3.5 stars out of 5 I had mixed feelings about this collection. Romantic Realms: Hearts at War is an anthology of 10 clean, enemies-to-lovers, romantic fantasy, longish-short stories, no steamy scenes here. I’ll review each of the stories in the order I finished reading them, so if you plan to read the entire review, strap in, and apologies, because this is going to be long! Hehe. “Faerie Boots: Beyond the Faerie Wall,” by Michelle Helen Fritz A woman finds out her cat is really a faerie. This story had some really good descriptions and expressions. I cracked up a few times at some of the nicknames Emerlyn invented for Alaric! Their speech was a little dated, though. I get that the language was deliberately aged to fit a certain historical period, but sometimes that led to flowery speech, and dialogue that came out a little unnatural. Still, I was charmed by the idea of a cat/faerie. “Fatal Hearts,” by Evelina Griggs Two otherworldly assassins must team up to take down a final boss.
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