Of Goblins and Gold
Emma Hamm
3/5
Freya has been told her entire life that goblins are dangerous, talking to goblins can lead to being trapped into a deal and subsequently trapped into their world. When her sister is trapped into such a deal, Freya will do anything and con anyone to get her back. She is given a riddle, tasked with retrieving objects thought to be impossible. But that's not going to hold her back from the only family she has left.
As a general fae novel, or goblins I suppose, it was pretty good. The riddles were fun and it was well-paced though there were a few info dumps every now and then. I didn't mind them all that much, it just felt like kind of typical for this genre of book. I didn't like Freya all that much, so that made it difficult to be super invested in her success. But it's that kind of frustration that comes from knowing that she's making most of the choices that she should, just not the choices that we want her to make as readers.
I didn't vibe with the romance if only because it was basically non-existent. I didn't feel much chemistry between Freya and the Goblin King, to the point that I checked the synopsis multiple times because I wasn't even sure if it was supposed to be a romance. I see where it's going but I think this one didn't do a perfect job in getting us invested in that element either. The book definitely has its strengths in the familial ties and the riddles, not so much in the characters or the romance. But it was a nice short read and was pretty entertaining as it went.
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