Reviews - A Feather So Black

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A Feather So Black

Lyra Selene

3.7 AVERAGE

princenbeaux's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

tired_cicada's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book had a really cool premise and I liked the actual prose. It had really good line writing, where the quotes in a vacuum were really good… but they just didn’t come well together in the end.

It’s something of a skill to be able to write a book where so much happens without anything actually happening. A narrative when the characters only get ONE day a MONTH for figure out the mysteries is going to drag and make the story feel disjointed. It was not a style I would have suggested.

So this is clearly an adult book, but the with little exception all the characters act like they are 16.

What do you mean you told this man that you could keep hooking up and he needed to start pursuing another girl and then get MAD when he does “oh it was just so quick” YOU immediately started romantically pursuing someone else too you hypocrite!!

the swan maidens I can give a pass because they were little kidnapped as children and raised among the fae so of course they will be weird.

The romances were so rushed and shoehorned. There didn’t have proper build up and then they were all in the second they were started.

I liked the use and subversion of mythology. This book was closer to the “weird” fae that I’m looking for. They are tricksters with morals and cultures that don’t mesh with humans. That was nice to see.

Cora was the best character in the whole book.

Honestly this book can be read as an open ended stand alone and I think that’s where I’m going to leave it. I will not be continuing with this series.