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Vraja Corbilor by Margaret Rogerson

20 reviews

melancholymegs's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I like how Isobel is at least eighteen years old…
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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

“One raven for uncertain peril. Six for danger sure to arrive. A dozen for death, if not avoided. The enchantment is sealed.”

this was a wonderful, fast-paced fae fantasy romance. 

i was sucked into the story pretty quickly and found it more adventurous than i expected. the fae world and magics of this was fascinating, with fae being unable to do "Crafts" (arts of creations humans do: cooking, writing, sewing, painting, etc.), the different fae courts, etc. and of course this is more loyal to old fae tales where they're awful creatures ready to toy with human lives for fun.

i enjoyed the fmc, isobel, and her fae prince, rook. although i did want more scenes involving them that would've strengthened the romance aspect, i loved that isobel was always ready to give rook a piece of her mind (and he seemed to quite enjoy that).

there were a few details i would've liked explained more (the season realms and the hunt confused me and i still am not sure what their deal is) and i would've liked a longer epilogue, but i overall quite enjoyed this read.

Why do we desire, above all other things, that which has the greatest power to destroy us?”
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gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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rileydobereading's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ahoyitsjoy's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Despite the insta-love romance which I generally don't care for, this book got major points for actually making the fae creepy and otherworldy, instead of just shapeshifting elves. They were so cool! The dinner scene at the spring court was just the BEST. I thought the main couple was okay, but the side characters are soooo fun. I would read a book with Lark as the main character, or the goat-turned-human twins.
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mailenlovesreading's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Loved it in the beginning, loved the love interest and the fantasy, fae aspect but didn’t love it as much as I continued reading, not sure why i think it’s because
it got slowed and there was less angst and fluff even though they were in love
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readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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breedawnwriter's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.25

My friend bullied me into buying this, and I have zero regrets.

I found the writing style a bit hard to get into, but once I was in, I was IN. 

Rook is a wonderful book boyfriend, and Isobel is just the best.

That’s all I got right now. Probably gonna update with a real review later. 
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vagrantheather's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

At 12-14 I probably would've loved this. At 30-something I just cannot tolerate the shallow/nonexistent relationship building. I thought the fae were poorly done - Rook especially, who's just an awkward straightforward human but with special fae magic and immortal hotness. There is nothing strange or unearthly about him. It's a tired gripe now to complain about obscenely ancient beings falling in love with 17 year old protagonists; similarly tired to gripe about teenagers who have unearned mastery over extremely difficult fields. 

I could not enjoy the writing because it felt like the author was trying to use $5 words rather than choosing the best words to convey her intent. It's not the worst prose - better than ACOTAR - just noticeable. Descriptors felt empty; pretty phrasing that meant nothing. 

The over the top declarations of love were gag inducing and the characters felt stiff.

1.5 for personal enjoyment, 3 overall because I know in a curmudgeonly old lady and it's not meant for my age range. Split the difference for Storygraph.
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laurenevlyn's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The amount of times I was giggling and blushing throughout this book is actually insane. I thoroughly enjoyed An Enchantment of Ravens and had so much fun reading it. I definitely agree with my favorite booktuber, Caricanread, who says that this book is written like a fairytale. Truer words have never been spoken. The main part I enjoyed about this book was the romance. It was extremely fast-paced yet very believable and well done, which is a hard combination to achieve. Rook is the love of my life and Isobel made a wonderfully clever protagonist (and their chemistry is amazing as I said earlier)! All in all a wonderful book that I very much recommend!
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