up hurt.

🔹fated mates
🔹miscommunication

I was sold when I read this was a Sabrina retelling. This book was so much more than I even wanted or expected and I was invested from the very beginning. I loved reading the MCs journey and growth on becoming a warrior in a world where humans are considered weaker and inferior to Fae. This growth and strength training spans 3 years. She comes back and has two brothers vying for her attention. Yet betrayal and love are bound to make things messy. This was my first book I have read by this author and I am excited to read more by her.

A romantasy with interesting, albeit somewhat juvenile, characters. Plot wise it is similar to other novels out there, but there are some redeeming qualities that set it somewhat apart. I liked the blend of fae and shifter storylines. magic system and world building could have been better delivered. Pacing was really really uneven. Time jumps that didn’t really help move the story along and just added to confusion. Ended with a lot of questions and a significant cliffy.

I agree with another reviewer, the pacing is awkward. Nothing really happens until 50% through the book where we start to see the plot actually happen and the fake engagement. Don’t get me wrong. I love fake engagements and I like this more than I thought, I would, even after waiting a half a book for it, but I do agree the pacing could’ve been way better. A solid four stars.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the arc. The above is my honest review.

"Until the Stars Fall" is a literary masterpiece that transcends time and space, inviting readers on an unforgettable journey through the intricacies of human emotion and connection. Set against the backdrop of a vast and ever-changing universe, this novel explores the enduring power of love and the indomitable spirit of the human heart.

I really enjoyed this book! This Fantasy romance had all the good tropes including fake engagement, arranged marriages, fated mates, only one bed and more! The world building was interesting and the characters were likeable! The romance was definitely a slow burn, but I loved their chemistry! I hope there are more books in this series but if not, the ending was still satisfying!!

Overall, I enjoyed this read and will read book 2 but I felt that the pacing was odd, with large gaps and then slowing down. I was not fully convinced on the FMC would flip from one love interest to the next so quickly. I also felt she was a bit naive for the environment she grew up in but I am intrigued and would check out book 2.

This was such a strong idea for a romantasy and I really enjoyed it!

I feel it could have benefited from a few more rounds of edits. The inciting incident doesn’t really happen until 25% into the book which I felt was too long. I kept waiting for the book from the synopsis to happen and it definitely took longer than I felt it should have.

Ultimately though, I did really enjoy this story once it started going. I stayed up late, and did very much so become indebted to the story. I just wish the first 25% had been condensed, I felt Leika didn’t actually need to be sent away and come back and that other things could have been done to pick up the pacing.

Ultimately though, I recommend this one to lovers of romantasy!

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AMAZING I LOVED IT OMG

THE TENSION, I HAD TO STAY UP TO FINISH THIS TONIGHT!

I got so nervous with how it was going to play out but it was fantastic and I couldn't have asked for anything more!!!! I would have liked to see a bit more about what happened to the rebels at the end but otherwise LOVED IT MORE.PLEASE

Stars dammed, I loved this book. I was lucky enough to receive this book as an ARC, and I am thrilled to give this review. While this book took a while for me to get into, once I was invested I was hooked. Overall, I really enjoyed the cute romance & most of the characters. If you’re looking for a low to mid-level stakes romantasy this could be perfect. There was action, fated mates, and a cute fairytale romance. The only thing I wasn’t completely in love with was the pacing at the beginning of the book, but after a while it slowed down and I understood the pacing.

This was a great read. Lieke and Connor are a great duo. If you like fake marriage, fated mates, grumpy/sunshine tropes, this book is for you.

I really liked this book. It is more centered on the developing romance in my opinion, but it has other nice elements about the politics of the world and the conflict between humans and fae.

We have a dual POV and I really liked how the author wrote the time skip at the beginning, where the FMC's part was more important, but we also got to see what was happening with the MMC.

There are many popular tropes such as:

-fated mates
-one horse
-doing everything to save her .
-rebellion

The CAWPILE score was 8.57, which is 4.5 stars, but I rounded it to 5 stars because I really enjoyed this book

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange of my honest opinion

This book is one that I read for a book club I'm a part of, Prosecco & Pages. It was the first book in this brand new book club and I'm so glad this was the pick!

This was a slight Sabrina retelling in that there was a young heroine who lived as a servant in the royal house of fae. She's in love with the younger brother, gets sent away, has a "glow-up", and then returns... If you know the story of Sabrina, you may be able to determine the rest. 

However, even though it was a retelling, there was a lot changed in this story as it dealt with a whole other world. One with fae, magic, shapeshifting, and a war between the humans and fae. 

