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I know a lot of people don’t like this one because it doesn’t follow Kaye and Roiben and instead introduces a whole new set of characters set in Faerie. But the whole series is called Modern Faerie Tales, and I can’t help but wonder if maybe her original intent while writing them was to write a bunch of interconnected stories all set in the same world? Who knows.

Either way, this one was still aggressively 2000s grunge. A lot of things were very dark and wouldn’t age well today, there was a lottttt of drug usage and a lot of questionable consent sex scenes that made me uncomfy when thinking too hard about it.

But I liked Val a lot more than I liked Kaye and I thought Ravus was a compelling and interesting love interest.

I still am having a hard time reconciling that the person who wrote Folk of the Air wrote this, but it is definitely a product of its time.

lcvesbooks's review against another edition

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4.5

this book was very comforting i don’t know why i just loved it. please read it.

jessicaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I usually love Holly Black’s writing but I hated the story of this book.

spookynerd00's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Even more urban than the other modern faerie tales. I found it to drag at different points. Val was a fine MC, and Luis is cool (and knowing about Luis is useful for Ironside), but none of the characters really spoke to me.

Another book that has a cool premise, but I mainly enjoyed as a means of getting more world building.

melinoedevours's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

karouty's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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