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A review by inthelunaseas
The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones
2.0
I was disappointed by this book. It was the characters that let me down. Usually when it comes to the faerie magic stories that I oh so love to read, the characters are what grabs me. They get a reaction out of me, even if it is one of mild annoyance, or they're so ridiculous they make me roll my eyes. But they're vibrant and I can get to have a response to them. Not in this case. In [b:The Faerie Path|501909|The Faerie Path (Faerie Path, #1)|Frewin Jones|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175289415s/501909.jpg|489999], they're all flat and lifeless.
Anita/Tania for example. She is flat the whole book through. Even her apparent emotional turmoil over being part of the Faerie Realm or the Mortal Realm is flat. She wanders along, passive to her surroundings, and even when she finds out that her new-found sister and new-found fiance have betrayed her, oh, well, fancy that.
And what about her sudden acceptance of her faerie princess status? If I was whisked away and told that I was not Jay, I was Jæ and my father wasn't really my father but some kind of... faux father, it'd take me more than a day or two to accept it. Even then I'd be fighting back to go home. Hello, you've spent most of your life living and loving these caregivers of yours, they're not going to fade away.
There was also the clear obviousness from the beginning that Edric/Evan was a good guy and Gabrielle wasn't, but hey, it's not like it's meant to be good storytelling or anything- Oh, wait a minute...
So what did I like? Well, I liked the different powers the girls had, and the lack of wings. The latter aspect was original, at least for me.
Anita/Tania for example. She is flat the whole book through. Even her apparent emotional turmoil over being part of the Faerie Realm or the Mortal Realm is flat. She wanders along, passive to her surroundings, and even when she finds out that her new-found sister and new-found fiance have betrayed her, oh, well, fancy that.
And what about her sudden acceptance of her faerie princess status? If I was whisked away and told that I was not Jay, I was Jæ and my father wasn't really my father but some kind of... faux father, it'd take me more than a day or two to accept it. Even then I'd be fighting back to go home. Hello, you've spent most of your life living and loving these caregivers of yours, they're not going to fade away.
There was also the clear obviousness from the beginning that Edric/Evan was a good guy and Gabrielle wasn't, but hey, it's not like it's meant to be good storytelling or anything- Oh, wait a minute...
So what did I like? Well, I liked the different powers the girls had, and the lack of wings. The latter aspect was original, at least for me.