House of Beating Wings (1) (The Kingdom of Crows)

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It reads like a first draft slapped together, given a beautiful cover and sent on its way. The writing is incredibly juvenile and very poorly edited. I am surprised beta readers (assuming there were any) didn't flag any of this before the final story was released. This book has a prophesy, magic, Fae, Crows, Serpents, someone who sees the future, banter, action, ghosty/phantom hands, and questions left to be answered. The cliffhanger leaves you excited and ready for book 2! THE BEST THING about this book was definitely the world-building. It was very well thought-out and I appreciated all the little details. I think the magic and the different cities/races were all well explained and kept me interested in the story. We kept learning more and more about the history and the different races and it was a nice and steady release of information. If you enjoyed the telepathy aspect in Fourth Wing, you will definitely enjoy “House of Beating Wings.” Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown

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Here is the thing. I like certain aspects of this book. I think the world is so incredibly fascinating and well described, and the plot is intricate and thought through. I mean when he got her a coconut to eat she couldn’t break it herself so he started tearing off pieces and giving it to her so she wouldn’t starve. 😭 He also didn’t let her die once. Come on I’m swooning! I’ve stolen a mythical, murderous creature. I shudder as the depth of what I’ve done folds over me like dark water. Literally every single paragraph start with first person and a verb. There’s a whole bunch of telling but absolutely no showing. Yawn.Deliciously imaginative, House of Beating Wings is exactly the rich fantasy I've been craving!" - Casey L Bond

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I think what ruins a lot of this book for me, well besides the MC being VERY naive and immature, is the fact that we as readers can see where the story is going from the very beginning. It’s not hard to sus out which characters we should be wary of and which direction the plot was gonna move. I was lowkey just waiting for the MC to catch up with what I assume most readers had already suspected from the start. The plot FINALLY started to get interesting around 60% and I started liking the story again, but the MC still made me wanna scream at her to open her eyes :))) The book proved to be a delightful surprise, offering much more than I had anticipated, with each aspect bringing something new and exciting to the table. Although our FMC was kind of obsessed over another guy in 60% of the book, which was confusing AF at the time. And the storyline took its time to get to the main point, but when it did, oh boy, I read it non-stop, powering through to the end in just two days without a single wink of sleep. Such was the addictive nature of the plot. What I truly appreciated about the book was its remarkable writing technique, which ensured that I never experienced any sense of boredom or fatigue throughout the story. Very impressive!

Fallon was a magicless halfling who was given a prophecy, free the crows and they will make you queen. Being loathed by the full blooded fae, Fallon was intrigued to go above her station. Especially since she saw a chance with having a future with her friend, Dante. Who was brother to the crown. Fallon's world was changed forever when she started her quest to free the crows! Although Fallon undergoes a lot of growth throughout this book, she kind of annoyed me at the beginning (and middle) with her obsession with the prince (not a spoiler- it’s literally mentioned in the synopsis). However, I will say that I’m super glad that by the end of this novel, that was all done. That’s why I think the next installment will be better than this one— because we hopefully won’t have any more unnecessary love triangles (which, as we all know, I absolutely hate lol).

House of Beating Wings: The Kingdom of Crows, Book 1

Polubiłam Fallon ze wszystkimi jej wadami, naiwnością czy młodzieńczym zaślepieniem, ale to drugoplanowi bohaterowie, a zwłaszcza jeden gbur, całkowicie mnie oczarowali. Zarówno czytałam dla samej fabuły, niesamowicie wartkiej i wciągającej, jak i dla jednego z jej bohaterów. Chociaż byli i tacy bohaterowie, którzy bez kawy potrafili mi mocno podnieść ciśnienie i rozbudzić, abym mogła czytać dalej do 3-4 w nocy. i will say though that i think this is a bit too long, especially for a first installment. i think some more editing revisions could have tighten up the narrative and fixed the pacing issues in the places where it feels slow. They call him the Silent Death, because he kills without sound and leaves none capable of speaking in his wake…I honestly don’t know if I would read the second book… I could possibly be tempted if it has dual POV. Right off the bat, I immediately recognized the difference between the writing style in this book and in the author’s other works (the last book I read by her being Starlight). Although I love that series, I have to say that the writing worked a lottt better for me here. It just seemed much more mature (which makes sense given this is a NA/adult novel instead of YA). I personally love it when characters curse and speak freely and plainly in my books —they just seem more relatable to me once they curse lmao— which is probably why this worked so well for me.

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After meeting her own Prince Charming—in a Parisian discotheque of all places—she decided to put fingers to keyboard and craft love stories for a living. None of her characters have ever met in a Parisian nightclub... as of yet. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book, provided by the author. All thoughts and opinions are my own.* One of my top reads for the whole year. This book was so captivating. I felt transported to another world instantly. An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Raven Kennedy, and Sarah J Maas. As things continue to develop between them, a mysterious person seeks the aid of our heroine, asking her to retrieve some ancient relics in the form of crows.Here you will find Book Lists with the best recommendation s based on your fav trope and book boyfriend type. While I found this quite hard to get into at the start, mostly because Fallon was annoying me, I really enjoyed it as soon as the crow turned up from about 1/3 of the way through! I went from really disliking Fallon to loving her and how fearless and brave she is! That’s character development if you ask me. Until an oracle predicted my regal future, I’d never imagined myself rising above the curve of my round ears. After all, I was the magicless halfling loved by beasts but loathed by every pure-blooded faerie at court. Well…by all but one.