![]() Ethan was a strong male lead and Kenzie makes the perfect female character, afraid but strong willed and doesn't really show that she can't handle what is going on. I couldn't put myself in their lives and see me doing any of the things they did. I guess my main problem was that even though the writing was amazing, I just really felt no connection to any of the characters. The story is a good one and the writing is superb, apparently I just can't read books about the Fey, as they don't interest me. I struggled to get past the first part of this book, and it took me over a week to get up to page 207. ![]() I started on the Iron Fey series by this same author and while the first book was ok, I just couldn't get into any of the other ones, so they sit upon my shelves collecting dust. ![]() I probably should have thought this one through more. ![]()
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