Goodreads Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She’s about to find out she’s also a cloverhand—one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass—a soulless faerie assassin. An equally hunky—and equally dangerous—dark faerie soldier named Aodhan is also stalking Deirdre. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen’s sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her life weren’t so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn’t exactly what she had in mind . . . Lament is a dark faerie fantasy that features authentic Celtic faerie lore, plus cover art and interior illustrations by acclaimed faerie artist Julia Jeffrey.
My Review:
Maggie Stiefvater is my favorite author, and while I knew this was one of her earlier works, I expected it to be good. Overall, I thought it was enjoyable but not amazing. I definitely prefer The Scorpio Races or The Raven Cycle Series, but this was good too. I’ve tried to read this book before and never really started it, so I wouldn’t say my expectations were high, but they were relatively close to where the book fell.
I didn’t really have any obvious issues with the book, I just didn’t see it as amazing. I thought it got a little complex, but otherwise I did like the characters and plot. There wasn’t anything fundamentally wrong, I just thought it wasn’t as good as the rest of her books, which is understandable due to this being her first book (as far as I can tell, correct me if I’m wrong).
I wouldn’t really recommend this book because I’ve definitely read better, but I would say it’s good. Again, The Raven Cycle Series is a personal favorite of mine and I feel like Maggie Stiefvater’s later works are much better. However, this was worth the read and now I’m closer to saying I’ve read all of her books!
Overall, I would give this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️/⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
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