2.5 stars I can't believe this is written by the same author as Sorcery of Thorns. This was so incredibly dull.

I have to say, I think that fae books just aren't my thing. I've tried so many of them, and they almost never hook me. With this one, I went in prepared for a book relying more on romance than plot, because that is what I'd heard in virtually every review I'd seen/read about the book. I think that may be why I was so disappointed in this. Not that there isn't a huge emphasis put on the romance, because there was. But I didn't buy into the relationship. I didn't feel like I knew Rook at all, and their initial meeting and time spent together happens more off-page than on. By the time the main action of the story begins, she is already saying that she's in love with him, and it turns out that he is in love with her as well. It just didn't feel earned to me.

I have enjoyed books where the characters fall in love quickly, but there has to be chemistry between them and I just didn't feel it here. Perhaps that's because I couldn't get past the fact that he is hundreds if not thousands of years old and she is only 17. Talk about an age gap. It just never felt like they were on the same level.

This book isn't that long, but the pacing is incredibly slow. Now, that would've been fine if we were devoting time to the development of dynamic characters or a fun, passionate romance, but I was so bored. They pretty much just spent the entire book on the run from one thing or another and I just couldn't muster up the energy. I was listening to this on audiobook and almost fell asleep. Yikes.

I will look into whatever this author comes out with next, because I did really enjoy Sorcery of Thorns, but it's not an autobuy.