Storm's Heart

DNF @ 38%

I just couldn't with this couple. The build up of the relationship is... weird. I can't even tell how they feel about each other. AND Tricks is supposed to be becoming a Queen, yet all of their actions are so not great for establishing her as a powerful figure. At the point when I stopped I kept grumbling and sighing over how stupid they were all being, so I had to stop.

NOT AGAIN. I stinking did it again. I need to make it a rule that I at least rate every book read. This a I made to 60% before I realized I had done it again... unknown re-read.

This is the second book in the Elder Races series. We have Tiago and Niniane (aka Tricks). I like em both! Niniene has just inheritated the dark fae throne after years of keeping her identity hidden. Tiago had the hots for her in the first book, but didnt admit it to himself until he went to her rescue after someone made an attempt on her life. Sparks fly, then stupidity and denial raises its head and love is ignored for the good of a race, then amends are made, happily ever after!

I like the writing, I like the story. On to book three.

Really enjoyed the continuation of this series. And now looking forward to the next one in this series.

Cito l'opinione di questa ragazza (Sarah J) poiché verbalizza i miei pensieri riguardo a questo libro.

“The characters fell flat for me and the plot didn't really do much to spice it up. It definitely wasn't bad, it was just a bland read.


I thought Tricks/Niniane didn't have as much agency as I would have liked, especially for someone who was supposed to become the queen of the Dark Fay. Tiago seemed to make most of the decisions for her, or one of the other characters would pull her into a situation she needed Tiago to get her out of. She spent well above the first hundred pages wounded, whining, or hiding from her responsibilities as the next queen (or at least that's how it seemed to me). I also just couldn't buy her role as a future queen. She was pretty passive, and self-admittedly had few interests that would qualify her as the face of Dagos' company, let alone a ruler.

Tiago seemed sort of the stock paranormal hero, so he didn't especially offset my disappointment with Niniane.

At least until the point I read, the world of the fairies and the power structures there hadn't been developed enough to keep me reading. Then there were inconsistencies like how Tricks could trust nobody, various elements were out to assassinate her, and she needed to stay sharp to take over her position as queen...so she went out with a single bodyguard to an unfamiliar bar with the stated intention of getting wasted and hooking up with a stranger? What?

There were a bunch of nitpicky details that bugged me, like the comparing a character to an actor thing, unfortunately detailed descriptions of clothing (Tricks seems to have the fashion sense of a Spice Girl), etc.

In sum, I guess Storm's Heart just didn't click. It wasn't bad, I can totally see why people like it, but it just seemed to push all of my “I don't care for this” buttons. You should definitely give it a shot, it's just that this book didn't work for me personally.”