Scarlett M. (the-red-dame) reviewed on 3/24/2014 + 31 more book reviews

I'm somewhere in between with this book.

First, the main girl, Eddi. She wasn't a blushing, stammering, stupid airhead; so far, so good. On occasion, she even had a bit of spine; yay! She was not, however, a particularly strong character, nor was she a memorable one. She was on the somewhat likeable end of tolerable.

The phouka was an amusing character, but his style of speech jarred me. It was for old-fashioned sounding, and maybe it was just because he got the most screen time in the book, but he seemed to speak in much more flowery way then any of the other character, including the other fey. At least his entertaining mood swings and magical wardrobe made up for that.

This book had romance, which I wasnt thrilled about. I still cant say that I enjoyed the romantic aspect, but at least it sorta made sense, so I could at least tolerate it in a necessary evil sort of way. Sounds cynical, I know, but considering how much I hate romance in books, this is actually high praise.

A lot of the plot, the action especially, felt lacking. First, a lot of it was predictable. Whether that was this authors fault or the fault of later authors that may have copied her, I dont know. Second, for a book that claims to be about a faerie war, theres a noticeable lack of fighting. Theres one horse-and-sword battle that lasts about one chapter, one hostage rescue, and a battle of the bands. What? The battles are more of a side note, the focus being on music and bands.

So, not bad, but not amazing and not quite my thing.

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