A review by amac_reads
The Jealousy of Jalice by Jesse Nolan Bailey

4.0

This book was a fascinating dark fantasy (but set really far into the future?) with several twists and turns. There were many elements that were left unexplained, including the magic of the world, the creatures/their origins, etc. that made it difficult to piece some things together, but hopefully these will be explained in the sequels. The characters were fine overall but none were super engaging or relatable. However, the story and the creatures were absolutely interesting.
There was a fae creature and the author decided to use "fae" and "faer" as their pronouns without explaining that's what he was doing. While I appreciate what the author was trying to do, in fantasy worlds being fae is a race not a gender, so sticking with the "z" pronouns would have made more sense. This was something that broke my focus on the story which was a little frustrating.
Overall this is a long but solid read, and I look forward to the author creating more engaging characters and writing more world lore in the next works.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.