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A review by martynne
The Steward by Christopher Shields
3.0
In short it was:
The storyline was ok, pretty predictable, but it moved at a decent pace, I found myself a little bored in parts but this book was just overall, underwhelming.
I went into this book seeing glowing reviews about how amazing it was and thought, I'd fucks with a book about the fae. I've read [b:Tithe|46777|Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)|Holly Black|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342120818s/46777.jpg|1460966] series, the [b:Wicked Lovely|305234|Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)|Melissa Marr|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327814035s/305234.jpg|296240] series and the [b:The Iron King|6644117|The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)|Julie Kagawa|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327877670s/6644117.jpg|6838626] series and loved them all and I'm always looking for a good book about the because I think they're awesome and good books about the fea are few and far between. I was really disappointed in how lack lustre this book was.
My biggest gripe was that all the characters, from the protagonist to the love interest to the villain were simply underdeveloped and uninteresting. I found myself simply not caring if any of them lived or died. Another thing is that you knew from the beginning who the main love interest would be, there was no use hiding it. There was no real love triangle like the characters the relationship building was almost non-existent in this books. Everyone was almost immediately a best friend or an enemy or a love interest.
So there are more books in this series and I don't know if I'll continue to read. I am curious how they're going to get around the little problem the fae have when they fall in love with a human but honestly, right now, I don't care.
The storyline was ok, pretty predictable, but it moved at a decent pace, I found myself a little bored in parts but this book was just overall, underwhelming.
I went into this book seeing glowing reviews about how amazing it was and thought, I'd fucks with a book about the fae. I've read [b:Tithe|46777|Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)|Holly Black|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342120818s/46777.jpg|1460966] series, the [b:Wicked Lovely|305234|Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)|Melissa Marr|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327814035s/305234.jpg|296240] series and the [b:The Iron King|6644117|The Iron King (The Iron Fey, #1)|Julie Kagawa|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327877670s/6644117.jpg|6838626] series and loved them all and I'm always looking for a good book about the because I think they're awesome and good books about the fea are few and far between. I was really disappointed in how lack lustre this book was.
My biggest gripe was that all the characters, from the protagonist to the love interest to the villain were simply underdeveloped and uninteresting. I found myself simply not caring if any of them lived or died. Another thing is that you knew from the beginning who the main love interest would be, there was no use hiding it. There was no real love triangle like the characters the relationship building was almost non-existent in this books. Everyone was almost immediately a best friend or an enemy or a love interest.
So there are more books in this series and I don't know if I'll continue to read. I am curious how they're going to get around the little problem the fae have when they fall in love with a human but honestly, right now, I don't care.