floofymoosereads 's review for:

A House of Fangs & Deceit by Alex Frost

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is the first book in the Lunaria Realms series, a why choose fantasy romance series with fae, vampires, and shifters. Tropes include a building why choose, found family, banter, political intrigue, queer representation and a sassy FMC. 

The Lovely: I loved the world-building and how it reimagined the genesis of different types of beings and their use of magic. This fed in nicely to the plot and how the story developed. I felt like the pacing was solid and kept moving, never leaving the reader to get bored. I enjoyed trying to unravel the mystery along with the characters. 

Also Lovely: I also liked the FMC, Samara, and how she wanted to do and be more after a lackluster marriage. I was glad to see she took charge of her life and what she wanted rather than standing idly by. 

The Mundane: My only meh was this was marketed as a why choose story but never really got to that point in this first book. I suspect the series as a whole will be why choose but I would have liked to have really seen that in the first book. 

Rating: 4/5 Stars 2/5 Flames 

Recommendation: That ending went boom! It made me wonder about other things we think we knew as the reader and opens up a number of new questions. I can’t wait to read book two when it comes out this fall. If you like a growing why choose fantasy romance and different types of magical beings, I think you would like this book.