If I'm honest, this book was a bit of a let down for me. I was attracted to the book by the amazing title and cover and by the promise of cozy fantasy. But what I got felt like a bit of a mess. The copy I bought had a myriad of typos and spelling mistakes that took me out of the story repeatedly. The characters seem one dimensional, their motivations at times unclear or illogical.

I can see what the author was going for, and there were cute moments. But I was quite miffed by the countess' continued unwanted sexual advances to all male characters. It was brushed away as some sort of comic relief, but was just plain problematic. Also everyone just kept treating Logan as an idiot one moment and then a hero the next.

As for the ending. The thruth about the monster felt like such a bad plot-twist ending that came out of nowhere. Plans by the main cast seemed made on the fly and rushed. I would have preferred the story take some time for actual plans to be made and the truth to be reveiled and actually have an impact. Also hints for the main monster being literally AN ALIEN that took over the king might have been nice.

Also the ending after the monster is defeated felt incredibly rushed. No time is taken with Logan seemingly being seriously hurt and taking a page out of Iron Man's book and being dragged along to the other side only to be pulled back. Ophelia's ending is just insane, in the worst way. Completely unsatisfying end of her arc.

Maybe my expectations for this book were too high. But this definitely isn't a cozy fantasy other than that it starts and ends in a cottage. It's such a shame cause Logan and Pie seem like characters with great potential.