Fairy-Struck (The Twilight Court, #1)

Posted on 24 April 2017 by Amy Sumida

I m trained to kill fairies.I m an Extinguisher a psychic soldier charged with protecting our world from them the Fey Long ago, there was a war between humans and fairies, and we nearly destroyed the world with it Now, we have a truce in place to prevent that from happening again Both sides enforce the truce we have the Extinguishers and they have the Wild Hunt Humans don t remember the truce any they don t remember the Fey any A fact that the Fey use to their advantage I hate that After they killed my mother, I even started to hate them But that hatred doesn t seem to matter when I look at him Fairy hunter Deadly Beautiful Intent on sliding himself into my life We ll just see about that. Read Fairy-Struck (The Twilight Court, #1) – kino-fada.fr Why am I hitting this streak of really shitty books these days This was another book that had the potential to be really great but this fell short with one main fatal flaw Well, actually there were several.Let s start with the author ignoring a lot of the mythology surrounding faeries There is a significant amount of lore around these beings and there are several tried and true rules that you sort of have to follow when dealing with their stories It s sort of like having a vampire that Why am I hitting this streak of really shitty books these days This was another book that had the potential to be really great but this fell short with one main fatal flaw Well, actually there were several.Let s start with the author ignoring a lot of the mythology surrounding faeries There is a significant amount of lore around these beings and there are several tried and true rules that you sort of have to follow when dealing with their stories It s sort of like having a vampire that doesn t suck blood If you don t follow these rules, ...First let me say that this book is free, in ebook edition, every 10th of the month, onex 1 10 17 Fairy Struck is the first book in my second series, The Twilight Court Series I was well into my first series when the idea of a true fairy s tale came to me I wanted something gritty, yet vibrant and full of fantasy A tough girl s fairy tale I also wanted to be true to the old myths about fairies, bringing in stories from around the globe, while putting a new twist on them I came up First let me say that this book is free, in ebook edition, every 10th of the month, onex 1 10 17 Fairy Struck is the first book in my second series, The Twilight Court Series I was well into my first series when the idea of a true fairy s tale came to me I wanted something gritty, yet vibrant and full of fantasy A tough girl s fairy tale I also wanted to be true to the old myths about fairies, bringing in stories from around the globe, while putting a new twist on them I came up with the idea of an old war between humans and fairies, ending in a truce which must be enforced Seren is one of the human enforcers, an extinguisher, called so for their ability to extinguish the...Rating 3 starsEntertaining and fun But kill the insta fucking love please.This was good but not great.Fairy Struck had a great synopsis and I was ready to dive into a fun, reverse harem, bad ass fairy story However, this book didn t actually have much reverse harem stuff at all, and I almo...i enjoyed fairy struck, so don t get the wrong idea when this starts off sounding bad well, first i thought the lead character sounded much younger than her supposed 26 years um, that could be because i recently read a paranormal sky high kind of thing it CAN T be because i m getting old BUT later in the story i really started to enjoy her really snarky attitude secondly, i was looking for a book series that would deal with the culture and society of the fae, somewhat like the i enjoyed fairy struck, so don t get the wrong idea when this starts off sounding bad well, first i thought the lead character sounded much younger than her supposed 26 years um, that could be because i recently read a paranormal sky high kind of thing it CAN T be because i m getting old BUT later in the story i really started to enjoy her really snarky attitude secondly, i was looking for a book series that would deal with the culture and society of the fae, somewhat like the laurel k hamilton meredith gentry series, but without so much sex and looking to AVOID the surprise, you re really...3.5 5 starsWhen I started reading I thought the story would be a different one, so that was a surprise All in all, the story was quite good, but not great I love it when the feelings of the characters are expressed in a way that I feel with them this unfortunately did not happen here It bothered me a little that several of the characters accepted huge changes a bit too quickly For instance view spoiler Selen becoming a princess went too smoothly She knew instinctively what to do and to 3.5 5 starsWhen I started reading I thought the story would be a different one, so that was a surprise All in all, the story was quite good, but not great I love it when the feelings of the characters are expressed in a way that I feel with them this unfortunately did not happen here It bothered me a little that several of the characters accepted huge changes a bit too quickly For instance view spoiler Selen becoming a princess went too smoothly She knew instinctively what to do and to say and accepted her new life in my opinion too readily I also thought it was weird that she nearly instantly called her biological father she didn t know about him before dad Another example is the poor tortu...2.5 starsBoring Nothing interesting happening, I feel like I ve read better versions of this story many times before Zero sexual tension, plot has no urgency or sense of impending doom I stopped 50% through because I just didn t care enough to read any .Read it What are you waiting forI am being generous with the stars because it has major potential, decent characters with their