Reviews

Storm Born by Richelle Mead

amirax's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

magikspells's review against another edition

3.0

Chock another one up for the monarch struggles shelf. I wasn't really expecting that when I went into this book, but I didn't know much about the particular backstory when I started it. I did enjoy the story for the most part. Honestly it was a little more tawdry than I thought it would be but it worked.

klippy's review against another edition

5.0

I don't write many reviews but I had to on this one. It took me alittle bit to get into this book but oh my. It turned out to be one of my favorites! LOVE IT!!!

stephxsu's review against another edition

3.0

Richelle Mead is really damn good at what she does. She always does her female protagonists well, and Eugenie (with the exception of maybe her name) is no exception. She kicks ass and doesn't put up with nonsense, yet can have a sense of humor when it comes to telling her story. More plusses in her favor: she doesn't fall to pieces and have to be rescued by the love interests. Better and better.

Richelle Mead also does some great world-building. Drawing upon the lore of the history of humanity, she creates a believable set of characters (the shamans) who can guard and protect the gateways between the human world and the faerie world. I quite enjoyed the unique faerie world that she has created, with its convoluted paths, different lands, and distinct and memorable faerie rulers.

I was less impressed by the love triangle. One of the males seemed to have been better developed and more likable than the other, with the result being that you're left wondering if the love triangle was put in because, oh, any book that sells these days needs to have a love triangle. Egads.

Overall, an easy and enjoyable urban fantasy read. It doesn't stand out in any particular way, but neither is it bad. I will continue this series when I'm in the mood for this kind of fantastical book.

camibookish's review against another edition

3.0

Ok, Idk what to really say, really interesting and compelling at some parts, and slow at others, but I decided I like it enough to give the second book another try, I still think the Georgina Kincaid series are one of Meads's best... and Bloodlines ofc, 'cause you know, adrian <3

aliceboule's review against another edition

3.0

For once, could it be possible to have a female lead NOT afraid of her own power?? I get it. Eugenie has been raised to hate the Shining Ones and anything related to them. But still. I would have liked to have read about a woman discovering her power and using it for HER benefit- not become power-hungry and horrible mind you, but enjoy her power. sigh. I doubt i shall ever read such a book. HOWEVER if anyone knows of any let me knoww yess?

Anyways back to my review. SO Eugenie kills the Gentry and the Gentry loves/hates her. They all want to be the father of her heir and she cannot decide whether to allow it or not. Then it goes Kiyo, Dorian, Kiyo, Kiyo ect Basically Storm Born in a nutshell. It was not amazing: the sex not steamy, nor the action reviving. But it was a good read. Something to enjoy on a quiet afternoon. It reminded me greatly of Merry Gentry by Laurell K Hamilton so i kept making comparisons..

Not sure if i will read the others. Maybe later, when i have nothing else better to read.

authoraugust's review against another edition

4.0

All right, all right. This was GREAT. No, I don't usually go in for paranormal romances. No, I didn't really have high expectations going in. But hey, it was $0.99 on Amazon's Daily Deal, so I figured...why not? And I'm glad I did. I learned a TON about the genre just from reading this, enough that I feel like I could write something similar without making a lot of the mistakes that otherwise turn me off from books of this type. The character development was pretty good (okay, so the tall dark and handsome stranger was a bit cliche, but he was also hot) and I loved the style. Definitely four stars.

embereye's review against another edition

3.0

Soooooo... this was fun, but uh... the romance bit, the sex scenes (hot as they were) I could've done without. I am not really buying the romance honestly and felt like it was just fluff and only barely moved the story along. The rest of the story I find neat and intriguing. I like the world building, I like the character for the most part although it seems that this was yet another one of those characters that likes to not know the truth about things or refuses to hear it or whatever. Kind of a repetitive theme amongst these types of books. Fun but that stuff was somewhat frustrating.

silreadsalot's review against another edition

3.0

I don't know if it's because I've been so tired lately but man it felt like it took forever to get to the good parts not to mention the end.

I will give book 2 a chance. Mostly because now I need to know what will happand en between Dorian, Kiyo and Eugenie.

linabird03's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0