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A Feather So Black
by Lyra Selene
I had high hopes for A Feather So Black as the initial premise sounded quite intriguing: Celtic folklore, fae and curses! However, the overall story failed to engage me and the characters felt flat, one-dimensional and unoriginal.
The writing was pretty and clearly the author had researched plenty of Celtic folklore but I don’t think it was introduced and explained enough for the reader.
The book was very predictable and all of the twists fell flat for me. It felt very reliant on tropes and popular character traits that turned out to have very little relevance to the story. Did Fia really need excellent combat abilities? We saw her use them in the initial chapter and then never again? Irian felt like he was trying and failing to be like a character from another popular romance-heavy fantasy book…
To be honest, this book was mainly lacking tension.
Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The writing was pretty and clearly the author had researched plenty of Celtic folklore but I don’t think it was introduced and explained enough for the reader.
The book was very predictable and all of the twists fell flat for me. It felt very reliant on tropes and popular character traits that turned out to have very little relevance to the story. Did Fia really need excellent combat abilities? We saw her use them in the initial chapter and then never again? Irian felt like he was trying and failing to be like a character from another popular romance-heavy fantasy book…
To be honest, this book was mainly lacking tension.
Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.