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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Indentured servitude and mistreatment, abuse and discrimination of them within the fantasy world.
fast-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
Can't wait for the next one.
Once I got past the first few chapters I could not put it down. This was so good and I can't wait for Taren to get what's coming to him.
Once I got past the first few chapters I could not put it down. This was so good and I can't wait for Taren to get what's coming to him.
adventurous
challenging
dark
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:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
tense
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
This book was an emotional rollercoaster - and I mean that in the best way possible. I was immediately drawn into Graves' magical world, and found myself not just rooting for - but completely invested in - Saffron, a changeling who just wants a safe place in the world. When he accidentally learns the true name of selfish, high fey Prince Cylvan, he sees an opportunity to acquire the life he wants. Cylvan is spoiled and treats poor Saffron abominably at first, but Graves does an excellent job of developing their romance. By the end of this book, my heart was racing and I couldn't read quickly enough. This story is sexy, smart, and compelling - an absolute marvel of a fantasy romance! I can't wait to see what happens in the second book. I am officially addicted to this series!
Oh dear. I will be VERY generous and give this 1.5 stars for a promising story. It's a fairy story set at a school for fairies, where humans stolen from the human world are enslaved, given they don't seem to be paid or have an option to leave their service. Plucky human Saffron gets involved in some fairy politics and snags himself a fairy prince, while doing everything he can to avoid solving the rather urgent mystery of who the heck is murdering humans?! But at least he does something about it in the end, unlike the other humans who mostly shrug and wait for Saffron to do some main character-ing.
The main problem is that the book does not appear to have been edited at all. The text is rife with grammar and diction problems. The author also loves to use sentence fragments for dramatic effect, but it's overused to the point that it doesn't look like a style choice anymore. It's simply bad writing. The author further treats readers to many confusing extended metaphors and occasionally mismatched phrasing. The sound of ceramic breaking is described as "glasslike," for example. ???
I hope the C/E is fixed in the next book, but the fact that the author thought this manuscript was ready gives me no confidence. :(
Here's a typical example of the C/E failures, picked at random from Chapter 7:
"Offering a cup of hot tea, Saffron propped himself on his elbows and sipped, rubbing his thumb over the circle of random hatchmarks painted around the edge of the matching saucer." The first part of the sentence, "Offering a cup of hot tea," reads like Saffron is offering the tea to himself, when clearly the author meant to have Baba Yaga offer the tea to Saffron (or perhaps to write "Accepting a cup of hot tea" instead). This kind of mistake is the most common error in the book, and honestly it drove me nuts. Author, if you’re reading this, please find a good editor to fix this!!
The story itself could use more general editing as well, especially for consistent characterization of Saffron (he read a little young for his age...there was a lot of giggling and hopping around for a 20-year-old) and Cylvan, who underwent a personality transplant around halfway through. It IS a creative story, but it just needs a lot more work. I can’t believe I paid money for this…
The main problem is that the book does not appear to have been edited at all. The text is rife with grammar and diction problems. The author also loves to use sentence fragments for dramatic effect, but it's overused to the point that it doesn't look like a style choice anymore. It's simply bad writing. The author further treats readers to many confusing extended metaphors and occasionally mismatched phrasing. The sound of ceramic breaking is described as "glasslike," for example. ???
I hope the C/E is fixed in the next book, but the fact that the author thought this manuscript was ready gives me no confidence. :(
Here's a typical example of the C/E failures, picked at random from Chapter 7:
"Offering a cup of hot tea, Saffron propped himself on his elbows and sipped, rubbing his thumb over the circle of random hatchmarks painted around the edge of the matching saucer." The first part of the sentence, "Offering a cup of hot tea," reads like Saffron is offering the tea to himself, when clearly the author meant to have Baba Yaga offer the tea to Saffron (or perhaps to write "Accepting a cup of hot tea" instead). This kind of mistake is the most common error in the book, and honestly it drove me nuts. Author, if you’re reading this, please find a good editor to fix this!!
The story itself could use more general editing as well, especially for consistent characterization of Saffron (he read a little young for his age...there was a lot of giggling and hopping around for a 20-year-old) and Cylvan, who underwent a personality transplant around halfway through. It IS a creative story, but it just needs a lot more work. I can’t believe I paid money for this…
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Too dark, I hated all of the characters