5⭐️2🌶 I finished my ARC of Twisted Roots and Soil by AJ Charley a couple days ago. This one was so good. I don't even know if I can describe it. In this society women, especially women like the FMC Alyxia, are expected to marry and continue the sacred bloodline by the time they hit 30. Aly's parents have a husband picked out for her already and he's a deuche. Aly is a Foundation. She is a member of one of the founding families of this realm and she has golden (literally) blood. When they turn 20 these people go through a ritual to determine which branch of magic they will choose and at what strength it will be. Aly was pressured by her parents to choose a certain branch, which wasn't the one she truly wanted and thus failed the ritual. She has no magic and has been hiding that fact from everyone for the last 8 years. Her sister Bri has fled the realm and wants to meet Aly to give her important information. Al...