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kathydavie's review against another edition
4.0
OK, her first in this series was terribly written...but, "enquiring minds" just gotta know what happens after...
cathybruce208's review against another edition
2.0
This book was okay. Interesting world/conflict, good sex scenes and pretty good characters. I think the author was attempting to take a minor character from another book and make a new trilogy with her. I wonder if the other book series was better...
Don't get me wrong, this is not a terrible book. It's just that I read a lot of these, and this one didn't stand out.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a terrible book. It's just that I read a lot of these, and this one didn't stand out.
lesliebean's review against another edition
3.0
Was this life-changing fiction? No, of course not-- but did I enjoy it? Yes.
romancejunkie1025's review against another edition
5.0
Still an awesome book and a fabulous series. Hoping to enjoy the rest of the series again periodically
allisonw9909's review against another edition
4.0
I was sad to see the Elemental witches series end, but I really liked this new one. Gabriel is a great charater because he was so against falling in love at the beginning, yet fell head over heals for Aislinn. I really didn't like Kendall and would have like for him to at least get punched. Im glad they ended up married and quuen and king of the Unseelie. I really didn't see that coming when I was reading the book. Interested to so where this series goes. The fact that they are in a prison escapes you as you are reading because of how much freedom they have.
laurenjodi's review against another edition
4.0
Wicked Enchantment
4.5 Stars
Synopsis:
Numerous fae races are in existence and they have been incarcerated for hundreds of years. Aislinn Finvarra, one of the Seelie fae, has been assigned to escort Gabriel Mac Braire, an Unseelie fae, who has apparently decided to defect to the Seelie. Aislinn will soon discover that everything she believes about herself is a lie, and that dangerous forces both from within and without are working to destroy everything she holds dear. Ultimately, she and Gabriel must trust each other and work together before their world is annihilated.
Review:
The only reason I didn’t give this book 5 stars is because it starts off a little slow but once it gets going – look out!
The plot is imaginative and Bast has constructed an immersing and detailed world incorporating magical abilities as well as social, political and familial intricacies. The characters, both primary and secondary, are well developed with interesting back stories and the dialogue is engaging. Aislinn is a sweet character with just the right amount of independence and vulnerability, and Gabriel , a mysterious and gorgeous incubus, belongs to my favorite type of hero - bad boy with a heart of gold. Boy does he fall hard!
The romance is fiery and sensual and while the sex scenes are steamy, they do not overshadow the story and contribute to the emotional connection between the characters. The battle scenes are also well written and never become confusing to the reader.
Recommendation: I can whole heartedly recommend this book and will definitely be continuing with the series.
4.5 Stars
Synopsis:
Numerous fae races are in existence and they have been incarcerated for hundreds of years. Aislinn Finvarra, one of the Seelie fae, has been assigned to escort Gabriel Mac Braire, an Unseelie fae, who has apparently decided to defect to the Seelie. Aislinn will soon discover that everything she believes about herself is a lie, and that dangerous forces both from within and without are working to destroy everything she holds dear. Ultimately, she and Gabriel must trust each other and work together before their world is annihilated.
Review:
The only reason I didn’t give this book 5 stars is because it starts off a little slow but once it gets going – look out!
The plot is imaginative and Bast has constructed an immersing and detailed world incorporating magical abilities as well as social, political and familial intricacies. The characters, both primary and secondary, are well developed with interesting back stories and the dialogue is engaging. Aislinn is a sweet character with just the right amount of independence and vulnerability, and Gabriel , a mysterious and gorgeous incubus, belongs to my favorite type of hero - bad boy with a heart of gold. Boy does he fall hard!
The romance is fiery and sensual and while the sex scenes are steamy, they do not overshadow the story and contribute to the emotional connection between the characters. The battle scenes are also well written and never become confusing to the reader.
Recommendation: I can whole heartedly recommend this book and will definitely be continuing with the series.
lucy_qhuay's review against another edition
2.0
This book had a lot of potential, but it came short of it.
After all, Anya Bast’s writing is fairly good and the characters, their relationships and the plot itself could have been truly interesting.
Unfortunately, I found myself bored almost since the moment I started reading this.
Aislinn and Gabriel, the protagonists, should have been fascinating characters, but they weren’t.
Aislinn, for all her power and wit, was too weak to do anything about a life that clearly didn’t make her happy and Gabriel was too caught up in the orders the Shadow King had given him to do or think anything really good.
I also didn’t like how quickly things happened between them, especially considering the fact Aislinn was oh-so tired of men and suspicious of Gabriel’s own motivations.
