A review by booksandfin
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson

adventurous fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book had such a strong opening and so much potential. Unfortunately it felt poorly executed.

Things I enjoyed:
  • how the author described seasons.
  • The faerie beasts
  • The opening setting.
Things I did not enjoy:
  • flimsy dialogue
  • predictable plot twists
    things were handed to our main characters multiple times and left the ending anticlimactic. There never felt like there was any true danger.
  • Isobel being 17…. like she could have been in her 20s and her personality would have made a lot more sense.
 spoiler rant incoming!!
Rook and Isobel are, in tropes and archetypes, what I gravitate towards in romance. However, they had absolutely no chemistry to speak of. The author relied on the reader viewing them as in love because she said so. In my honest opinion this book needed at least two more drafts. Several plot points fell flat and elements of the world were either hastily explained or simply glossed over. Don’t even get me started on the final chapter where Gadfly shows up and talks to them. That dialogue was HORRID. I’ve read plenty of young adult fantasy books before but I’m sad to say this one just didn’t hit the same or meet the marks it’s wonderful opening created. If the book had been let to develop further I could have seen a slower burn romance with more thoughtful characterization and world building.