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The Winter Sacrifice (Rise of the Dark Fae #1) by Marisa Claire

 



I’m glad that I gave this book a chance because 95% of it was really good.

I loved Brynn’s witty personality and how she quickly stepped in when somebody needed help.

Her chemistry with Torin was 🔥🔥🔥

Their witty banter was perfect – probably my favorite part of the book.

The writing in this book was surprisingly clever and well done. I say surprisingly because I think that the book description is kind of horrible. It’s confusing and corny and feels “been there done that”. I’m glad that I ended up ignoring the description and just gave this book a chance because I was addicted to the story in only a few pages. The writing was smart and pacing spot on.

I can’t give this book 5 stars because of the last 5% of the story. I won’t spoil what happens, but I will say that I was disappointed. This book was on its way to being one of my top 3 Urban Fantasy Fae books when the big reveal happened and left a super bad taste in my mouth. This book had quite a bit of originality going for it, and then the big cliffhanger at the end ended up being lame. It was just too “typical” in my opinion and kind of corny.

I’m not sure if or when I’ll read the next book in this series. I really love the characters and want to know what happens next, but I hate the cliffhanger that’s going to set up book 2. It’s too big to ignore, unfortunately.
My Rating: ★★★★
Publication: February 24, 2020
Publisher: Torment Publishing
Genre: YA, Urban Fantasy, Romance, Fae
Pages: 249
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