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A review by betwixt_the_pages
Wings of Ink by Angelina J. Steffort
5.0
Rating: 5/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: why?! WHY?!?!?!?!; life ruiner; I am SOBBING I am BROKEN I need book 2 IMMEDIATELY; crow shifter / crow fae magic; slow burn steamy sassy snarky enemies to lovers romance; a curse like Beauty and the Beast meets dark, murderous, twisted magical history
ANGELINA J STEFFORT, I NEED YOU TO ANSWER FOR YOUR CRIMES (of writing such a life ruining, heartbreaking book)!
HUGE thanks to Angelina J Steffort, Paper Ray Media, and Lady Amber's Reviews & PR for the title! My review is voluntarily written and in no way impacted or altered by this gesture.
"I don't trust you." I don't trust any soul alive. Everyone I once loved or trusted is dead.
"Good." He runs his claws over the door as if searching for something. "Because you shouldn't trust anyone in this palace. You are the new bride, and brides aren't meant to last. There have been ninety-nine brides since Myron ascended the throne, and each of them suffered a horrible death--not all of them after the wedding. So, rest assured that it is in your best interest to stay in this room with all the doors and windows sealed."
AGHHHHHHHHH THIS BOOK?!?!?!?! This book absolutely DESTROYED me. I need--NEED, like right now, in my tuna-covered flippers, NEED--book 2 immediately. I cannot go on for the next two months NOT KNOWING! What happens?! Is she saved? How does this end? For all the many many times I keep SWEARING I loathe cliffhangers, they are usually the most heart-wrenching, heart-breaking, reasons to keep me hanging around...and Angelina J Steffort MADE me want to hang around.
These characters are captivating. This is a slow-burn, steamy, enemies to lovers romance with Crow Shifters / Crow Fae, magic, all the snark and sass you could ever want, dizzying adventure, chilling world building... This book is FABULOUS, and so so worthy of the 5 Penguin Rating I have given it. You will hold your breath; you will bite your tongue; you will laugh and cry, worry and cheer; you will want to absolutely DESTROY this book in a fit of absolute seething rage at the ending. This book is a hurricane, sweeping in and stealing readers up only to toss them, utterly gutted, somewhere entirely new. This book is a LIFE. RUINER. And I NEED Angelina J Steffort to make that up to me in the next one otherwise I just might do something untoward.
It seems to be all I ever am these days. Part of bargains. A woman traded for the Crow's confinement to the Seeing Forest. A potential human magic wielder in a Crow-high fae training arrangement. Someone who asks questions to someone who promises answers. A bride for show in exchange for my freedom.
I can't help the bitterness fueling my words as I step back, pointing at the floating jar with the tip of my blade. "What is it you're going to teach me?"
Clio's features sober as she takes in my mood, reads it right from the swirling anger in my gaze, and nods. "How to survive."
The prose is atmospheric, gorgeously purple, and twisty in all the right ways. As a reader with Aphantasia, I had NO trouble falling headfirst into this story and willing these characters to life around me. I definitely recommend this to lovers of shifter/fae romances, those who don't mind a steamy snarky enemies-to-lovers slow-burn read, and anyone who enjoys walking that morally-grey line. Wings of Ink will SHATTER you, Penguins...but I promise it's so, so worth the breaking.
Quick Reasons: why?! WHY?!?!?!?!; life ruiner; I am SOBBING I am BROKEN I need book 2 IMMEDIATELY; crow shifter / crow fae magic; slow burn steamy sassy snarky enemies to lovers romance; a curse like Beauty and the Beast meets dark, murderous, twisted magical history
ANGELINA J STEFFORT, I NEED YOU TO ANSWER FOR YOUR CRIMES (of writing such a life ruining, heartbreaking book)!
HUGE thanks to Angelina J Steffort, Paper Ray Media, and Lady Amber's Reviews & PR for the title! My review is voluntarily written and in no way impacted or altered by this gesture.
"I don't trust you." I don't trust any soul alive. Everyone I once loved or trusted is dead.
"Good." He runs his claws over the door as if searching for something. "Because you shouldn't trust anyone in this palace. You are the new bride, and brides aren't meant to last. There have been ninety-nine brides since Myron ascended the throne, and each of them suffered a horrible death--not all of them after the wedding. So, rest assured that it is in your best interest to stay in this room with all the doors and windows sealed."
AGHHHHHHHHH THIS BOOK?!?!?!?! This book absolutely DESTROYED me. I need--NEED, like right now, in my tuna-covered flippers, NEED--book 2 immediately. I cannot go on for the next two months NOT KNOWING! What happens?! Is she saved? How does this end? For all the many many times I keep SWEARING I loathe cliffhangers, they are usually the most heart-wrenching, heart-breaking, reasons to keep me hanging around...and Angelina J Steffort MADE me want to hang around.
These characters are captivating. This is a slow-burn, steamy, enemies to lovers romance with Crow Shifters / Crow Fae, magic, all the snark and sass you could ever want, dizzying adventure, chilling world building... This book is FABULOUS, and so so worthy of the 5 Penguin Rating I have given it. You will hold your breath; you will bite your tongue; you will laugh and cry, worry and cheer; you will want to absolutely DESTROY this book in a fit of absolute seething rage at the ending. This book is a hurricane, sweeping in and stealing readers up only to toss them, utterly gutted, somewhere entirely new. This book is a LIFE. RUINER. And I NEED Angelina J Steffort to make that up to me in the next one otherwise I just might do something untoward.
It seems to be all I ever am these days. Part of bargains. A woman traded for the Crow's confinement to the Seeing Forest. A potential human magic wielder in a Crow-high fae training arrangement. Someone who asks questions to someone who promises answers. A bride for show in exchange for my freedom.
I can't help the bitterness fueling my words as I step back, pointing at the floating jar with the tip of my blade. "What is it you're going to teach me?"
Clio's features sober as she takes in my mood, reads it right from the swirling anger in my gaze, and nods. "How to survive."
The prose is atmospheric, gorgeously purple, and twisty in all the right ways. As a reader with Aphantasia, I had NO trouble falling headfirst into this story and willing these characters to life around me. I definitely recommend this to lovers of shifter/fae romances, those who don't mind a steamy snarky enemies-to-lovers slow-burn read, and anyone who enjoys walking that morally-grey line. Wings of Ink will SHATTER you, Penguins...but I promise it's so, so worth the breaking.