Stolen Ice Bride
Angela J. Ford
Overall: 3/5
Plot and themes: 3/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing style: 4/5
Attention-grabbing: 2/5
This is the fifth novella in the Stolen Brides of the Fae series, a collaboration of fantasy romance authors that doesn't have to be read in any specific way. It follows the journey of Solvayh, a young healer hiding from those who would choose to exploit the powers she has been terrified of since she was young. Unfortunately, the Mage King decides that she should be his bride. She's in the middle of running away when an ice fae lord decides to kidnap her to hold as ransom to save his own kingdom.
I didn't really understand the magic in this universe. It may be a part of a greater scheme of magic from other books that I haven't read, but the pacing of it all was hard to follow and difficult to really get into. Part of it could have been how removed the characters were from the actual threats, things kept being mentioned but like we never actually saw them in real-time on the pages so they didn't seem as bad as they were described. The real threats were easily vanquished and that seemed to kind of just lead to the romance.
The characters were likeable, I think Solvayh would have been a lot more interesting in a full-length novel. I would love to hear more about how she was able to support herself while hiding what she thought was so evil about herself. I'm not all that mad at the content of this novella, it was just kind of middle of the road. It probably would've been a lot more enjoyable if there had been more information given.
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