1.26k reviews for:

A Feather So Black

Lyra Selene

3.7 AVERAGE

jujo1305's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

runawayunicycle's review

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jess_sauer_corkery's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Yes

arc_reads's review

2.0

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I had high hopes for A Feather So Black as the initial premise sounded quite intriguing: Celtic folklore, fae and curses! However, the overall story failed to engage me and the characters felt flat, one-dimensional and unoriginal.

The writing was pretty and clearly the author had researched plenty of Celtic folklore but I don’t think it was introduced and explained enough for the reader.

The book was very predictable and all of the twists fell flat for me. It felt very reliant on tropes and popular character traits that turned out to have very little relevance to the story. Did Fia really need excellent combat abilities? We saw her use them in the initial chapter and then never again? Irian felt like he was trying and failing to be like a character from another popular romance-heavy fantasy book…

To be honest, this book was mainly lacking tension.

Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

prettyflyforascienceguy's review against another edition

3.0

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The beginning was slow. The middle had delicious sexual and romantic tension. After that, the romance felt rushed. I didn’t love the last third of the book. It wasn’t awful, but not one I’d rush to recommend. It felt unrefined. 

oliviapaigepaul's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sierrac's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annarosereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrsrik25's review

4.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

maevecorr1104's review

4.0

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4.25-4.5ish // this is my acotar