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House of Beating Wings
by Olivia Wildenstein
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
This is an adult romantic fantasy, but surprisingly, the romance is still ongoing it seems.
Our main character is Fallon, a halfling with a fae mother and human father. She lives in a kingdom where halflings are seen beneath the fae, but is in love with the fae prince, Dante, from her childhood. She doesn't have any magic like other fae and halflings, but is known as the beast charmer due to her affinity to animals. Fallon ends up embarking on a quest to help crown Dante and make herself Queen.
This book does start off slow, as many other reviewers have said. The quest doesn't start off until the 50% ish mark and not a ton happens in the meantime. I did really like the world building, and the whole Crow magic and storyline was really unique and interesting! The main city she lives in is based off Venice, flowing with canals and people traveling via gondola.
Fallon herself isn't the most interesting character, she is very much naive for being 22 years old and her modern vernacular definitely takes you out of the story. The plot is probably the most intriguing part to me, and that's what will spur me to pick up the next one!
Our main character is Fallon, a halfling with a fae mother and human father. She lives in a kingdom where halflings are seen beneath the fae, but is in love with the fae prince, Dante, from her childhood. She doesn't have any magic like other fae and halflings, but is known as the beast charmer due to her affinity to animals. Fallon ends up embarking on a quest to help crown Dante and make herself Queen.
This book does start off slow, as many other reviewers have said. The quest doesn't start off until the 50% ish mark and not a ton happens in the meantime. I did really like the world building, and the whole Crow magic and storyline was really unique and interesting! The main city she lives in is based off Venice, flowing with canals and people traveling via gondola.
Fallon herself isn't the most interesting character, she is very much naive for being 22 years old and her modern vernacular definitely takes you out of the story. The plot is probably the most intriguing part to me, and that's what will spur me to pick up the next one!