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itzkikky's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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
3.75
This might be my fav of this author. Just wow. I loved it and couldn’t stop reading it.
emily79's review
I’m not into reading spicy scenes with people who are related in any way. And when it was revealed that every male in this reverse harem book were half brothers, I had to bow out. Hard pass.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Physical abuse, and Violence
bananabread98's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Overall meh. Can’t decide if it’s the writing style or the story that just feels bland.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review
5.0
I think Eva Chase recommended this book three times already. Every time I asked for a disabled lead in a fantasy world with loads of politics and more plot than sex, this book came up. I'm glad however that I waited for the collection editions to be released to start reading. The hardcovers each containing three books of the series are insanely pretty! But, last week the first hardcover came in so it was time to finally start this highly anticipated series.
I was NOT disappointed! From the very first chapter I was sucked into the story and it was hard to put the book down or to focus on the review copies I also had to read this week. The author does an amazing job setting the atmosphere and picturing the world of the Fae without showing us much about it. After all, our heroine basically spends the entire book as a captive. Either in a cage or in a luxury mansion.
It's clear that the politics isn't showing its face often in this book yet. However, I feel and know that it's coming. After all, our heroine is the cure to a growing Fae problem and she has been stolen from the cadre that had her. It's a matter of time before the cadre figured out who got the girl and before the politics will take over. I'm already looking forward to it, because the glimpses of the politics we got in this book were amazing.
I however absolutely loved the characters in this book! It's clear that the men are still hiding parts of themselves and their history and I can't wait to get to know them better in future books, but it was incredibly easy to understand why our heroine would fall for them so quickly. And even though our heroine has some growing to do, especially when it comes to risk taking, I love her heart of gold and her will to do what's best for the people she loves.
I can't wait to dive into the next book!
I was NOT disappointed! From the very first chapter I was sucked into the story and it was hard to put the book down or to focus on the review copies I also had to read this week. The author does an amazing job setting the atmosphere and picturing the world of the Fae without showing us much about it. After all, our heroine basically spends the entire book as a captive. Either in a cage or in a luxury mansion.
It's clear that the politics isn't showing its face often in this book yet. However, I feel and know that it's coming. After all, our heroine is the cure to a growing Fae problem and she has been stolen from the cadre that had her. It's a matter of time before the cadre figured out who got the girl and before the politics will take over. I'm already looking forward to it, because the glimpses of the politics we got in this book were amazing.
I however absolutely loved the characters in this book! It's clear that the men are still hiding parts of themselves and their history and I can't wait to get to know them better in future books, but it was incredibly easy to understand why our heroine would fall for them so quickly. And even though our heroine has some growing to do, especially when it comes to risk taking, I love her heart of gold and her will to do what's best for the people she loves.
I can't wait to dive into the next book!
duda_benjo's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
poppymonster's review
4.0
I was pleasantly surprised when I enjoyed this book. I always appreciate when an author allows a main character to have a disability and still function in society. I’m enjoying that this series is slow burn, so all the characters have time to get to know each other and there is no instant resolution to the massive amount of trauma the main character has from her captivity.
aliasaurora's review against another edition
4.0
This book surprised me in so many ways.
I came in with certain expectations of growling, alpha wolf shifter fae--and there is a teensy bit of that--and my experience with other why-choose romances left me with a certain understanding of "the way things are done", for example, that the MMCs are generally on the same page about the nature of the relationship from the outset. Not true here, and it takes some negotiation and FMC laying down the law with a "no one is claiming me, and I haven't chosen anyone, so CHILL" speech.
In other books there also seems to be a focus on fairness and FMC having an equal relationship with each of the MMCs, although oftentimes her "first" experience is with the leader if there is one. Not true here in either case. I'm really glad for that break from tradition; it really weighs down the story when you feel like you know exactly what's coming and with whom. I like a book to surprise me!
I've often noticed that why-choose seems to be heavily weighted in favor of getting to know the MMCs and their personalities, with the FMC being more of a self-insert type character, but in this book, I really felt like more care was taken to show us why the MMCs would be interested in her as a person.
All of these differences, I think, can probably be chalked up to the fact that this is the entry point for a longer series, so there isn't so much rush to get to the spicy bits, but suffice it to say that I did not mind it one bit.
About this book in particular, the dialogue and prose was masterful in the same way that a great craftsman makes his/her craft look effortless. I never thought about it while I was reading, but when I was finished, I realized how engaged I was with the book, and how fluently it all came together. I can't wait to read the next one in the series.
I came in with certain expectations of growling, alpha wolf shifter fae--and there is a teensy bit of that--and my experience with other why-choose romances left me with a certain understanding of "the way things are done", for example, that the MMCs are generally on the same page about the nature of the relationship from the outset. Not true here, and it takes some negotiation and FMC laying down the law with a "no one is claiming me, and I haven't chosen anyone, so CHILL" speech.
In other books there also seems to be a focus on fairness and FMC having an equal relationship with each of the MMCs, although oftentimes her "first" experience is with the leader if there is one. Not true here in either case. I'm really glad for that break from tradition; it really weighs down the story when you feel like you know exactly what's coming and with whom. I like a book to surprise me!
I've often noticed that why-choose seems to be heavily weighted in favor of getting to know the MMCs and their personalities, with the FMC being more of a self-insert type character, but in this book, I really felt like more care was taken to show us why the MMCs would be interested in her as a person.
All of these differences, I think, can probably be chalked up to the fact that this is the entry point for a longer series, so there isn't so much rush to get to the spicy bits, but suffice it to say that I did not mind it one bit.
About this book in particular, the dialogue and prose was masterful in the same way that a great craftsman makes his/her craft look effortless. I never thought about it while I was reading, but when I was finished, I realized how engaged I was with the book, and how fluently it all came together. I can't wait to read the next one in the series.