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A Dance with the Fae Prince

Elise Kova

3.72 AVERAGE

angrim712's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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You do not need to read book 1 to understand book 2. You just have a better understanding of the magic system and world, if you do. This story had elements that reminded me of Cinderella, but I wouldn't consider it a retelling. I love the story of her parents and how she cherished her mother's things. I really enjoyed the mystery of her husband and their banter throughout.  It had a feel of found family. 

My favorite scenes are the ones when they are together in the mansion at the beginning, the lake scene, and the fight with the king. I don't think anything in this story surprised me, but it was pleasurable to read. It felt like a cozy fantasy to me, in comparison to my usual reads.

As far as spice, I would consider this a slow burn, high romance. There are a few open door scenes, but nothing overly graphic or spicy spicy.

I think this would be great for anyone that loves fantasy and wants to dip their toes into the romance side. It doesn't have many dark elements/themes, but if you are sensitive to reading things about parent loss, I would skip this read as there are mentions of them processing parent loss throughout the story. The writing is similar to book 1.

ghostieface's review against another edition

2.5

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Honestly it really struggled to grip me. I'm disappointed because I loved the previous book so much!

beauty_rudi's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5

This was pretty good!

silviaalozano's review against another edition

3.0

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3,75✨

nct's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

merel_24's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

duck_in_stem's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

desiree_c27's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

eliise_talts's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clostace's review against another edition

5.0

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This was a fantastic cinderella retelling and I loved every second of it!!

The only thing I wish was that there was more romance but I also wouldn’t sacrifice the plot for it because I loved that too!!

Even the side characters were fantastic, I love Raph so much!