own personalities and issues, Sumida not only took bits and pieces of previous Fey lore but also added her own to it I m on the third book right now and forgot I needed to do the review for the first..so here I am Nope it hasn t gotten any better in my opinion The issues I had with the first book are still very very present, my main issue and it s one that makes me skim over many many pages instead I am being generous with the stars because it has major potential, decent characters with their own personalities and issues, Sumida not only took bits and pieces of previous Fey lore but also added her own to it I m on the third book right now and forgot I needed to do the review for the first..so here I am Nope it hasn t gotten any better in my opin...So Fairy Struck is about a human extinguisher names Seren, who has the abilities of both her families Seren has all these very strong gifts that she believes she got off her mother and father, which is true, except her father isnt really her father It turns out that Seren is Princess of the Twilight Kingdom, a Fae Kingdom The same species shes spent her whole life training to kill, when given the orders The book follows Seren on her journey to discover who and what she is, along with getting So Fairy Struck is about a human extinguisher names Seren, who has the abilities of both her families Seren has all these very strong gifts that she believes she got off her mother and father, which is true, except her father isnt really her father It turns out that Seren is Princess of the Twilight Kingdom, a Fae Kingdom The same species shes spent her whole life training to kill, when given the orders The book follows Seren on her journey to discover who and what she is, along with getting...This story begins when the heroine gets a strange job from the Fairy council to assassinate one of their own She knows this is very odd and that something is not right with it But, she must continue on with her father s wishes However, when the truth comes out her whole world will be thrown out of wack This was very good I enjoyed the plot line and I really liked the main characters as well The only thing that sort of worries me is the heroine will be cheated on I don t know this for This story begins when the heroine gets a strange job from the Fairy council to assassinate one of their own She knows this is very odd and that something is not right with it But, she must continue on with her father s wishes However, when the truth comes out her whole world will be thrown out of wack This was very good I enjoyed the plot line and I really liked the ma...Tough one to rateIn all honesty, I d given this one 2 stars if it were not for the fact that the author has a really good writing style So I tried to be fair.That being said, this one didn t cut it for me The best I can say is that it seems to be a Young Adult novel that tries to be an adult fantasy novel Two main things that distracted me constantly were 1 my hopes for a good intrigue constantly crushed2 the attempts at erotic scenes that were merely weirdly worded romantic hotness of Tough one to rateIn all honesty, I d given this one 2 stars if it were not for the fact that the author has a really good writing style So I tried to be fair.That being said, this one didn t cut it for me The best I can say is that it seems to be a Young Adult novel that tries to be an adult fantasy novel Two main things that distracted me constantly were 1 my hopes for a good intrigue constantly crushed2 the attempts at erotic scenes that were merely weirdly worded romantic hotness of some kind where we re left in between and not knowing what to make out of it B...So there is a peace between the humans and the fae that is maintained by councils Seren is an Extinguisher and she carries out punishments to fae law breakers Soon she finds out that her life is a lie and her true destiny lays in faerie with her real father I liked the start of this I like the background, the world building, and I liked Seren Then she went to Faery and things got weird She accepted the fact that her mother not only cheated on her dad once to conceive her but she maintained So there is a peace between the humans and the fae that is maintained by councils Seren is an Extinguisher and she carries out punishments to fae law breakers Soon she finds out that her life is a lie and her true destiny lays in faerie with her real father I liked the start of this I like the background, the world building, and I liked Seren Then she went to Faery and things got weird She accepted the fact that her mother not only c...I so badly wanted to like this book, but I couldn t 1 What happened to Seren and her original dad what She wasn t upset Or does she change dads like she changes underwear 2 What happened to the Brandon Was that his name 3 Does Seren even like Tiernan Because it doesn t seem like it.4 Is Seren mother Teresa 5 So, you can talk about fairies getting raped and whathaveyas and uncles wanting to fuck their niece but you don t want to give a wee bitdetail with Seren in I so badly wanted to like this book, but I couldn t 1 What happened to Seren and her original dad what She wasn t upset Or does she change dads like she changes underwear 2 What happened to the Brandon Was that his name 3 Does Seren even like Tiernan Because it doesn t seem like it.4 Is Seren mother Teresa 5 So, you can talk about fairies getting raped and whathaveyas and uncles wanting to fuck their niece but you don t want to give a wee bitdetail with Seren in Tiernan I honestly could go on and on and on, but I ha...This was a freebie for me and I wasn t sure what to think of it I hadn t heard of Amy as an author before and I am addicted I am so glad that I got this book and that I gave it a read I was very impressed with the storyline and the characters Good and bad characters too Both make the story so in...

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24 April 2017

Amy Sumida