Corbie

Emily and Wendell as well as a few new companions flee a faerie attack and head out to the Alps where it's easy to become trapped in the borderlands and maze of doors.
This book was hard to put down. It maintains the cozy atmosphere and fun banner from book 1 while adding in a new understanding of Faerie and the creatures that live there. This is a must read if you enjoyed book 1

ARC received via Netgalley Merged review:Emily and Wendell as well as a few new companions flee a faerie attack and head out to the Alps where it's easy to become trapped in the borderlands and maze of doors. This book was hard to put down. It maintains the cozy atmosphere and fun banner from book 1 while adding in a new understanding of Faerie and the creatures that live there. This is a must read if you enjoyed book 1ARC received via Netgalley

I went into this book blind and it became pretty clear in the first half of the book that it was originally a reylo fanfiction. Although I'm sure the name ‘Adam' and the cover illustration helped in clicking that link though.

Honestly though it vives better if you're thinking of it as a fanfiction. It's quite a clumsy read as actual novel, requires suspension of disbelief of quite a few scenes to make sense.

Edit for the new content 27/09/22. Was debating on dropping the score after a reread, but the added epilogue is exactly how I thought the end of the book should have ended in the first place. So maintaining 5 stars. B horror movie vibes, don't take the book too seriously it'll ruin it for you.

Previous review:
I really enjoyed it, but probably not for the right reasons. A lot of it was just downright hilarious to picture, the ‘creepy' parts were especially funny but even the romance parts had me asking how I was supposed to be taking any of this seriously. The book leans more on the romance than thriller aspects and honestly if you watch horror movies then the plot isn't much of anything new. So you're going into it just for the thriller you might be let down.

The author writes as though he has created a groundbreaking new philosophy while just rehashing the works and stories of others. It's clear that he has lived quite a privileged life and doesn't understand why the average person might give a fuck about things such as their income or just not being an asshole to those they care about. While I generally agree that many people give too many fucks in life if his examples of the things he stopped giving a fuck about are true then the author could do with giving a few more fucks.