mariathelibrarian's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
ann_aguirre's review
5.0
This book was ridiculously awesome. It's a fast read but a wholly gripping one. It made my time in the DFW airport fly by, and I'm normally super wriggly on planes, but this book consumed my attention completely, so I didn't even notice how long I was up in the air. If you want to know what it's about, read a synopsis.
Fab characterization, so different, interesting world, and keyed into a woman's psyche. I'd characterize this as romantic fantasy for women and unlike anything I've ever read. Soooo good. Adorable. Fun. Sexy. Dreamy. Just get a copy, okay?
Fab characterization, so different, interesting world, and keyed into a woman's psyche. I'd characterize this as romantic fantasy for women and unlike anything I've ever read. Soooo good. Adorable. Fun. Sexy. Dreamy. Just get a copy, okay?
almalou's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
elusivity's review
2.0
I read an electronic version of this book, cover-less (hence, unwarned), which accounts for my anger and disappointment at its contents. Otherwise I would have known that this is one of them genre romances, only thinly disguised as fantasy.
5 hours later, my eyes were rattling in their sockets, I had rolled them so much. However, I did finish it--albeit with much skimming--so it's not all bad.
Recommended for readers of genre romance who wanted a little twist in their formula.
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** As fantasy, ONE STARS.
RANT: So they couldn't come up with a better name than Solie (could there be a more spineless and silly name)? And why SYLPHS (which, last I checked, were airy sprites and certainly do not conjure up visions of deadly vigor)??
So, for the son of a king's important ceremony to acquire a terrifying and rare battle sylph -- they couldn't pre-capture a virgin, but have to get one just before the ceremony, stat? What if they caught the town slut instead, out on her nightly stroll?
For a creature from some other dimension, typically form-less and living in hives--how do these sylphs know to speak the human language? How does Heyou, not much more than a "hatchling", know how to conduct himself in human lands? I could go on...
Mostly one-note characters. Too-easy magic. A narrative voice that would have been much better to have been first-person rather than third-person omniscient. All this make for a horrific read, fantasy-wise. Which brings me to the next portion of the review:
** As an example of genre romance, THREE STARS.
Well, I got warm during a few scenes (too few of them, unfortunately!), and the basic idea of shape-shifting faeries bound to you forever and ever, in love and will do whatever you want, is... not bad for those pesky girlish fantasies we all have deep in the night. So I guess it did its job.
5 hours later, my eyes were rattling in their sockets, I had rolled them so much. However, I did finish it--albeit with much skimming--so it's not all bad.
Recommended for readers of genre romance who wanted a little twist in their formula.
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** As fantasy, ONE STARS.
RANT: So they couldn't come up with a better name than Solie (could there be a more spineless and silly name)? And why SYLPHS (which, last I checked, were airy sprites and certainly do not conjure up visions of deadly vigor)??
So, for the son of a king's important ceremony to acquire a terrifying and rare battle sylph -- they couldn't pre-capture a virgin, but have to get one just before the ceremony, stat? What if they caught the town slut instead, out on her nightly stroll?
For a creature from some other dimension, typically form-less and living in hives--how do these sylphs know to speak the human language? How does Heyou, not much more than a "hatchling", know how to conduct himself in human lands? I could go on...
Mostly one-note characters. Too-easy magic. A narrative voice that would have been much better to have been first-person rather than third-person omniscient. All this make for a horrific read, fantasy-wise. Which brings me to the next portion of the review:
** As an example of genre romance, THREE STARS.
Well, I got warm during a few scenes (too few of them, unfortunately!), and the basic idea of shape-shifting faeries bound to you forever and ever, in love and will do whatever you want, is... not bad for those pesky girlish fantasies we all have deep in the night. So I guess it did its job.
alcinoe's review
3.0
This book introduces a new fantasy creature that is a little difficult to visualize as I normally like to do when reading. Still, I really enjoyed it and looked forward to my reading time while reading it. If you like fantasies that don't always include elves and such, you may like this book.
pinguicha's review
3.0
It's a good book, but I felt that for a romance, it spent far too little time with the leads, and instead most of the story is devoted to an ensemble. It definitely detracted from the focus on the main couple.
Still gonna read the rest, though.
Still gonna read the rest, though.
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