I know I’ve been comparing these characters to those in other fae books, but it’s difficult not to. Most of them don’t have any real substance beyond holy moly he’s HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, but I got a sense of personality from Rook that I sincerely appreciate. He seems more real to me than many of the other fae dudes in YA/NA books at the moment. She’s not the typical swoony heroine, and I loved that she’s not intimidated or swept up in the fae gorgeousness like other female characters tend to be.

Who else does that? This girl.īesides all that, though, Isobel is just thoroughly likeable. I also get major perfectionist vibes from her, and hello. I connected with her on a deep level, maybe because I know how it feels to hold the paintbrush in my hand and place the pigment just so. She’s a gifted artist, which in itself is enough to make me love this book, but she has a pretty good heart, too. Isobel is the protagonist and narrator of this story. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love-and that love violates the fair folks’ ruthless laws. Waylaid by the Wild Hunt’s ghostly hounds, the tainted influence of the Alder King, and hideous monsters risen from barrow mounds, Isobel and Rook depend on one another for survival. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes-a weakness that could cost him his life.įurious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. But when she receives her first royal patron-Rook, the autumn prince-she makes a terrible mistake. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized. Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. The BlurbĪ skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts- even as she falls in love with a faerie prince-in this gorgeous debut novel.

Did I just reveal my evil plan in the first paragraph of this post? Oops.īefore we begin, check out An Enchantment of Ravens on Goodreads, and this will be a spoiler free review.

Okay, so I’ve been flipping out over this book alone for too long now.

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