I've had plenty of jobs before. Many of them. But none have ever been as important as this one.

I have to admit the only reason I dug out this little book was because I needed a re-read to round off a couple of readathons and because I needed it to be something super short to make it on time. I have so many books on my TBR and so little time for re-reads! Regardless, I can't regret it because this was such a nice way to finish off a month of reading. I really like the overall vibe of this story and setting, and the way the MCs grow on each other, and how well the questioning identities are representing.

My one complaint is that there's still no continuation of the series, and the book is so short—too short, really! Even though at its heart it's a small-scale, low-stakes story of self-discovery and slow-burn romance and this part is done pretty well, it feels like there's so much other stuff packed here. There are all these side characters who all seem like great fictional people I'd love to know. There's the magic college and the magic shop, and oh, I just want to hang out more in these places. There's the awesomely interesting magic system that I feel the book barely scratches the surface of, because there's just no space ofr everything in a novella this small. I need more!