Review by mikslitshelf - Faebound

adventurous challenging medium-paced

3.0

Thank you, NetGalley for the ARC. These are my opinions given freely.

I was expecting a lot and once read, was a bit disappointed. I will say what I’ve liked first…

Saara has brought us a new world and she was able to give us its information without info dumping on us, thank you for that. It is more unique while including elves and fae.
The diversity

That’s about it.

What I didn’t care for.

Everything was so predictable. Lettle couldn’t tell who her prophecies were about, but I could a mile away. Is she just oblivious? Hopeful?
All of the “wow” and “climatic” scenes felt everything but, it felt rushed and moved on. Where is the drama?!
It started out feeling like a military fantasy in the beginning, then trickled to just a regular fantasy, and then a romance fantasy after 200 pages?
Maybe this is intentional but Lettle feels young and immature, when I think she’s supposed to an adult. I do not feel like she had much character development
- Her relationship with Rayan felt a bit pushed and rushed.
- Why isn’t Lettle telling anyone about her prophecies? Especially if she thinks she’s going to harm her beloved Rayan? None of that made sense.
Yeeran & both of her relationships didn’t make sense either. I felt almost blindsided and confused about her and Furi’s sudden relationship and closeness. Maybe it was just the fighting tension and Furi knowing everyone and Yeeran is new? I felt we could have had more relationship building between them.
- I’m also confused how Yeeran is going to ask Furi to come OUTSIDE of Mosima, when Yeeran knows she literally cannot!?

Just 310 pages and it took a week to read. It was difficult to want to pick up and continue. Will I read this again? No. Would I read the sequel? I’d give it a try to see if it gets any better.

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