I really fell in love with this book

[this is not my original review, but I've gotten better(?) at writing reviews and the old one made me cringe. this version was written in May 2021]

This book was delight for the following reasons:
- Romance with actual character chemistry and no insta-love
- Both the MC and love interest are interesting and have a personality
- It was way funnier than I expected it to be? like a YA fantasy romance author who can do comedy and not detract from the seriousness???? we love to see it
- Whimsical, fairytale-esque vibes
- For once I enjoyed very descriptive writing? maybe I don't dislike descriptive writing and just a lot of authors tend to do a bad job. Like it was genuinely one of my favourite things about this book
- Immersive as heck!!!
- The plot unfolded in pretty logical and satisfying ways without ever being predictable
- There were stakes that I cared about. I NEEDED to know what happened next

The only negative things that I have to say about it are:
1. It was too short lol. I liked that it was short sharp and shiny, but I just loved it too much to want it to ever be over