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A review by misskk
The Fae & The Fallen by Brittni Chenelle
3.0
I think this book is a solid 3.5 stars.
I listened to this book on Audiobook. I think the narration of the story made it 3.5 instead of 2.5. The narrators have beautiful voices for these characters and really brought the story to life in my personal opinion which I'm not sure if reading a physical copy or even on kindle would've done for me.
The premise for me is sort of like if Mutants went Hogwarts which I have to admit I really did like about this story. There are plenty of gift academy type stories out there but this one was different for me personally so I really enjoyed that aspect.
The author does an amazing job for the setting and the plot was fun. There was definitely interesting scenes that were great to listen too and I personally loved Carter and Briear? Breear? Our fave wifi spirit girl as characters. A lot of detail went into the story as a whole and the actual writing was good which is easier to pinpoint when listening to audiobook so the author did a good job.
My reasons for not giving this a higher rating is simply because I couldn't relate to neither Reina or Kai.
Reina just comes off as an air head pushover who can't see the red flags to save her life and Kai whilst he slightly see's his own faults as the story goes along, still acts like a obnoxious dick. I understand that they both started out as bestie surfs? Serfs? together and had their first kiss all those years ago but that is no excuse for Reina to excuse all his shit and still crush on him.
Then we have mister
"I-bully-my-former-bestie-to protect-her-from-other-bullies."
Like what? What kind of dumb logic is that?
I had to take a short break because they both irritated me but the actual premise itself made me come back to it so I tip my hat off to the author but there's nothing about this relationship that I support and It's genuinely only because of the ending which is the reason I believe I will listen to the next two audiobooks in the series because the ending I didn't see coming, which realistically the signs were there for two characters but I missed them so I tip my hat again.
I liked a lot of the other characters, even that one Kai and Miranda scene made me laugh and look at her in a new light.
I'd recommend this story for the plot and setting but definitely not for the relationship. I will say that however that I'd this is better and healthier than the likes of Zodiac Academy but I"m still hate the bully enemies to lovers trope.
I would definitely buy the audiobooks for the narration and paperbacks because the covers of this, the brave and the broken and the strong and the stolen are absolutely beautiful.
Which ultimately I hate because I have so much conflicting but I'm a strong and I am curious to find about the fallen and find out what happens next I just hope that the relationship will be healthy during the next two books. Realistically I wouldn't want to see them dating but it's a fantasy Romance so I'm sure they'll get together
I listened to this book on Audiobook. I think the narration of the story made it 3.5 instead of 2.5. The narrators have beautiful voices for these characters and really brought the story to life in my personal opinion which I'm not sure if reading a physical copy or even on kindle would've done for me.
The premise for me is sort of like if Mutants went Hogwarts which I have to admit I really did like about this story. There are plenty of gift academy type stories out there but this one was different for me personally so I really enjoyed that aspect.
The author does an amazing job for the setting and the plot was fun. There was definitely interesting scenes that were great to listen too and I personally loved Carter and Briear? Breear? Our fave wifi spirit girl as characters. A lot of detail went into the story as a whole and the actual writing was good which is easier to pinpoint when listening to audiobook so the author did a good job.
My reasons for not giving this a higher rating is simply because I couldn't relate to neither Reina or Kai.
Reina just comes off as an air head pushover who can't see the red flags to save her life and Kai whilst he slightly see's his own faults as the story goes along, still acts like a obnoxious dick. I understand that they both started out as bestie surfs? Serfs? together and had their first kiss all those years ago but that is no excuse for Reina to excuse all his shit and still crush on him.
Then we have mister
"I-bully-my-former-bestie-to protect-her-from-other-bullies."
Like what? What kind of dumb logic is that?
I had to take a short break because they both irritated me but the actual premise itself made me come back to it so I tip my hat off to the author but there's nothing about this relationship that I support and It's genuinely only because of the ending which is the reason I believe I will listen to the next two audiobooks in the series because the ending I didn't see coming, which realistically the signs were there for two characters but I missed them so I tip my hat again.
I liked a lot of the other characters, even that one Kai and Miranda scene made me laugh and look at her in a new light.
I'd recommend this story for the plot and setting but definitely not for the relationship. I will say that however that I'd this is better and healthier than the likes of Zodiac Academy but I"m still hate the bully enemies to lovers trope.
I would definitely buy the audiobooks for the narration and paperbacks because the covers of this, the brave and the broken and the strong and the stolen are absolutely beautiful.
Which ultimately I hate because I have so much conflicting but I'm a strong and I am curious to find about the fallen and find out what happens next I just hope that the relationship will be healthy during the next two books. Realistically I wouldn't want to see them dating but it's a fantasy Romance so I'm sure they'll get together