Heart of the Fae
Emma Hamm
2/5
This is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, kind of, but with fae involved. Sorcha is trying to save her family from the killer blood beetle plague- she's willing to do anything, sacrifice anything, even make deals with fae. She ends up on an island with a group of banished fae, including Eamonn, a man banished by his twin brother after showing the imperfections which now mar his skin.
On paper this sounds like a great concept. Sorcha is a healer, she's passionate, she's driven, she loves her family. I mean, it keeps saying directly that she does, but I don't really feel much of it on the page. I'm still unclear on her family dynamic, she's adopted I think, or maybe she isn't? I wasn't sure because it said that her father took her in but then it would say that she was unlike her sister in her fae appearance and lifestyle and everyone thought she was a changeling, implying that she is related to them by blood. But also, at one point her father said he had never met her mother, which feels like a pretty essential part of creating a child related to him by blood. The fact that I was so confused on something that was supposedly a crucial part of her character and the motivation of her arc speaks to how convoluted the entirety of the plot was.
It had it's good parts, like I said, it had an interesting storyline, an interesting twist on a beast, an interesting plague. There was just too much confusion and just general lack in consistency or endearment of characters for it to ever be a favorite.
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