AN ENCHANTMENT OF RAVENS by Margaret Rogerson

An Enchantment of Ravens

by Margaret Rogerson

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. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized among them. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes – a weakness that could cost him his life.

Furious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. 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. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love, violating the fair folks’ ruthless Good Law. There's only one way to save both their lives, Isobel must drink from the Green Well, whose water will transform her into a fair one—at the cost of her Craft, for immortality is as stagnant as it is timeless.

Isobel has a choice: she can sacrifice her art for a future, or arm herself with paint and canvas against the ancient power of the fairy courts. 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.

What I thought:

Dreamy. 

This entire book, from the gorgeous cover to the very last page. Rook. Sigh. Isobel. Sigh. I love Fae and this story got everything right... in a unique way. Their world is stunning perfection on the outside and ugly on the inside, and I don't want to speculate on any analogies to the real world, but I love love loved the complexity and details, down to each faerie's one flaw. 

So well done. 

I'm a really tough sell in the romance department and this had romance, but it wasn't all romance. The story comes first and the romantic moments are woven in all dreamily and unobtrusively and I was rooting for them and squeeeing. So, yes, I definitely recommend this book. 

More Fae. More Fae. More Fae. 

Rating: **** (4 stars)


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Happy Reading,

Chelly

RATING SCALE: 

5* = OMFG loved it. Will read it again. Touch my book and I will cut you. 

4* = Really good. Highly recommend. Miiiight reread. Maybe. Don't touch my book.

3* = Good. I liked it. Go ahead and touch it. 

2* = Not for me, finished but struggled. Didn't connect. Here, have a book.

1* = DNF. Couldn't do it.

Waiting on Wednesday: Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

So, which book am I dying to read? This one:

Reign of the Fallen (Reign of the Fallen #1)

by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Odessa is one of Karthia's master necromancers, catering to the kingdom's ruling Dead. Whenever a noble dies, it's Odessa's job to raise them by retrieving their souls from a dreamy and dangerous shadow world called the Deadlands. But there is a cost to being raised--the Dead must remain shrouded, or risk transforming into zombie-like monsters known as Shades. If even a hint of flesh is exposed, the grotesque transformation will begin.A dramatic uptick in Shade attacks raises suspicions and fears among Odessa's necromancer community. Soon a crushing loss of one of their own reveals a disturbing conspiracy: someone is intentionally creating Shades by tearing shrouds from the Dead--and training them to attack. Odessa is faced with a terrifying question: What if her necromancer's magic is the weapon that brings Karthia to its knees? 

And how long do I have to wait? January! January 23rd to be exact. 

Isn't it pretty! And zombies, y'all. Zombies!

So tell me what I should be reading right now to get me through the wait. What are you waiting for? What was the last amazing-can't-stop-talking-about-it book you read?

I want all the book recommendations. 

ALL OF THEM!

Click on the cover to link to Goodreads and leave your book recs in my comments. Oh, yeah, and find me on twitter: @ChellyPike

Happy Reading,

Chelly

And if you missed last week's: WoW

TGIF : Reading Recap

So here's what I'm reading now:




And what I'm reading next:




What are you reading now? Next? As always, click pictures for links and Happy Reading!

Oh, yeah, and find me on twitter: @ChellyPike

-Chelly

Waiting on Wednesday:The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie

So, which book am I dying to read? This one:

The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street

by Lindsay Currie

A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspenseful mystery.

Tessa Woodward isn’t exactly thrilled to move to rainy, cold Chicago from her home in sunny Florida. But homesickness turns to icy fear when unexplainable things start happening in her new house. Things like flickering lights, mysterious drawings appearing out of nowhere, and a crackling noise she can feel in her bones.

When her little brother’s doll starts crying real tears, Tessa realizes that someone—or something—is trying to communicate with her. A secret that’s been shrouded in mystery for more than one hundred years.

With the help of three new friends, Tessa begins unraveling the mystery of what happened in the house on Shady Street—and more importantly, what it has to do with her! 

And how long do I have to wait? October! October 10th to be exact. 

So y'all tell me what I should be reading right now to get me through the wait. What are you waiting for? What was the last amazing-can't-stop-talking-about-it book you read?

I want all the book recommendations. 

ALL OF THEM!

So leave your book recs in my comments. Oh, yeah, and find me on twitter: @ChellyPike

Happy Reading,

Chelly

And if you missed last week's: WoW