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A review by justlily
Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
3.0
This book really has so much promise that I'm more disappointed for it than anything. It started off really well. The writing is beautiful in it's simplicity, the characters are immediately likable and sweet. I was confused why people on my friend's list had rated it so low. As I kept going, I finally started going "Ah, now I see."
Unfortunately throughout 75% of this story, I felt like I had been dropped into a book halfway through. As though this was book three in a series and I hadn't read the first two. Nothing is ever really explained. The war, Faerie as a land, the extent of magic and who has it, what the world is really like now. It's all very shallow and self contained. Had the author opened it up to a grander scale, this would have been an incredible story.
As it is, I probably won't pick up the next book. But this was a quick and mildly fun read on its own.
Unfortunately throughout 75% of this story, I felt like I had been dropped into a book halfway through. As though this was book three in a series and I hadn't read the first two. Nothing is ever really explained. The war, Faerie as a land, the extent of magic and who has it, what the world is really like now. It's all very shallow and self contained. Had the author opened it up to a grander scale, this would have been an incredible story.
As it is, I probably won't pick up the next book. But this was a quick and mildly fun read on its own.