A review by burningupasun
The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones
3.0
Setting/World Building: 5/5
Main Character: 3/5
Other Characters: 3/5
Plot: 3/5
Writing: 3/5
Triggering/Issues: 5/5
AVERAGED TOTAL: 3.6/4. Rounded down to 3.
This wasn't a bad book, for what it was. I would have loved this book as a 12-13 year old. The main character is a sixteen year old girl who finds out she's actually a fairy, the daughter of Oberon and Titania, who grew up in a big fairy palace and had a pet unicorn. 13 year old me would have totally loved and written something like this. Truth be told, 13 year old me DID write something like this (only she was a half-elf princess, and she ALSO had a talking cat and a dragon). The plot was fairly simplistic and easy to follow, and there were times the main character annoyed me. I was a little baffled by how a portrait of her mother who looked just like her was the thing that made her believe it was real and not a dream-- because she wouldn't have dreamed up a mother that looked like her? But it was oddly enjoyable in the end and I think a lot of that was due to the descriptions of the castle and grounds and clothes and everything, it was really really gorgeous. Still, for the simple plot and the predictable story and love triangle, I have to knock it down to 3 stars.
Main Character: 3/5
Other Characters: 3/5
Plot: 3/5
Writing: 3/5
Triggering/Issues: 5/5
AVERAGED TOTAL: 3.6/4. Rounded down to 3.
This wasn't a bad book, for what it was. I would have loved this book as a 12-13 year old. The main character is a sixteen year old girl who finds out she's actually a fairy, the daughter of Oberon and Titania, who grew up in a big fairy palace and had a pet unicorn. 13 year old me would have totally loved and written something like this. Truth be told, 13 year old me DID write something like this (only she was a half-elf princess, and she ALSO had a talking cat and a dragon). The plot was fairly simplistic and easy to follow, and there were times the main character annoyed me. I was a little baffled by how a portrait of her mother who looked just like her was the thing that made her believe it was real and not a dream-- because she wouldn't have dreamed up a mother that looked like her? But it was oddly enjoyable in the end and I think a lot of that was due to the descriptions of the castle and grounds and clothes and everything, it was really really gorgeous. Still, for the simple plot and the predictable story and love triangle, I have to knock it down to 3 stars.