rebecca_3 's review for:

Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves

3.0

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So first of all, what you need to know before reading this is that it has a cliffhanger. A terrible cliffhanger! And also, this is more fantasy than romance. It’s very magical, with fey of all types. High fey and pixies and pucas and selkies. In that way it has similar vibes to The Folk of the Air. And also the way the humans are treated terribly and the way that Prince Cylvan acts in the beginning. He was very much a Cruel Prince. The book is entirely from the POV of Saffron, a human changeling servant. It was slow burn. And there was one intimate scene near the end. It was not fade to black but it was sort of artistically described in a way that was vague but you could still tell what was going on.

And that was an issue I had with most of the book. The writing style was too symbolic. I’m not sure what to call it but for example, there was a scene where Saffron touched Cylvan’s face and he thought to himself he had to be careful to not cut himself on the sharp edges. And I was so confused about what was happening. Why would Cylvan’s face cut Saffron? Until I realized that it was supposed to be a metaphor about Cylvan’s sharp personality. I didn’t like the extra effort it took to follow the story because of this. But for some ppl I’m sure it would be fine. Since I’m autistic, I might just be taking it too literally. I don’t think I will be continuing the series.