We’re given some basic rules about how fae and humans happen to co-exist, some legends, the division of the classes, and the fanaticsĪs we cross to Prythian not a lot of characters and creatures are introduced, perfectly easing readers for what’s to come without bombarding us with information. In the first few pages, we outright see the human lands from Feyre’s eyes left by the fae-human war centuries ago. The reveal of the world feels like it’s being peeled by layers. That always makes our heart flutter, right fantasy readers? 😂Well, aside from the map, the world introduction was very well-established. Yes, the book comes with a detailed map at the beginning of the book. But this relationship would turn out to be more complicated than it seems, and it accidentally happens to be the key to breaking the curse that the fae world is encompassed by. First of all, every fae in the Spring Court wears a mask all the time, High Lord Tamlin seems to be occupied hunting creatures circling the estate that seems to be supposedly impenetrable, and she seems to be falling for the High Lord himself despite the human race hating faes for centuries. She discovers that the ‘land is sick’ and there’s a whole lot of mystery going on with fae magic.
In return for killing a fae life, she was brought to the fae world – Prythian – telling her that she will remain behind the wall for eternity for what she’s done.Īs she discovers the world order and creatures behind the wall, she befriends the two High Faes in the estate – Lucien, the emissary, and Tamlin, the Spring Court’s ruler. The next night a bigger creature demands revenge for his fellow kin’s death, the wolf turned out to be fae. A wolf happens to aim for the same deer so Feyre fires her arrows to kill it and preserve the only food she can bring back to her recently poor family. Plotįeyre Archeron was hunting in the woods near the wall that separates the human world from the fae when she spotted a doe. those two basic plots might be the foundation of it all but the book is so much richer. I WAS SO WRONG BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH MORE! Yes, the book sort of starts that way, but anyone who says this is simply just a retelling of Beauty and the Beast is wrong. So I avoided this because the plot seems similar. I was looking for romance but I was just cringing.
Plus, I have DNF-ed a couple of high fantasy series with a strong-woman-protagonist-falling-in-love-with-her-savior-prince plot no matter how much I tried to endure because they just didn’t sit right with me anymore. MONTHS! The trending books I’ve read lately have been so disappointing that I just expected this book would be too. This series has been trending so much lately in the book group that I avoided it like the plague for several months.
Personal Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4 out of 5 stars) Genre: Fantasy Fiction, Young Adult, Romance
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