I mean, you can’t expect me to believe that you meet a guy, immediately dislike him, realizing he is dangerous and untrustworthy and that he surely has a hidden agenda and, mere days after, you’re already ready to jump into his pants.
And this when nothing that may tell you said man is not the big bad wolf of the story happens.
Gabriel certainly hadn’t done anything to convince me he was a good guy, apart from the mild guilt he felt for having to seduce and trick Aislinn into the Dark.
It’s not that difficult to believe that I didn’t felt anything real when he finally understood she was the light to his darkness and that he couldn’t live without her and all that lovey-dovey shebang.
But it wasn’t just with these two I couldn’t connect.
I frankly couldn’t care less about anyone. Not Aislinn’s best friend Bella and her husband, Ronan, not Gabriel’s host, not the Summer Queen or the Shadow King, not the Phaendir, not any other character. They were all boring as hell.
Another thing that made me lose interest in this book that quickly was the fact that I knew from the beginning all that was supposed to be a secret almost until the end.
Spoiler
I knew Aislinn was Unseelie and a powerful necromancer, that she was the daughter of the Shadow King, Gabriel’s true intentions and so on.As such, nothing surprised me, nothing made me feel that huge thrill when we reach an ‘OMG!’ moment.
If there is one thing I know is that I prefer to hate a book than to be in this gray area where I don’t hate, but I don’t love either.
xeni's review against another edition
1.0
I picked up this book due to seeing it on my friends' update feed. Based on the description, it should have been amusing, entertaining, thrilling and riveting! It was none of those things for me.
First off, the whole writing style bothered me. Specifically, the characters were so boring and flat that had they been pumped up with any more artificial life, they would have been cliched to a degree of embarrassment. As things stand now, I could just barely stand to read their responses and interactions (with some paragraph skipping when things got too predictable).
Secondly, yeah, this book was predictable. To the extreme. I hate books like this so much, since it clearly shows that the author didn't bother to insert any new ideas or plot lines at all. And this book was definitely not just borrowed from other books, but rather imitated and slightly altered from other books.
The one good thing I did enjoy were the erotica (sex) scenes. I wasn't expecting them, since I thought that this was a more teenager-level book (easily enough to think, based on the writing level) but they were actually well written. It's a big problem when an author writes a sex scene badly (even more so than any other scene) and these actually flowed and were well written. So, for that, this book managed a 1 star at least.
Otherwise, I hated this book. It was boring and annoying and much too predictable. I'm sure other women will enjoy it (especially those stuck in love-less marriages, and lusting after a half-incubus to whisk them off their proverbial feet) but I'm not reading any more from this author.
First off, the whole writing style bothered me. Specifically, the characters were so boring and flat that had they been pumped up with any more artificial life, they would have been cliched to a degree of embarrassment. As things stand now, I could just barely stand to read their responses and interactions (with some paragraph skipping when things got too predictable).
Secondly, yeah, this book was predictable. To the extreme. I hate books like this so much, since it clearly shows that the author didn't bother to insert any new ideas or plot lines at all. And this book was definitely not just borrowed from other books, but rather imitated and slightly altered from other books.
The one good thing I did enjoy were the erotica (sex) scenes. I wasn't expecting them, since I thought that this was a more teenager-level book (easily enough to think, based on the writing level) but they were actually well written. It's a big problem when an author writes a sex scene badly (even more so than any other scene) and these actually flowed and were well written. So, for that, this book managed a 1 star at least.
Otherwise, I hated this book. It was boring and annoying and much too predictable. I'm sure other women will enjoy it (especially those stuck in love-less marriages, and lusting after a half-incubus to whisk them off their proverbial feet) but I'm not reading any more from this author.
sonkad's review against another edition
3.0
This was definitely not what I expected and I didn´t like the surprise. I was going for urban fantasy with strong kick-ass heroine and some touch of fae magic and what I got was a fae princess always in need to be rescued from some castle by her prince.
This is not an urban fantasy, this is a fairytale for adults. I will not continue this series.
This is not an urban fantasy, this is a fairytale for adults. I will not continue this series.
cr6zym0nkeyiz's review against another edition
1.0
I honestly thought the characters were not that intersting. The writing was a bit cheesy to me. I just didn't feel any life in the book. I skipped a bunch over and over. I have not read a lot of fae books, except the Dark Swan by Richelle Mead and Fever by Karen Marie Moning, and after reading this I think it fails in comparison.