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cinderackerman's review
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
5.0
A phenomenal read. Definitely worth the time and I highly, highly recommend it.
The story is fast-paced and the romance is steamy and moves at the same quick pace.
I absolutely love the main female character Roselyn. She is a very spunky character and I love that she has no desire to be some trophy wife. She wants to be educated and to know how to protect herself. She’s also incredibly sweet and makes friends easily.
Declan, our main male character, gives off the grumpy vibes. He likes to portray himself as a ruthless person and isolate himself from others because he’s upset with the person he thinks he is.
The two of them are an unlikely, yet perfect match. Not only was there good spicy scenes, the story itself was intricate and lovely to follow. I definitely cannot wait until the next book!
The story is fast-paced and the romance is steamy and moves at the same quick pace.
I absolutely love the main female character Roselyn. She is a very spunky character and I love that she has no desire to be some trophy wife. She wants to be educated and to know how to protect herself. She’s also incredibly sweet and makes friends easily.
Declan, our main male character, gives off the grumpy vibes. He likes to portray himself as a ruthless person and isolate himself from others because he’s upset with the person he thinks he is.
The two of them are an unlikely, yet perfect match. Not only was there good spicy scenes, the story itself was intricate and lovely to follow. I definitely cannot wait until the next book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
booksalacarte's review
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
2.0
2-⭐️ 2.75🌶️
Multi POV
Multi POV
Arranged marriage
Miscommunication
One horse
Witches
Mermaids
Fae
Sea voyage
Secret powers
Hidden history
Betrayal
Curse of the Seelie King had so many tropes that I love, but it just didn’t land right.
The story gave me a little bit of whiplash. Between the mentality of romanticized historical fiction where women are property and a more modern mentality about being allowed to try to marry for love (just an example)… The couple raced into feelings, at a near instalove pace then they fight and makeup with whiplash speed at the drop of a hat.
I didn’t feel seated enough in the emotions and internal dialogue of each character. Decisions felt flip-floppy, even if dialogue had characters reiterating exact phrases within a page of each other. The general through line of where bodies are in the space of a scene is severely disjointed. Characters being in one part of the room, then without any description of movement, are suddenly on another side.
By 52%, everything from the author’s book trailer has happened and I found myself not interested enough to push myself to finish the book and find out who the big bad was. I did, just so I could be sure there actually was one. I was skeptical for a little… but I truly just didn’t care enough about this story to continue with the series.
I did giggle about the Mr. Darcy hand flex, though!
I received an ARC of The Curse of the Seelie King in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
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