A review by effy
A Betrayal of Storms by Ben Alderson

4.5

 
Robin Vale is half fey however he has spent his whole life living amongst humans and doesn’t know anything about his fey side including having very sparse information about his mother (from whom he got his fey heritage). That all changes when a group of men from his village see him as a quick way to earn some money, kidnapping him and selling him to a band of fey Hunters.

Alderson does an incredible job balancing an incredibly engaging romance plot with a sizzling slowburn romance between Robin and his fey bodyguard. The book is chock full of twists and turns that I could never see coming and kept me engaged from start to finish. The romance between Erix and Robin felt authentic and I really appreciated the care and time that Alderson put into fully fleshing out this romance.

I really enjoyed the magic system that is divided into seasonal courts and feels somewhat element-based but with scope to be so much more. I loved the unique touch of making the magic of each court a finite pool so the more family members there are, the weaker the magic. This was a really cool unique touch that I had not seen before.

Overall, I had a really great time reading this story that feels wholly unique. I eagerly anticipate seeing where the story and Robin’s journey takes us next.