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A review by raven168
Night In His Eyes by Emma Alisyn, Alisyn Fae
2.0
I had such an unbelievably hard time getting into this book and ever wanting to pick it back up. The obsessive amount of details on everything was annoying, but could be ignored. What couldn't be ignored was the main character, Aerinne. Oh my gawd, I cannot even begin to tell you how much I absolutely HATED her.
Aerinne is half fae, half human, but also technically the leader of her house after her high fae mother died. But she's obsessed with fighting and stupid, so her human father is leading the house in her stead. Like I said, I hated her. She is 27 but acts like she is 12. She cannot, for the life of her, keep her goddamn stupid mouth shut. We're given the impression that her temper is just who she is and she simply can't help herself. NO. If she wasn't such a coddled, spoiled, little shit, she would have learned to have respect for people and to think before opening her fucking mouth with more of her self important garbage. She lives for nothing more than to avenge her mother's death and to kill her supposed enemies. Despite the fact that her mother knew exactly what her actions would bring, and the fact that she has absolutely no idea why the other house is supposed to be the enemy. Oh, and she also murdered an innocent non-combatant for the sake of her revenge as well. She acts like she cares about her people, but in the end, every decision she makes is made because of how high her temper was at the time. I'm not sure if she was written as she was to be some sort of a badass chick, but I can say that if that was the intention it failed so hard. Just because she can fight in a battle, does not make her a badass.
As for the fae prince Renaud, I actually really rather liked him. I'm such a sucker for super powerful, possessive, and violent guys. So it's such a disappointment how much he indulges Aerinne's attitude. Being as old as he is, Renaud and others like him tend to sleep away large chunks of their lives. Aerinne just so happened to cause him to wake sooner than he planned. But he is immediately taken with her, claims her as his, and effectively puts an end to the fighting by stopping his people and calling for peace talks.
Of course Aerinne fights him every single step of the way. She's appalled that he would even want to claim her in front of the other rulers. But what is even worse to her is how her body responds to everything that is Renaud. From his voice, to his body, to his power, and even his violence. It all calls to her and she can so easily see herself as his. But she refuses to submit. Making matters worse, she made a fae vow to kill him. So now, if she doesn't (which she has even acknowledged is impossible) it's her life that is forfeit. Renaud refuses to let her die though, so it would be interesting to see how they get around that.
I absolutely loved everything about the ways of the old ones because it was all quite interesting and definitely fun with Renaud. And I even loved the entity inside of Aerinne's mind that isn't actually inside of her mind. There was so much about this story that I really liked. So the fact that Aerinne completely ruins the relationship forming with Renaud (not to mention the entire story) has me hesitant to even think about wanting to read the next book. Because this most definitely ends in a cliff hanger. And dammit how I want more of Renaud, but not at the expense of the story because of how annoying and stupid Aerinne is.
Copy provided by publisher via Netgalley.
Aerinne is half fae, half human, but also technically the leader of her house after her high fae mother died. But she's obsessed with fighting and stupid, so her human father is leading the house in her stead. Like I said, I hated her. She is 27 but acts like she is 12. She cannot, for the life of her, keep her goddamn stupid mouth shut. We're given the impression that her temper is just who she is and she simply can't help herself. NO. If she wasn't such a coddled, spoiled, little shit, she would have learned to have respect for people and to think before opening her fucking mouth with more of her self important garbage. She lives for nothing more than to avenge her mother's death and to kill her supposed enemies. Despite the fact that her mother knew exactly what her actions would bring, and the fact that she has absolutely no idea why the other house is supposed to be the enemy. Oh, and she also murdered an innocent non-combatant for the sake of her revenge as well. She acts like she cares about her people, but in the end, every decision she makes is made because of how high her temper was at the time. I'm not sure if she was written as she was to be some sort of a badass chick, but I can say that if that was the intention it failed so hard. Just because she can fight in a battle, does not make her a badass.
As for the fae prince Renaud, I actually really rather liked him. I'm such a sucker for super powerful, possessive, and violent guys. So it's such a disappointment how much he indulges Aerinne's attitude. Being as old as he is, Renaud and others like him tend to sleep away large chunks of their lives. Aerinne just so happened to cause him to wake sooner than he planned. But he is immediately taken with her, claims her as his, and effectively puts an end to the fighting by stopping his people and calling for peace talks.
Of course Aerinne fights him every single step of the way. She's appalled that he would even want to claim her in front of the other rulers. But what is even worse to her is how her body responds to everything that is Renaud. From his voice, to his body, to his power, and even his violence. It all calls to her and she can so easily see herself as his. But she refuses to submit. Making matters worse, she made a fae vow to kill him. So now, if she doesn't (which she has even acknowledged is impossible) it's her life that is forfeit. Renaud refuses to let her die though, so it would be interesting to see how they get around that.
I absolutely loved everything about the ways of the old ones because it was all quite interesting and definitely fun with Renaud. And I even loved the entity inside of Aerinne's mind that isn't actually inside of her mind. There was so much about this story that I really liked. So the fact that Aerinne completely ruins the relationship forming with Renaud (not to mention the entire story) has me hesitant to even think about wanting to read the next book. Because this most definitely ends in a cliff hanger. And dammit how I want more of Renaud, but not at the expense of the story because of how annoying and stupid Aerinne is.
Copy provided by publisher via Netgalley.