Stolen Mayfly Bride
Sarah K. L. Wilson
Overall: 3/5
Plot and themes: 3/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing style: 4/5
Attention-grabbing: 2/5
This is the tenth and final novella of the Stolen Brides of the Fae but they don't have to be read in any order. This one was a little different than the other books, much less actual interactions between the characters and much more of a time jump through the relationship. It also didn't really feel like much of a stolen bride thing like the other ones did, but it was still interesting. Basically, Elkhana was sacrificed by her people to be their prophet. Condemned to a cage beneath the sea all but one day of the year. Vidar meets her and can't get her out of his head, for every year she only ages a day so time is nothing to them and every year brings them closer.
I think it was a bit difficult for me to get into because of how much time was passing with so little interaction. We'd lose fifty years and they didn't see each other at all. It was all part of the whimsy and worldbuilding but it still felt a bit like cheating. I wasn't mad at it, it just felt like despite the time going by they really weren't getting much done.
Yeah not much to say on it because it was so short. I wish we had gotten more background on the characters because it was hard to really fall in love with them while only knowing their horrible situations. Not the worst I've read in this series but also not my favorite.
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