A review by natalie_and_company
A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

3.5

This book does great in the beginning. It gets right into and sets the stakes high from the get go. It's very immediately immersive and the details of the setting and ambiance are well done. Unfortunately it doesn't really follow through on all of it's promises. I think the romance is sweet, but the book tries to present you with a big and fantastical world and it feel likes with every page that progresses that world is less and less vibrant. It is pushed further and further into the background so that the main couple can spend more time interacting. There is so much folklore that is woven into the introduction of this that it makes you think that will be an essential part of the resolution but it is not. So many questions posed at the beginning are forgotten in the end and replaced with a very simple and mundane happy ever after.