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A review by manjala
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
4.0
I think this book has the perfect length for what it is.
As a painter myself, I was pleasantly surprised at how wonderfully the author managed to capture the experience of the process of painting. I really loved the chapter where the main character made egg tempera (at least, that's what I think it was!) paint with very limited supplies. I really appreciated her craftiness and wit! For such a short young adult novel, I appreciated the balance between Isobel's inner thoughts and struggles and her character development.
This book also satisfied me in its depiction of faerie/fey folk. They're unpredictable, enigmatic but also very charismatic and have two sides to them it seems. The magic in this world is so whimsical and really does feel like a fairy tale. Gadfly and Rook were such fun characters to read about!
I do think the romance was a bit insta-lovey, though. Which is one of the two things I didn't like about this, the other being that the ending felt really sudden and I would've loved one more chapter to tie everything up even more.
As a painter myself, I was pleasantly surprised at how wonderfully the author managed to capture the experience of the process of painting. I really loved the chapter where the main character made egg tempera (at least, that's what I think it was!) paint with very limited supplies. I really appreciated her craftiness and wit! For such a short young adult novel, I appreciated the balance between Isobel's inner thoughts and struggles and her character development.
This book also satisfied me in its depiction of faerie/fey folk. They're unpredictable, enigmatic but also very charismatic and have two sides to them it seems. The magic in this world is so whimsical and really does feel like a fairy tale. Gadfly and Rook were such fun characters to read about!
I do think the romance was a bit insta-lovey, though. Which is one of the two things I didn't like about this, the other being that the ending felt really sudden and I would've loved one more chapter to tie everything up even more.