Ela roubou uma vida. Agora deve pagar com o coração.
Nesse misto de A Bela e A Fera e Game of Thrones, Sarah J. Maas cria um universo repleto de ação, intrigas e romance. Depois de anos sendo escravizados pelas fadas, os humanos conseguiram se libertar e coexistem com os seres místicos. Cerca de cinco séculos após a guerra que definiu o futuro das espécies, Feyre, filha de um casal de mercadores, é forçada a se tornar uma caçadora para ajudar a família. Após matar uma fada zoomórfica transformada em lobo, uma criatura bestial surge exigindo uma reparação. Arrastada para uma terra mágica e traiçoeira — que ela só conhecia através de lendas —, a jovem descobre que seu captor não é um animal, mas Tamlin, senhor da Corte Feérica da Primavera. À medida que ela descobre mais sobre este mundo onde a magia impera, seus sentimentos por Tamlin passam …
Ela roubou uma vida. Agora deve pagar com o coração.
Nesse misto de A Bela e A Fera e Game of Thrones, Sarah J. Maas cria um universo repleto de ação, intrigas e romance. Depois de anos sendo escravizados pelas fadas, os humanos conseguiram se libertar e coexistem com os seres místicos. Cerca de cinco séculos após a guerra que definiu o futuro das espécies, Feyre, filha de um casal de mercadores, é forçada a se tornar uma caçadora para ajudar a família. Após matar uma fada zoomórfica transformada em lobo, uma criatura bestial surge exigindo uma reparação. Arrastada para uma terra mágica e traiçoeira — que ela só conhecia através de lendas —, a jovem descobre que seu captor não é um animal, mas Tamlin, senhor da Corte Feérica da Primavera. À medida que ela descobre mais sobre este mundo onde a magia impera, seus sentimentos por Tamlin passam da mais pura hostilidade até uma paixão avassaladora. Enquanto isso, uma sinistra e antiga sombra avança sobre o mundo das fadas e Feyre deve provar seu amor para detê-la... ou Tamlin e seu povo estarão condenados.
I felt obligated to give this a read since it's on the Utah banned book list, and I wanted to reward the airport shop for having banned books, but the writing doesn't grab me. YA first-person narration can be quite good (Hunger Games, Poppy Wars?) but sometimes it just sounds like a teenager complaining about her day. The world-building is intriguing, as is often the case I perked up when the non-humans showed up, after a few chapters dropped it off at the neighborhood Little Free Library where it might find a more appreciative reader.
This wasn't anything to write home about. I get why it might have broad appeal but I've definitely read better romantacy books--and worse. I have some general criticisms on why I didn't enjoy this more. First, the protagonist started off very interesting and then got very un-interesting. I liked learning about her and her world and how she saw things, but as the story wore on, she became flatter and more of a trope than a unique person.
Secondly, the writing is just overly dramatic at several points. To the point where it grated (though sometimes it looped back around and just flat out became funny.) Some of the things Feyre says are so overwrought, which only further contributes to my previous point.
She also seems to suffer from holding the Idiot Ball several times. I couldn't tell if we were supposed to think she was clever or not. Sometimes …
This wasn't anything to write home about. I get why it might have broad appeal but I've definitely read better romantacy books--and worse. I have some general criticisms on why I didn't enjoy this more. First, the protagonist started off very interesting and then got very un-interesting. I liked learning about her and her world and how she saw things, but as the story wore on, she became flatter and more of a trope than a unique person.
Secondly, the writing is just overly dramatic at several points. To the point where it grated (though sometimes it looped back around and just flat out became funny.) Some of the things Feyre says are so overwrought, which only further contributes to my previous point.
She also seems to suffer from holding the Idiot Ball several times. I couldn't tell if we were supposed to think she was clever or not. Sometimes she was, and sometimes she wasn't, and it always whatever was most convenient to the plot at the time.
Finally, I really didn't care for the set up of a love triangle. Having an anti-hero in the mix is fine--I tend to like those characters--but holding up a neon sign that says "Secondary Love Interest" just diminished what would have otherwise been an interesting character.
This book was long! It felt like the author painted themselves in a corner and then decided to take the circuitous route out. It's a unique world, kinda standard fantasy/magic story, lots of unexpected complications. Good book, but it's a lot. Planning on reading the next one in a year or so.
