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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
The Prince of Prohibition by Marilyn Marks
4.0
As a Dutch person I've never grown up with stories like the Great Gatsby. However, as a lover of the The Vampire Diaries I have been introduced to the roaring 20's and the beauty of the lives of the rich at the time. When I saw this book was gonna combine the world of the fae with the vibe of the 20's I couldn't be more curious. I was therefore very happy that I was offered an arc and could start reading before release. Although I had not anticipated that this book would have the high fantasy length.
This book takes its time to explain things and to introduce us to the world. It takes a while before we know for sure that all the creatures our heroine meets in the woods behind her house really exist. It takes even longer before we understand a little what has been happening leading towards those meetings. And it's only at the very end, in the very last chapters, that we actually get the answers and all the pieces of the puzzle click into place.
It's that ending making everything worth while. The first half of the book is not only slow, but also sometimes hard to get through. There are a lot of characters introduced in a short amount of time and it takes a while to tell them all apart. We're hearing a lot of titles and stories and it's not always easy to follow what they're about. But the more stories we hear and the more often we meet people the more familiar everything starts to feel.
I also really loved the heroine's journey. It makes sense, especially at the time, that our heroine wasn't used to take charge and make her own choices. During the story, partly because she's called out a few times for being passive and boring, she's discovering that she does have the power to change things and to fight, both literally and figurative. And after this character growth and all the reveals I can't wait to see her star in the sequel!
This book takes its time to explain things and to introduce us to the world. It takes a while before we know for sure that all the creatures our heroine meets in the woods behind her house really exist. It takes even longer before we understand a little what has been happening leading towards those meetings. And it's only at the very end, in the very last chapters, that we actually get the answers and all the pieces of the puzzle click into place.
It's that ending making everything worth while. The first half of the book is not only slow, but also sometimes hard to get through. There are a lot of characters introduced in a short amount of time and it takes a while to tell them all apart. We're hearing a lot of titles and stories and it's not always easy to follow what they're about. But the more stories we hear and the more often we meet people the more familiar everything starts to feel.
I also really loved the heroine's journey. It makes sense, especially at the time, that our heroine wasn't used to take charge and make her own choices. During the story, partly because she's called out a few times for being passive and boring, she's discovering that she does have the power to change things and to fight, both literally and figurative. And after this character growth and all the reveals I can't wait to see her star in the sequel!