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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-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
I wish this man got his heart ripped out a little bit more for some reason lol
A changeling is tasked with journeying to the fae realm to rescue her human sister alongside her first love, a prince and her sister’s betrothed. She must deny her feelings and complete her quest, but she finds herself compelled to get closer to the dark fae lord.
Read if you like: traditional fae, folklore, the Swan Princess, changelings, retellings, epic quests, love triangles, morally gray characters, finding your true self, love is power.
Fia has never fit in. She is human enough to be useful to her Queen mother but fae enough to not be accepted. A changeling in a land where magic has been lost, Fia reminds everyone of the evil of the fae. Everyone, except her childhood friend and first love, Rogan. But Rogan is betrothed to the human princess, Fia’s sister. And now Fia and Rogan must journey to the land of the Fair Folk to rescue the princess and 11 other maiden’s who are bound to a fae lord and cursed to become swans by day. They can only pass through the realms on the full moon and must try to discover how to free the maidens and save the human lands. But the fae lord holds a strange attraction for Fia, and as she gleans more about the Folk she begins to question what she has been told all her life.
Oh, how happy I was to see that this is a traditional type of fae realm with inhumane characters in both form and morality. The characters are great, the quest is great, the love triangle is actually great. Listen, I know a lot of people hate love triangles, but this one makes sense. Things needed to be addressed thoroughly. ::wink, wink:: And the FMC does a lot of soul searching and figuring out who she is and what she wants. The plot is a bit of a rollercoaster in a delightful way. It’s that ebb and flow of only getting to travel to the fae realm once a month. So, filling time and then one night of harried activity. And I absolutely loved the fun moments in the human world just as much as I longed for each full moon.
I really loved the retelling of The Swan Princess and the nods to the 12 Dancing Princesses. There was enough of all the lore and fairy tales to feel familiar but keep me guessing. I was honestly afraid that we might not get any happy ending at all, but we are getting another book! So, if you get over halfway through and start asking yourself “how will this end?”… later, in another book. But our most pressing needs are attended to in this book so do not fear, too much. The prose was lovely for the most part but sometimes the use of modern words and overwrought metaphors took away from the story. Overall, this was wholly enjoyable and I can not wait for more!
Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit books for a copy of this book for review.
Read if you like: traditional fae, folklore, the Swan Princess, changelings, retellings, epic quests, love triangles, morally gray characters, finding your true self, love is power.
Fia has never fit in. She is human enough to be useful to her Queen mother but fae enough to not be accepted. A changeling in a land where magic has been lost, Fia reminds everyone of the evil of the fae. Everyone, except her childhood friend and first love, Rogan. But Rogan is betrothed to the human princess, Fia’s sister. And now Fia and Rogan must journey to the land of the Fair Folk to rescue the princess and 11 other maiden’s who are bound to a fae lord and cursed to become swans by day. They can only pass through the realms on the full moon and must try to discover how to free the maidens and save the human lands. But the fae lord holds a strange attraction for Fia, and as she gleans more about the Folk she begins to question what she has been told all her life.
Oh, how happy I was to see that this is a traditional type of fae realm with inhumane characters in both form and morality. The characters are great, the quest is great, the love triangle is actually great. Listen, I know a lot of people hate love triangles, but this one makes sense. Things needed to be addressed thoroughly. ::wink, wink:: And the FMC does a lot of soul searching and figuring out who she is and what she wants. The plot is a bit of a rollercoaster in a delightful way. It’s that ebb and flow of only getting to travel to the fae realm once a month. So, filling time and then one night of harried activity. And I absolutely loved the fun moments in the human world just as much as I longed for each full moon.
I really loved the retelling of The Swan Princess and the nods to the 12 Dancing Princesses. There was enough of all the lore and fairy tales to feel familiar but keep me guessing. I was honestly afraid that we might not get any happy ending at all, but we are getting another book! So, if you get over halfway through and start asking yourself “how will this end?”… later, in another book. But our most pressing needs are attended to in this book so do not fear, too much. The prose was lovely for the most part but sometimes the use of modern words and overwrought metaphors took away from the story. Overall, this was wholly enjoyable and I can not wait for more!
Thank you to NetGalley and Orbit books for a copy of this book for review.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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