A Betrayal of Storms (Realm of Fey, #1)
Ben Alderson
Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and From Blood and Ash, this new, fantasy romance about a half-fey boy and his personal guard preventing a war between the realms. Wychwood, the realm of the fey prepare for war against the humans who hate, hunt and kill them for coin. Aided by the unclaimed, destructive power of the murdered, forgotten Winter Court, they ready their numbers for complete domination of the human realm. All until Robin Vale reveals himself to be the last Icethorn heir. A hope for the humans he has grown up amongst, but to the detriment of many who would see him dead before ruining their years of preparation. Robin finds allies during his discovery of a realm he has long since feared. Gideon, a fey warrior who aids as a distraction during the long nights. Althea, a stern princess hellbent on stopping the human hunters from killing her kind. Thrust into a world of betrayal, murder and lies he must survive long enough to have the choice; listen to fate and claim his families power, or let it wreak havoc on a realm that turned its back on him for becoming who he was truly meant to be. But a dark evil is brewing, monsters have returned and the scales of power are being forced by a hand who longs for revenge.
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0 0This was a cringe-fest.
I've been reading and re-reading danmei non-stop for the last two months. Now I feel like it's time to return to western literature so I figured that an mm fantasy romance would be the best transition between wuxia danmei and western fantasy books....? Idk, either my thinking was extremely flawed or this book didn't meet the requirements for a good transitioning (?) read. - My eggs are on the second basket-
The worldbuilding was nonexistent. I follow the author on tiktok an he's lovely an very good at marketing his books, sadly of the two books I've read neither of them managed to reach the level of expectation the author created. So, worldbuilding: Non existent. Characters: They felt two dimensional and flat. Romance: cute, but not enough and very insta. I usually don't really mind insta-love, so the thing here it's probably all me, most likely I brainwashed mysef by reading to many slow-burn in this two months.
I wanted to like this book, I felt like I needed to like this book in order to properly re-enter the western fantasy setting but in the end, nothing in it felt appealing. I only managed to reach the end because It was so short, otherwise I would've definitely dnf'd it.
ps: I spoiled myself the next book and thanks god I decided not to read it. and now I feel like giving it one star.................... ugh
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