Week 49 Review: Wooing the Witch Queen

From Goodreads:

In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from invasion . . . and love turns their world upside down.

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her evil uncle, she only wants one to keep her people safe from the empire next door. For that, she needs to spend more time in her laboratory experimenting with her spells. She definitely doesn't have time to bring order to her chaotic library of magic.

When a mysterious dark wizard arrives at her castle, Saskia hires him as her new librarian on the spot. "Fabian" is sweet and a little nerdy, and his requests seem a little strange – what in the name of Divine Elva is a fountain pen? – but he's getting the job done. And if he writes her flirtatious poetry and his innocent touch makes her skin singe, well . . .

Little does Saskia know that the "wizard" she's falling for is actually an Imperial archduke in disguise, with no magical training whatsoever. On the run, with perilous secrets on his trail and a fast growing yearning for the wicked sorceress, he's in danger from her enemies and her newfound allies, too. When his identity is finally revealed, will their love save or doom each other?

'Stephanie Burgis is a fresh new voice and I can't wait to see what she does next' – Ilona Andrews, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author

My Review:
Oh, this was a fantastic read! I've read a few books by Stephanie Burgis, and while I didn't make the connection that this was the same author until after I'd been approved for a copy of this book until I made this review, I was thrilled to know a book that sounded really good was by an author that I'd previously loved!

We know straight off the bat that what people thought was the Archduke, was the actions of his former Regent. He didn't want to give up power, and we learn this because we were in Felix's perspective, right before he escaped to Saskia, since she was someone the guy was afraid of. 

I adored their dynamics, she was prickly, life hasn't been kind of her, but neither was it to him. They were adorable, I loved watching them fall in love, though I knew there was the truth about his identity hanging over their heads.

This world with magic and magical creatures-and humans who aren't the most accepting of those that are different, who have power that they don't have...yeah, that was pretty aggravating! So it was pretty satisfying how things ended up! 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Stephanie Burgis! 

Author: Stephanie Burgis 
Series: Queens of Villainy #1
Read: December 4th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: February 18th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars