Perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore and George R.R. Martin, this first book in a sexy and action-packed new series is impossible to put down!
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin--one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin--and his world--forever.
I have a deep and abiding love for Beauty and the Beast (thanks, Disney!) so I will slog through pretty much any retelling of it. Even if I've been warned that this is NOT a romance, in the generally accepted genre sense of the word.
That's not to say I didn't enjoy reading this, as there's a lot going for the world building (such as it is) and Feyre's character growth. But Tamlin is just.... bland. Look, I know everybody's hammering on about self-rescuing princesses and I'm all for that, but the freaking love interest has to do SOMETHING to prove he's her equal. I was warned this wasn't a true romance before reading it, so it was pretty obvious when the ripped-from-the-Black-Jewels-series guy showed up what was going to happen, which pretty much makes all that "my twue luuuuuuuuuv" sacrificial stuff at the end completely meaningless. If I hadn't been warned, I think I would've felt a lot more betrayed and would've shoved it back into the library book drop with more force than necessary, never to pick up another Maas book again, but there's enough potential there that I'll keep going with the series.
