Review: Fae: Lost (Lost Royal Series Book 1) by Eva Blackwing

Fae: Lost by Eva Blackwing
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Enjoyable Start to The Series

I'd probably give this 3.5 Stars if I could.

I read this because I saw an advert on Facebook, which I very rarely do. I’d much rather have books recommended to me by the people in the groups rather than the advert algorithm, but the blurb looked good, so I gave it a go.

It was quite an entertaining book. The premise being that the MFC, Mor, was adopted and treated appallingly by her adoptive family. She was treated like a marketable commodity from being adopted and as such was curtailed in respect to her food, her exercise and wardrobe. She was also expected to marry someone suitable that would solidify the family business by tying it together with someone else equally successful.

Despite getting away to college she failed to get a job on graduation and ended up working in her brother’s coffee shop and living in the flat upstairs. That all changed with Atreyu walked in the shop and started flirting. Her brother witnessed it and snapped, kicking her out of the flat and firing her from her job. She was expected to return to the family home and marry who they told her to. Instead, Atreyu offered her a place to stay with him and his brothers.

Mor was attracted to all four of the brothers (in choice, if not in blood) and was treated with kindness for the first time in her life. They stood up for her and rescued her from her hideous family. The fact they were fae, that was a little bit surprising, but they were still really hot!

The book was fun, there were sweet bits, sad bits and some plain traumatising bits. Mor was a strange mix of extremely assertive and insecure. It felt inconsistent, but it was kind of explained later on. It still made for an confusing read for a chunk of the book.

The four fae men were sweet and affectionate and really supportive of Mor. All four wanted to spend time with her and couldn’t seem to stop touching her. We also learnt that fae society is a little more liberal than the human one and there are often multiple partners in a marriage.

There are all sorts of problems with both Mor’s family and Ben’s (one of the fae guys). There’s lots of angst and arguing but none of it is really with each other. There’s very little conflict between the guys and Mor, it’s mainly against the rest of the world.

Whilst the book was really enjoyable, it wasn’t particularly gripping. I think it was because there was so much world building and covering of their back story. Stuff happened but I wasn’t particularly engaged with the conflicts. I don’t know why, may be it was because I was reading late at night and I was tired, or maybe I just didn’t connect with the characters the way I felt I should. It’s hard to tell. Despite that, it was a pretty good book, and I might be interested in reading the next in the series, when it comes out.

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