A review by jaironside
Emerald Bound by Teresa Richards

3.0

Fun but a bit loose on pace, plot and characterisation. Ultimately this was more miss than hit for me, although I can easily see someone else loving this. I really liked the twist on the Princess and the Pea - I'm a sucker for fairy tale retellings. The two main characters were both quite likeable if a little unformed. The other characters would have benefited from more fleshing out in my opinion. There were a couple of minor plot holes and the romance didn't really jibe with the rest of the plot - it felt like it was slowing it all down rather than enhancing it. Also insta-love, so that was a bit irritating. Then againthis felt like it could be aimed at the younger end of the YA audience so perhaps that's where the disconnect was for me. I think the author is still one to watch with ideas like this.