5⭐️1🌶 I finished Cast Off by Enola M Douglas last night. This was another absolutely beautifully written book. It was long at over 700 pages but it never dragged or felt like a 700 page book. Honestly 700 pages still wasn't enough. This one had darker themes than the first book. Both the main characters had lost at least one parent at a young age and both were dealing with the circumstances surrounding those deaths. JingYi lived a miserable existence despite being the omega daughter of the emperor. She was reduced to servitude. She has a large port wine birth mark on her face and she walks with a limp. In a society where looks and perception are everything she is ostracized for her appearance. She becomes a shadow amongst even her own family. Alexander is attempting to restore his family name after his father's seemingly traitorous behavior and subsequent execution. The king offers him a bride from a fo...