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Feather Bound by Sarah Raughley
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Title: Feather Bound
Author: Sarah Raughley
Publisher: Strange Chemistry
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Rating: 1/5
Cover Impressions: Who is this cover artist and where can I buy this print? This is just stunning. I love the colors, the feathers and the bird imagery. I can't wait to see this one in hardcover.
The Gist: Becoming a Swan means being under constant threat from someone trying to control you. Literally. If they hold your feathers (coat?), they control your every move. Having newly discovered that she is a Swan, Deanna wants nothing more than to pretend nothing has changed. But, with the recent return from the dead of her wealthy friend, Hyde, Deanna is now in the perfect position to be blackmailed. Ruin Hyde and keep her secret, or reveal her secret and risk losing everything.
Review:Oh Feather Bound. Dear, dear, Feather Bound. You had so much potential. A kick ass cover, a unique premise, connections to a haunting fairy tale but you just couldn't pull it together could you? Forgot all about the world building didn't you? Got stuck on a lame main character and a lackluster romantic entanglement didn't you? Disappointed all the people who signed on because of an incredible cover and the promise of a story we hadn't heard a thousand times didn't you? Yes, Feather Bounds, yes you did.
Where to start with this book? Well, the whole swan thing felt unnecessary and I feel like the plot would have been exactly the same if it had revolved around blackmail for some other, more realistic, reason. It was very difficult to reconcile the modern setting with the age old fairy tale. They were not well incorporated and we got no explanation for how this whole thing works. Have swans always existed? Were they recently discovered and thus became a hot commodity for human trafficking? Do people have power over a swan if they get a hold of just one feather or do they need the entire "coat"? How easy is it for these coats to be removed if regular (non-surgical) humans can take them by force? Why is there such a stigma attached to being a swan? How often do they sprout wings? Do they have to? I could ask questions for days but the bottom line is, without some worldbuilding to explain how these magical creatures came to be and what rules govern them, most readers will lose the plot entirely and begin to skim, as I did at about the halfway mark.
The rest of this review, and my parent/teacher advisories can be found at Reading Between Classes
Author: Sarah Raughley
Publisher: Strange Chemistry
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Rating: 1/5
Cover Impressions: Who is this cover artist and where can I buy this print? This is just stunning. I love the colors, the feathers and the bird imagery. I can't wait to see this one in hardcover.
The Gist: Becoming a Swan means being under constant threat from someone trying to control you. Literally. If they hold your feathers (coat?), they control your every move. Having newly discovered that she is a Swan, Deanna wants nothing more than to pretend nothing has changed. But, with the recent return from the dead of her wealthy friend, Hyde, Deanna is now in the perfect position to be blackmailed. Ruin Hyde and keep her secret, or reveal her secret and risk losing everything.
Review:Oh Feather Bound. Dear, dear, Feather Bound. You had so much potential. A kick ass cover, a unique premise, connections to a haunting fairy tale but you just couldn't pull it together could you? Forgot all about the world building didn't you? Got stuck on a lame main character and a lackluster romantic entanglement didn't you? Disappointed all the people who signed on because of an incredible cover and the promise of a story we hadn't heard a thousand times didn't you? Yes, Feather Bounds, yes you did.
Where to start with this book? Well, the whole swan thing felt unnecessary and I feel like the plot would have been exactly the same if it had revolved around blackmail for some other, more realistic, reason. It was very difficult to reconcile the modern setting with the age old fairy tale. They were not well incorporated and we got no explanation for how this whole thing works. Have swans always existed? Were they recently discovered and thus became a hot commodity for human trafficking? Do people have power over a swan if they get a hold of just one feather or do they need the entire "coat"? How easy is it for these coats to be removed if regular (non-surgical) humans can take them by force? Why is there such a stigma attached to being a swan? How often do they sprout wings? Do they have to? I could ask questions for days but the bottom line is, without some worldbuilding to explain how these magical creatures came to be and what rules govern them, most readers will lose the plot entirely and begin to skim, as I did at about the halfway mark.
The rest of this review, and my parent/teacher advisories can be found at Reading Between Classes