was provided an ARC of this title for free and am leaving this review voluntarily. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I knew this was gonna be a gut punch to my emotional well-being and I definitely cried the whole way through it. If you thought these characters had faced the worst of their demons, Sheila Masterson has proven you wrong with The Storm King.

A big ouchie all around that no bandaid will ever be large enough to cover. Rainy, baby, whyyyyyyy?

The audio narrators did a bang up job of breaking my heart all over again. I knew it was coming, and it still hit just as hard as the first time, if not harder. Emotion at 100.

Thank you to Shiela for the opportunity to read this as an ARC, to Sheila & NetGalley for the ALC, and of course for the emotional damage that stuck around long after I finished.

Heartbreaks, bravery, tension, tenderness; all lived out on the page and in the reader. Good luck putting this book down. Sheila has masterminded another grabber. Her depth in crafting informed characters and vignettes that draw on all senses is compelling. If you crack the cover, you will be all in.

My favorite quote was "She was kissing a memory while he was kissing a wish."