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Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

100 reviews

queenbee2012's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

I liked the plot, character, and setting, but I disliked the different povs because they weren't alligned on a timeline, so the reader knew what was going to happen because one character realized that, but has to re-live it for the other character.

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atsy6's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The writing style was a little simplistic, the characters very YA even though they are mid-twenties. The magic system of the world wasn't really explained until 50% through the book and even then it was basically "just there and they used it." There are romantic interests but the chemistry really wasn't there. The reasoning for the war was explained but not well. Overall it was an ok story, but I wouldn't read it again, I'm glad I didn't buy it (library), and probably won't finish the series.

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wifi_bifi's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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sarah_ellie's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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thelovefern's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I really liked this book! The representation of non-stright white people was refreshing! Every single character was either BIPOC, LGBT, non binary or a mix of all 3. Elves, Fae, magic and mystical creatures, What's not to love?

Also, the using a drum as a weapon kinda broke my brain at first but it was a really cool twist on the normal use of bows or swords in most fantasy stories.

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becinneverland's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: Yes

A queernormative world with a really cool magic system? Yes please. I really loved the characters in this, my only issue was the pacing was a bit uneven.

I would die to protect Pila and if anything happens to them I will riot.

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frombooks_withmuchlove's review against another edition

3.0

3⭐️

This book was so interesting. It's different to most other fantasies I've read, but I found myself unable to put it down. It's very well written. There was a lot of world building to be done, and the author managed it without it feeling like a big info dump.

We have two POVs, Yeeran and Lettle. Despite being sisters, it's clear from the start that they're completely different. I found myself gravitating more towards Lettle than her sister.

While there is some romance, it takes a back seat to everything else, which given the overall tone of the book wasn't surprising. I did feel like both went from zero to 100 fairly quickly. Especially when one's avoiding a prophecy and the other has a good reason to be hated by their interest.

I did find a lot of the twists predictable, like I was waiting for the characters to catch up to what I already knew. But there were some I'd missed, and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where the story goes in the next book.

I'm struggling with how to rate the book because while I found it interesting and I will continue the series, i can't say that I love it. I recognise that the writing of the world is good but I don't feel anything when I think about it. However, I will say that I admit this book isn't something I'd usually read, and that may be the issue there, I'd imagine if this is your vibe you'll love it.

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allthetrees's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I was yelling at the characters at the end about:

How dense are the elves to have never put it together that the new Crescent army battle magic was the Fae, and that they obviously were involved in the war aboveground? And how did they not know Komi was the Two Bladed Tyrant!

There wasn't too many surprises in the book , but I appreciated that it wasn't complex which made it easy to keep up with and fun to make predictions. And then satisfying when those predictions came true.

A little too much warmongering in the book for my taste though, Yeeran drives me nuts with this.

Also enemy to lover storylines just don't cut it for me.

Also just give me a story about Golan, I could stop here with everyone else's story lol.

Actually, I still want to know why Pila wants to return to the "Elven" lands with Yeeran. Who is this obeah? And where is the last human? They got to be around still too.

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