Really loved this and am looking forward to many more!!! ( )

DNF

1.5 ( )

Cannot say I enjoyed this very much. Nothing was outright bad but I was bored and uninvested the whole time.

This starts out very much in the action with no real-world building or setup of the characters. Because of this I never really cared about any of the main characters. I didn't care about Aenor's relationship with Gina. I didn't feel any connection between her and Lyr, plus all their scenes together felt really rushed. All of this meant I just couldn't get into the story.

There were some issues with the writing. There were a lot of unnecessary and misused em-dashes.

I started singing—Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball.” I changed the lyrics, letting her know I was on my way to find her. The music wended its way through the water, vibrating through the scrying reflection.

This quote is funny for many reasons - Aenor is sort of a siren but the only song she ever sings is Wrecking Ball, which is such a weird pop-culture reference - but it also shows the em-dash misuse that is all over this book.
Another quote that bothered me that illustrates some writing problems was
“Hmm. Mayyyybe not.” He held my gaze.
I really don't like the repeated yyyy's in maybe. Just say "he drawled while holding my gaze" and let me insert the extra vowels.

there were a few other issues with the plot that really didn't make sense to me. The reason other fae don't like here is a little ridiculous and the work wasn't put in to make it seem reasonable. Based on the end of this book, there is clearly a budding love triangle that seems very derivative of the A Court of Thornes and Roses series. At the end of book one of that series the heroine get's a tattoo that connects her to a different love interest and at the end of this book the heroine eats food that connects her to a different love interest. Derivative stories don't bother me that much, honestly, there are only so many things that can be written but this wasn't even well disguised.

I doubt this is a series I'll be continuing with. All the books are on Kindle Unlimited so it's possible that someday I'll read book two but when a book bores me, I rarely want to keep reading. ( )

This is the first book by this author I have read so far and I genuinely enjoyed it. I liked the world it was set in and the chemistry between the characters.