Enchantment of Ravens: 3/5 ★★★☆☆
Margaret Rogerson
Isobel is a human with an affinity for painting. Since the fairies cannot do any kind of human "Craft" (cooking, painting, writing, sewing etc...) without blinding pain, they come to the human world to get clothes and books and their portraits done. When Rook, the autumn prince, comes to Isobel to have his portrait painted, she makes the mistake of painting him with a forbidden human emotion, sorrow. He is suddenly in danger of being dethroned or even killed. He kidnaps Isobel so she can fix the situation. What follows in the fairy world is more than either of them thought.
This book was very middle-of-the-road for me. Not great, not bad, just good. The characters were like-able, at least for me they were, if not a bit trope-y. You know, guy is arrogant and hot, girl is stubborn and doesn't like him. They are in love. But I still liked them as individuals. The trope part was a bit watered down compared to other books. And there was no love triangle! A miracle!
The story was good, with bearable writing, and I mean that as more of a compliment than it sounds. My only problems are that 1. The story would jump from one thing to another and I feel that they were not explained well to the audience. I often found myself in the middle of a fight scene and hadn’t even realized one had started. Either I was zoning out too much or the author was not good at transitioning, either way, that would be remedied with tidier writing.
2. Sometimes the plot would be building to something that felt huge and then… just at the big twist… it would peter out. And the big reveal would be small. Or the reactions would not be big like you expected them to be. The fairies would back off with out a word, when you expect them to fight and get chaotic. Even the final battle felt so anti-climatic. Which begs the question, "What was all this for?" The plot seemed jumbled as if the writer knew what she wanted to write about in generals but not specifics.
I did appreciate that this was only one book, so there are no further stories to commit to. The ending wrapped up nicely and I can leave it at that. This book is good at entertaining and being almost forgotten and I mean that in a good way. This book won’t stick around and become my latest obsession but I won’t regret reading it. It is the definition of a three star book. Mayyyybe three and a half. I would recommend if you are looking for a quick, in-between book, since there is no book after it.
Margaret Rogerson
Isobel is a human with an affinity for painting. Since the fairies cannot do any kind of human "Craft" (cooking, painting, writing, sewing etc...) without blinding pain, they come to the human world to get clothes and books and their portraits done. When Rook, the autumn prince, comes to Isobel to have his portrait painted, she makes the mistake of painting him with a forbidden human emotion, sorrow. He is suddenly in danger of being dethroned or even killed. He kidnaps Isobel so she can fix the situation. What follows in the fairy world is more than either of them thought.
This book was very middle-of-the-road for me. Not great, not bad, just good. The characters were like-able, at least for me they were, if not a bit trope-y. You know, guy is arrogant and hot, girl is stubborn and doesn't like him. They are in love. But I still liked them as individuals. The trope part was a bit watered down compared to other books. And there was no love triangle! A miracle!The story was good, with bearable writing, and I mean that as more of a compliment than it sounds. My only problems are that 1. The story would jump from one thing to another and I feel that they were not explained well to the audience. I often found myself in the middle of a fight scene and hadn’t even realized one had started. Either I was zoning out too much or the author was not good at transitioning, either way, that would be remedied with tidier writing.
2. Sometimes the plot would be building to something that felt huge and then… just at the big twist… it would peter out. And the big reveal would be small. Or the reactions would not be big like you expected them to be. The fairies would back off with out a word, when you expect them to fight and get chaotic. Even the final battle felt so anti-climatic. Which begs the question, "What was all this for?" The plot seemed jumbled as if the writer knew what she wanted to write about in generals but not specifics.
I did appreciate that this was only one book, so there are no further stories to commit to. The ending wrapped up nicely and I can leave it at that. This book is good at entertaining and being almost forgotten and I mean that in a good way. This book won’t stick around and become my latest obsession but I won’t regret reading it. It is the definition of a three star book. Mayyyybe three and a half. I would recommend if you are looking for a quick, in-between book, since there is no book after it.
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