A review by avisnoctua
Welcome to Fae Cafe by Jennifer Kropf

3.0

Binge-read most of this book in one night during an aweful migraine attack and it gave me exactly what I needed: a funny distraction from the existential dread of existing in a failing, anxiety-ridden flesh suit.
If you're here for a silly romcom that requires you to not think too hard about anything, you're in for a jolly good time:

  • everyone is an idiot (affectionately)
  • fairy assassins trying to figure out smartphones
  • said fairy assassins becoming barristas
  • a fairy prince too stupid(ly infatuated) to either kill or enchant the human girl
  • the Power of Grandmotherly LoveTM
  • weird fairy rules and weird obsessions with human food (one of my favourite aspects of fairy lore! My fae character in D&D has a similar relationship with food which never fails to deliver hilarious comedic moments)
  • a story so bad and ridiculous that it's good - the book obviously doesn't take itself seriously and tosses around fae romantasy clichés in such over-the-top way that it seems more like deliberate parody than unskilled writing imo
  • still the overuse of fae romance lingo made me cringe sooo hard - if I ever read the word "faeborn" again, I WILL have a stroke

I could go into all the details that made this book actually-not-that-good, but that's boring so I won't.
It's still better than ACOTAR and yes, I will die on that hill.
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