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A review by emilyreadwhat
The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde
medium-paced
4.0
4⭐️/3🌶️
The concept of the monsters in NY and the events leading to a “monster treaty” was so creative and interesting to me. I loved the world building and the way New York is described and the factions within New York that are developed because of the monsters and eventual monster treaty. It was an extremely interesting concept and I loved how she worked that through the book. I also liked the Celtic themes and the mythology woven throughout and found that interesting, and I’m intrigued by the ending and what will happen with Lorcan. The ending left me with a bit of a cliffhanger that I’m interested in finding more about out in a second book.
With all that said, my complaints about the book are more in relation to the banter and the slow burn with Graves and Kierse. I felt like they could have had more slow burn building throughout the book, and when things were revealed it felt like they would word vomit a couple of sentences and then make out, but with none of the steam happening between. It felt like spurts of vulnerability rather than curiosity and mystery building up to angst and then eventual vulnerable conversations. Some of the confessions of love or of their history felt like they were just spit out randomly and then moved on and I wish there would have been more angst and build up. I’m also still a little bit confused on the relationship between them and how she impacts him and vice versa in terms of their powers… but maybe that will be better explained in the next book?
The concept of the monsters in NY and the events leading to a “monster treaty” was so creative and interesting to me. I loved the world building and the way New York is described and the factions within New York that are developed because of the monsters and eventual monster treaty. It was an extremely interesting concept and I loved how she worked that through the book. I also liked the Celtic themes and the mythology woven throughout and found that interesting, and I’m intrigued by the ending and what will happen with Lorcan. The ending left me with a bit of a cliffhanger that I’m interested in finding more about out in a second book.
With all that said, my complaints about the book are more in relation to the banter and the slow burn with Graves and Kierse. I felt like they could have had more slow burn building throughout the book, and when things were revealed it felt like they would word vomit a couple of sentences and then make out, but with none of the steam happening between. It felt like spurts of vulnerability rather than curiosity and mystery building up to angst and then eventual vulnerable conversations. Some of the confessions of love or of their history felt like they were just spit out randomly and then moved on and I wish there would have been more angst and build up. I’m also still a little bit confused on the relationship between them and how she impacts him and vice versa in terms of their powers… but maybe that will be better explained in the next book?