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A review by zareena
City of Fae by Pippa DaCosta
2.0
Review originally posted on The Slanted Bookshelf.
My Rating: 2.5 stars
This book had a lot of potential and sadly it didn’t fulfil it, but I’ll start off with what I liked.
At first the plot was pretty exciting and I liked Alina for most of the book. In City of Fae the fae exist and live in London, one of them being Reign – a fae superstar playboy. Nineteen years old, having just lost her job, Alina runs into Reign who looks almost dead and ends up saving him from the fae guards. This leads to Alina discovering secrets about the fae, a fae conspiracy, and Alina being in hiding from the them.
For the most part I liked Alina. She doesn’t let fear stop her and uses her skills as a reporter to do what she thinks is right. Also, the author really threw in some twists that I seriously didn’t see coming and I mean really didn’t see coming. Also, I liked Reign. He’s the typical bad boy with a vulnerable side that you can’t help but love.
Okay, now onto what I didn’t like so much. It would have been nice to have a bit more world building – history of how the fae came to London, etc. Also, I didn’t really understand why Alina saved Reign when they first met. She had absolutely no reason to help him and then lie to law enforcement about it all. The writing also felt slightly repetitive and a lot of the times Alina’s emotions didn’t feel genuine.
One of the parts I liked the least was the romance. The blurb says City of Fae will leave you wanting more of the forbidden romance and it was definitely correct…. because there wasn’t any. From about half way through it was clear the romance wouldn’t be an HEA and really nothing ever happens between Alina and reign. That sucked.
Basically, City of Fae could have been pretty epic but most of it just didn’t work for me.
NA
2.5 stars
Thank you to Bloomsbury for providing me with a copy of the book! All views and opinions are my own and I was not compensated in any way.
My Rating: 2.5 stars
This book had a lot of potential and sadly it didn’t fulfil it, but I’ll start off with what I liked.
At first the plot was pretty exciting and I liked Alina for most of the book. In City of Fae the fae exist and live in London, one of them being Reign – a fae superstar playboy. Nineteen years old, having just lost her job, Alina runs into Reign who looks almost dead and ends up saving him from the fae guards. This leads to Alina discovering secrets about the fae, a fae conspiracy, and Alina being in hiding from the them.
For the most part I liked Alina. She doesn’t let fear stop her and uses her skills as a reporter to do what she thinks is right. Also, the author really threw in some twists that I seriously didn’t see coming and I mean really didn’t see coming. Also, I liked Reign. He’s the typical bad boy with a vulnerable side that you can’t help but love.
Okay, now onto what I didn’t like so much. It would have been nice to have a bit more world building – history of how the fae came to London, etc. Also, I didn’t really understand why Alina saved Reign when they first met. She had absolutely no reason to help him and then lie to law enforcement about it all. The writing also felt slightly repetitive and a lot of the times Alina’s emotions didn’t feel genuine.
One of the parts I liked the least was the romance. The blurb says City of Fae will leave you wanting more of the forbidden romance and it was definitely correct…. because there wasn’t any. From about half way through it was clear the romance wouldn’t be an HEA and really nothing ever happens between Alina and reign. That sucked.
Basically, City of Fae could have been pretty epic but most of it just didn’t work for me.
NA
2.5 stars
Thank you to Bloomsbury for providing me with a copy of the book! All views and opinions are my own and I was not compensated in any way.