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A review by nomomstayandread
Prince of Air and Darkness by M.A. Grant
4.0
"Phineas Smith is beautiful and I want him so much it feels like an open wound."
What you'll get:
Royalty in peril
Fae
Magic school
Mutual oblivious pining
Gay rep
TW/CW: Torture
Setting: Unsure where the main setting was & Iowa
This book was fun to read. Phineas (Finn) is the only human at this magic school because he can access ley line magic. Roark is the crown prince of the fae and Finn's very grumpy and aloof roommate. Roark is also completely and absolutely in love with Finn and would like for him to never know about it. They bicker but when you hear each of their POVs, they're mutually pining.
Finn's particular type of magic tends to burn their users out, literally and Roark is terrified. The thing I really liked about this book is that Roark and his mother definitely don't agree about Roark's feelings or protection over Finn but they had a fairly nice relationship. Every time he got hurt, she rolled up to check on him. The main conflict in the book will end up hurting him and she doesn't love it but is going to go through with it anyway. Finn would like to throw her into a fire but that's really justified.
Watching these two pining idiots figure out they are in this together was lovely. They balance each other out and their magic works better together.
Each book follows a different brother so this was a very rare fantasy standalone.
What you'll get:
Royalty in peril
Fae
Magic school
Mutual oblivious pining
Gay rep
TW/CW: Torture
Setting: Unsure where the main setting was & Iowa
This book was fun to read. Phineas (Finn) is the only human at this magic school because he can access ley line magic. Roark is the crown prince of the fae and Finn's very grumpy and aloof roommate. Roark is also completely and absolutely in love with Finn and would like for him to never know about it. They bicker but when you hear each of their POVs, they're mutually pining.
Finn's particular type of magic tends to burn their users out, literally and Roark is terrified. The thing I really liked about this book is that Roark and his mother definitely don't agree about Roark's feelings or protection over Finn but they had a fairly nice relationship. Every time he got hurt, she rolled up to check on him. The main conflict in the book will end up hurting him and she doesn't love it but is going to go through with it anyway. Finn would like to throw her into a fire but that's really justified.
Watching these two pining idiots figure out they are in this together was lovely. They balance each other out and their magic works better together.
Each book follows a different brother so this was a very rare fantasy standalone.