A review by whatsmacksaid
The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde

medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

3.0

Very mixed feelings about this one, and not just because the marketing is so off--this is definitely PNR/urban fantasy, not romantasy. The end of the story sort of shoves itself into something closer to romantasy, but I'm still pretty sure it's because PNR/UF are out of favor and romantasy is not. 

The writing was mediocre, with mixed metaphors (closing the page on a book, etc.) and the sense that several of the main characters are not as smart as they want us to think they are. But the last hundred pages or so picked up quite a bit. Not sure if I'll read the next book or not, but if I do it'll be through the library.

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