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A review by emilyrainsford
Kingdoms of night by Jessica M. Butler, Alisha Klapheke, May Sage, Emma Hamm
3.5
Review for Of Werewolves and Witches (arc provided).
Characters from two different worlds, a witch and a freshly minted werewolf, and drawn together into the mysterious world of faerie to try and rescue young children in their lives. They are forced to work together, despite not meeting on the best terms.
Think Alice in Wonderland meets Midsummer Night's Dream for this one. It was a pretty fun indie romp with lots of twists and turns, and non-stop action.
Ferron, the dude, was as thick as two short planks - total himbo vibes. I honestly thought Idalno could have done a lot better. I also felt, despite the enemies to lovers slow burn, that things go from "I guess you're not so bad after all and kinda hot" to "I'm deeply in love with you and want to be with you forever" way too abruptly for my liking. Crushing on each other was believable - but then it kind of jumped straight to deep abiding love in a way that didn't feel authentic to me. Perhaps Ferron needed a bit more backstory, as I just didn't warm to him and couldn't see all the praise Idalno heaped on him as actually being deserved based on what we see in the story.
I was definitely entertained, it's the type of story where you never know what's coming next, so if you just want something fun and easy and don't mind a bit of enemies turned instalove, you'll have fun with it.
Characters from two different worlds, a witch and a freshly minted werewolf, and drawn together into the mysterious world of faerie to try and rescue young children in their lives. They are forced to work together, despite not meeting on the best terms.
Think Alice in Wonderland meets Midsummer Night's Dream for this one. It was a pretty fun indie romp with lots of twists and turns, and non-stop action.
Ferron, the dude, was as thick as two short planks - total himbo vibes. I honestly thought Idalno could have done a lot better. I also felt, despite the enemies to lovers slow burn, that things go from "I guess you're not so bad after all and kinda hot" to "I'm deeply in love with you and want to be with you forever" way too abruptly for my liking. Crushing on each other was believable - but then it kind of jumped straight to deep abiding love in a way that didn't feel authentic to me. Perhaps Ferron needed a bit more backstory, as I just didn't warm to him and couldn't see all the praise Idalno heaped on him as actually being deserved based on what we see in the story.
I was definitely entertained, it's the type of story where you never know what's coming next, so if you just want something fun and easy and don't mind a bit of enemies turned instalove, you'll have fun with it.