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A review by yazthebookish
Songbird of the Sorrows by Braidee Otto
3.0
3 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
“My fear was so great I don’t know if I’m capable of dreaming anymore. Instead of adventure and dreams, I have poison in my blood and nightmares in my soul.”
Songbird of the Sorrows is a fantasy romance debut featuring a forbidden romance between former sweethearts, court drama and politics, a group of spies-under-disguise on a mission.
The author definitely put in a lot of work when it comes to the world-building which is loosely inspired by Greek Mythology.
Maybe I had different expectations a bit, however this book seems to set up what is a promising series and fans of the fantasy romance genre in general are likely to enjoy it.
I think I'll address only two points as to why I couldn't enjoy it more:
1. The romance was rushed. I was excited and intrigued by the forbidden romance aspect especially as the two characters were former sweethearts. I think it would've helped if the tension prolonged between them. It felt they quickly mingled with each other and it lost that tension and excitement of it's forbidden nature.
2. I think the story had a good pacing but the action or the stakes did not keep me on the edge of my seat except for one scene that had me nervous.
The romance and the action are key elements to enjoying a fantasy romance for me so maybe that explains my 3-star rating. The rating does not mean the book is bad or not worth reading, not at all! I can see why many readers loved it but I just expected some storylines to play out differently.
It's a debut book and not easy at all to write a whole book and create an imaginary world, so congrats to the author on publishing her first book and gifting the community a new fun read to devour.
What to expect?
— Romantic Fantasy
— Forbidden Romance
— Forced Proximity
— Trials and Heists
— Greek Mythology
— Kingdom Politics
— Court Intrigue
— Spies, Assassins and Royals
Content warning: the book features Abandonment, Abduction of an adult (implied), Battle, Blood and gore, Death and violence, Emotional abuse/manipulation, Explicit sex/sexual activities, Graphic language, Hallucinations, Mental health/PTSD, Non-consensual sex/sexual assault (non-graphic), Poisoning, Stillbirth (mentioned on page), Substance abuse, Torture.
“My fear was so great I don’t know if I’m capable of dreaming anymore. Instead of adventure and dreams, I have poison in my blood and nightmares in my soul.”
Songbird of the Sorrows is a fantasy romance debut featuring a forbidden romance between former sweethearts, court drama and politics, a group of spies-under-disguise on a mission.
The author definitely put in a lot of work when it comes to the world-building which is loosely inspired by Greek Mythology.
Maybe I had different expectations a bit, however this book seems to set up what is a promising series and fans of the fantasy romance genre in general are likely to enjoy it.
I think I'll address only two points as to why I couldn't enjoy it more:
1. The romance was rushed. I was excited and intrigued by the forbidden romance aspect especially as the two characters were former sweethearts. I think it would've helped if the tension prolonged between them. It felt they quickly mingled with each other and it lost that tension and excitement of it's forbidden nature.
2. I think the story had a good pacing but the action or the stakes did not keep me on the edge of my seat except for one scene that had me nervous.
The romance and the action are key elements to enjoying a fantasy romance for me so maybe that explains my 3-star rating. The rating does not mean the book is bad or not worth reading, not at all! I can see why many readers loved it but I just expected some storylines to play out differently.
It's a debut book and not easy at all to write a whole book and create an imaginary world, so congrats to the author on publishing her first book and gifting the community a new fun read to devour.
What to expect?
— Romantic Fantasy
— Forbidden Romance
— Forced Proximity
— Trials and Heists
— Greek Mythology
— Kingdom Politics
— Court Intrigue
— Spies, Assassins and Royals
Content warning: the book features Abandonment, Abduction of an adult (implied), Battle, Blood and gore, Death and violence, Emotional abuse/manipulation, Explicit sex/sexual activities, Graphic language, Hallucinations, Mental health/PTSD, Non-consensual sex/sexual assault (non-graphic), Poisoning, Stillbirth (mentioned on page), Substance abuse, Torture.