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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC to read and review. If not for needing to finish this out of respect, I would have stopped early on. I could not find myself interested in this. The writing was a bit off for me, where I wasn't into this story. I liked the summary, but it fell flat and didn't live up to the expectations I had. Also seemed to drag on and the good stuff - if that - wasn't until near the end and even then it was rushed. People comparing it to Cruel Prince must be right because I couldn't enjoy that book, either. I don't think I'd want to read anymore in this series. 😕 sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
For fans of SARAH J. MAAS, ELISE KOVA, and HOLLY BLACK comes an exciting new fantasy-romance based on Celtic lore. A fae girl with a human heart. A Seelie Queen with a penchant for stealing mortals. And an Unseelie King who must surrender his throne. On the coast of Georgia rests a small town where faeries still take changelings. Faye lost her mother to the Folk but has spent her whole life longing for a glimpse behind the veil. When Faye finally finds her way in, she also discovers why the dark and alluring world of the Folk has always called to her: she's half faerie, and heiress to the Dark Court's throne. When the rival court steals her best friend, Faye must claim the crown to save her. That means learning how to use her glamour so she can face three deadly trials and ensuring she doesn't fall for the dark. brooding king she's meant to replace...or the nymph-turned-knight teaching her to fight. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This book was pretty good. Not perfect, but definitely a good start. It is the story of a regular teenage girl who discovers that she is the heir to a fae crown, and that the world around her is nothing like she thought it was. It is well written and fast-moving.
I liked the setting of the book. I spent several years living on the coast of North Florida and the wild places through there can definitely feel like a far realm. I am so liked the fact that the main character is bisexual. There’s a lot of bisexual invisibility in the literary world, and I liked the fact that this book didn’t run from it at all. I also liked learning a little bit about the author’s fae world, since there are so many mythologies, all a bit different.
I didn’t like the constant referring to men and women as ‘males’ and ‘females’. It didn’t fit the book and was really jarring. I can’t see that it was the least bit necessary.
I also was uncomfortable with the incest subplot that could easily have been made into something a bit less horrific without ruining the flow of the book. And finally, I thought that the trials were given way too little time - they don’t even start until 90% through the book. And even that was broken by strange bouts of exposition in the middle of a fight for your life.
All in all, this book was pretty good. It’s not my favorite book I read this year, but it’s not the worst, either. ( )