My only gripe with this story Lieke. She had some serious moments throughout the first half where I wanted to throttle her. She triggered my anxiety so much. She really didn't have much regard for anyone other than herself and her love interest. 

The second half made up for it, though, as Lieke seemed to grow up for real this time. It just took an almost-death experience to do it. 

Once the second half started rolling, the romance got better, the characters got better, and I became invested. 

I'm very eager to fall back into this series with new characters and new stories. Very glad I read this!

I enjoyed this book, but I did feel that the worldbuilding and magic-system building were lacking a bit. It does read a bit young , too. But I enjoyed the tropes and the characters, and I think that this is a good base for a well-written series.

🎧Audiobook Review🎧

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I'd like to thank NetGalley for approving me for an ARC of this book.

💞Enemies to Lovers
👑Royalty
🔥Slow Burn
⚔️Rebellion

This was a brilliant start to the series. We had action, romance, magic and tension. The slow-burn romance between our two MCs was perfection and I loved the dual POV too.

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Quick Summary: A written in the stars romance

My Review: Until the Stars Fall by Vanessa Rasanen is associated with the Immortal Reveries series. It is a fantastical tale of war and peace, loss and love, and more.

About the Book: Humans and fae are at odds. There is a history that reveals why this is so. One human servant with a cloaked past fancies herself in love with a prince, but their love is not to be so, for she is the fated mate of another.

My Final Say: This novel was a bit of a surprise. I was not expecting certain components that came up. In the end, however, it just added to the story.

Other: Readers who like character driven stories that have angst, conflicts and dysfunction, drama, and romance will appreciate this fantasy.

* I think this would go over well in an audiobook.

Rating: 4/5
Recommend: Yes
Audience: A
Series: Yes
Status/Level: 👍

Thanks to the author, to the publisher (Crab Apple Books), and to NetGalley for granting access to a digital ARC of this work. I am appreciative for the opportunity to review book one in this new series. I look forward to reading more.

I realllllly liked this book! I feel like maybe there are a few details that could've been elaborated and a little extra world-building wouldn't have gone astray, but overall this is a great fantasy.

All of the tropes within this book are my favourites, so I feel like I was definitely destined to enjoy this one! You can find:
- Fated mates
- Grumpy x Sunshine
- Sass and banter
- Only one horse!!!
- Dual POV

Great first book in the series, I'm looking forward to reading the rest and finding out some more about the magic and the world.

Thank you to the publisher, author and NetGalley for a copy of this!

This is a really good read if you love romantasy, but don't want to commit to reading a whole series. Until the Stars Fall is a standalone romance and the first novel in a new series of inter-connected novels.

I really liked the premise of this story - a fae prince taking a human bride to save her life. However, there were a few issues with pacing in the novel that affected my enjoyment somewhat. Lieke spends half of the book pining for Brennan, the MMC's younger brother. Unfortunately, I didn't particularly like Brennan and the way he treated Lieke and women in general, so Lieke's crush and fixation on him made it difficult initially to connect with her. We were told about a childhood friendship between the two, but her obsession with him didn't make her a relatable character. It felt like it took forever for us to reach the point where Connor saves Lieke's life after she murdered a fae noble. Before that, the interaction between the two is based around one main encounter, and Lieke spends several years away from court training (of which time we learn relatively little).

For me, the novel picked up when the relationship between Connor and Lieke started to become more of a focus. I loved Connor's grumpy vibes and enjoyed the banter between the two. Also, a fake engagement is one of the tropes I enjoy, and the banter between the two was fun to read. There were several other characters I enjoyed, and I'd likely pick up another novel n this world - I'd particularly like to read Malachi's story!

4.5 stars
I loved this story! The main characters are lovable, although stubborn and sometimes making self-sabotaging choices. The banter between Connor & Leike had me smiling throughout the whole book. This was an amazing Romatacy with a fake engagement, enemies to lovers, slow burn, and fated mates.

While I did thoroughly enjoy the romance I do wish the world building was a little more detailed. There were several things in the plot left unanswered, and since this is not a typical series but a series of interconnected standalones I’m not sure if we will get answers in the next books. I do certainly hope book to continues on the same timeline although focusing on different characters and we get some answers to some of the parts of the fantasy aspect that were left unanswered.


That being said I was still very much engrossed in the story, especially the second half of the book. Towards the end I absolutely could not put it down and chose to forgo sleep to finish it! The gaps in the world building were not enough to ruin the book for me. I still was able to understand the plot and the motivations of the characters. I definitely want to see more from this world and hope to see glimpses of Connor & Lieke in the upcoming interconnected standalones!