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brethebookbean 's review for:
A Feather So Black
by Lyra Selene
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
3.75 ⭐️
Actually this was a lot of fun!
I am a sucker for Celtic folklore and this seemed well researched and very immersive. The purple prose littered throughout lent itself beautifully the the dreamy atmosphere that accompanies a world of Irish/celtic folklore!
I do think this book was a bit too long. The plot seemed to army crawl to its conclusion and even then, sometimes it lingered. When Fia went to the Fae lands the plot moved forward and then she’d leave for the month and it would stand still again. The lingering eventually made me excited she went to the fae worlds but annoyed when she left!
I really liked the characters. Their motivations were understandable, even when I was annoyed with Fia and her choices I understood her introspection and the reason for her actions. That being said…once again sometimes I felt we lingered TOO long on introspection. Like yes I get it you’re made of thorns and rot and spooky scary things. You don’t feel like you deserve to be loved we’ve been through this already lol.
On that note surprisingly the romance with the love interest felt a little unearned? She only sees in…12 times? Once a month for a year? So it was like clockwork every time they meet another layer of him gets peeled back but I never really understood…why? I don’t feel like I know him as a character very well at all where as other minor characters like Cathair and the queen I felt the relationships were more fleshed out.
Actually this was a lot of fun!
I am a sucker for Celtic folklore and this seemed well researched and very immersive. The purple prose littered throughout lent itself beautifully the the dreamy atmosphere that accompanies a world of Irish/celtic folklore!
I do think this book was a bit too long. The plot seemed to army crawl to its conclusion and even then, sometimes it lingered. When Fia went to the Fae lands the plot moved forward and then she’d leave for the month and it would stand still again. The lingering eventually made me excited she went to the fae worlds but annoyed when she left!
I really liked the characters. Their motivations were understandable, even when I was annoyed with Fia and her choices I understood her introspection and the reason for her actions. That being said…once again sometimes I felt we lingered TOO long on introspection. Like yes I get it you’re made of thorns and rot and spooky scary things. You don’t feel like you deserve to be loved we’ve been through this already lol.
On that note surprisingly the romance with the love interest felt a little unearned? She only sees in…12 times? Once a month for a year? So it was like clockwork every time they meet another layer of him gets peeled back but I never really understood…why? I don’t feel like I know him as a character very well at all where as other minor characters like Cathair and the queen I felt the relationships were more fleshed out.