A Deal with the Elf King
Elise Kova
4/5
I really read this book on the day it came out even though I read the description and immediately thought that it sounded like a thousand books I've read before. It had its moments though and despite the fact that it was similar to other books, it was a super enjoyable read. It's marketed as a mix of Beauty and the Beast and Hades and Persephone.
Luella grew up thinking that she would be a healer, she went to school for it and didn't exhibit any signs of the magic which would mark her as the Human Queen. But when time begins to run out for that person to be identified, she finds out that she had been lied to and her destiny completely shifted. That was a little sketch cause it felt like it should have created more resonating trust issues or something but kind of just went away. Regardless, she accepts her difficult position with grace and doesn't let herself get put down by the angry man who is now her husband or his belligerent court.
I think that this has the obvious and direct undertones of Beauty and the Beast and Hades and all, but it had some super endearing qualities. I really appreciated that she didn't go down the he's a thousand years old and has had 15 brides type thing. Kova kind of made him a dork, he was just as awkward as she was about a lot of stuff. I don't think that you could really live the life that he had lived and not be super socially awkward despite the strengths of his power. It was refreshing in that respect, that he wasn't super overconfident and mean all the time.
The ending felt like it was out of a pamphlet about Stockholm Syndrome and kind of felt forced to me. I respect it, but it was a lot. Overall though it was a very fun and quick read and I would definitely recommend it to fans of her other books or of cute fluffy fantasy-romances.
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