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roadtripreader 's review for:
A Deal with the Elf King
by Elise Kova
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Saved by the Second Act
I am an annotator. There, it feels better to say out loud. I can't help making notes as I read and I sit there with my journal and doodle and get worked up about one character and swoon over another. Boy if you saw the notes on the first 8 chapters you'd be sure this was going to be a DNF. I'm trying to limit my DNF to 10 per year. I ended up in the sweet spot and that's thanks largely to the worldbuilding. I am a damned sucker for an immersive world and immerse I did. Sometimes the FMC threw me off with her "Not Like Other Queens" schtick and I was this close to telling her to sod off - but I persevered and look at me now, loving Luella and Eldas almost a fraction as much as I love Brishen and Ildiko or Valroy and Abigail. That is a whole lot of love.
Spice level: 🌶🌶 and 🍭
Plot/Storyline: you know I LOVE the idea of this book. Kudos to Elise Kova. I love the idea of a Human Queen and an Elf King and somehow they balance out life and death
Characters:-1 I grew to tolerate Saraphina/Luella. She was a cross between a childish teen pretending to be "deep" "not like other girls" and a grown woman coming into her element. I wanted her to be more. Eldas was such a hot Grouch but I did like him a whole lot more than his Human Queen.
dialogue wins/losses: -1 good dialogue but at times it had a very 21st Century lilt to it that took me right out of The Fade and smack bam in my room.
Favorite scene/quote: “If you’re always walking above people you risk walking on them, Eldas. And that’s how you make enemies. (Luella/Saraphina on Mutual respect after Eldas used Knowing magic to control her)
I am an annotator. There, it feels better to say out loud. I can't help making notes as I read and I sit there with my journal and doodle and get worked up about one character and swoon over another. Boy if you saw the notes on the first 8 chapters you'd be sure this was going to be a DNF. I'm trying to limit my DNF to 10 per year. I ended up in the sweet spot and that's thanks largely to the worldbuilding. I am a damned sucker for an immersive world and immerse I did. Sometimes the FMC threw me off with her "Not Like Other Queens" schtick and I was this close to telling her to sod off - but I persevered and look at me now, loving Luella and Eldas almost a fraction as much as I love Brishen and Ildiko or Valroy and Abigail. That is a whole lot of love.
Spice level: 🌶🌶 and 🍭
Plot/Storyline: you know I LOVE the idea of this book. Kudos to Elise Kova. I love the idea of a Human Queen and an Elf King and somehow they balance out life and death
Characters:-1 I grew to tolerate Saraphina/Luella. She was a cross between a childish teen pretending to be "deep" "not like other girls" and a grown woman coming into her element. I wanted her to be more. Eldas was such a hot Grouch but I did like him a whole lot more than his Human Queen.
dialogue wins/losses: -1 good dialogue but at times it had a very 21st Century lilt to it that took me right out of The Fade and smack bam in my room.
Favorite scene/quote: “If you’re always walking above people you risk walking on them, Eldas. And that’s how you make enemies. (Luella/Saraphina on Mutual respect after Eldas used Knowing magic to control her)