Summary:
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal but Tamlin--one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
As Feyre dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility to a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it...or doom Tamlin--and his world--forever.
My Thoughts:
I had intended to read this back when it first came out, but never did until my girlfriend basically forced me to read it. And I am so glad that I did.
It starts out with Feyre hunting to help her family survive. They used to be rich, but fell on hard times sometime after her mother died. She has two sisters, one who is sweet and the other who is, well, a bitch. Her father is crippled and can't do anything to make money to provide for his daughters.
The wolf she kills turns out to be some kind of Fae, which comes with the consequence of either death or being brought back to their land. The latter is what happens.
There she meets Tamlin, a High Lord, who is a bit of an asshole for about half of the book, and Lucien, who is also an asshole, but for good reason: the Fae she killed was his friend.
Feyre ends up falling for Tamlin, and then things go to shit. He and his people are kidnapped by another being, and she is the only one who can save them. Spoiler alert: she does.
While it was originally hard to get into, the more I read, the more I got invested in the characters, the land, and the story. I will definitely continue reading this series.
My Rating: 5 stars
