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A review by yeriwithaj_
Kiss the Fae by Natalia Jaster
4.0
“but it wasn’t until after I left you that I fell in love.”
Okay, hear me out…
Was it the best writing? No
Was it the best storytelling? No
Did it have the best plot? No
Did it feel like the author wrote with a thesaurus next to her the entire time? Yes
Did it feel like there was some type of goal of how many “big” words the author got to use per sentence? Yes
Was the word “digit” overused? Yes
Did I still finish the book? Not without an eye roll or 3,000.
And,
I ended up loving the story, well, partially, I still very much hated the flowery, riddle filled writing but, after pushing through, the writing, well, it made sense to the story and more it made sense to the characters. Still, it was difficult to fully immerse myself until the last few chapters.
I stayed and pushed through for Cerulean alone. I liked Lark a lot but the mystery she painted of Cerulean made him all the more appealing. I’m glad the epilogue was written from his perspective.
The story is tricky, the twist and turns not super mysterious but fun enough that you can look past the parts that are obvious.
It’s been a little bit since I enjoyed a fae related story and while this one wasn’t the best it also wasn’t the worst.
I don’t think I’ll dive in to the next book immediately. I don’t think I can handle more flowery, purple prose writing at this moment. But, I will read the next book some day.
Okay, hear me out…
Was it the best writing? No
Was it the best storytelling? No
Did it have the best plot? No
Did it feel like the author wrote with a thesaurus next to her the entire time? Yes
Did it feel like there was some type of goal of how many “big” words the author got to use per sentence? Yes
Was the word “digit” overused? Yes
Did I still finish the book? Not without an eye roll or 3,000.
And,
I ended up loving the story, well, partially, I still very much hated the flowery, riddle filled writing but, after pushing through, the writing, well, it made sense to the story and more it made sense to the characters. Still, it was difficult to fully immerse myself until the last few chapters.
I stayed and pushed through for Cerulean alone. I liked Lark a lot but the mystery she painted of Cerulean made him all the more appealing. I’m glad the epilogue was written from his perspective.
The story is tricky, the twist and turns not super mysterious but fun enough that you can look past the parts that are obvious.
It’s been a little bit since I enjoyed a fae related story and while this one wasn’t the best it also wasn’t the worst.
I don’t think I’ll dive in to the next book immediately. I don’t think I can handle more flowery, purple prose writing at this moment. But, I will read the next book some day.