Book Review - Spell Borne by Auden Llyr

Spell Borne by Auden Llyr

Thank you so much to the author and publisher, Auden Llyr LLC, for giving me an advanced reader copy of Spell Borne. It’s coming out on April 17. I really wanted to like this book because the entire premise was something that sounded really interesting to me. However, for some reason, I just couldn't really get into the story. I did end up reading the whole thing and thought that it was highly unique, I hadn't read anything like it before. I also appreciated the fact that there is a list of trigger warnings because there were some intense topics and scenes in this book that some readers might find disturbing. It's clear that the author put a lot of effort and research into the history of fairytales and different versions of the fairytales. But to me, a lot of the descriptions of this throughout the book just started to bore me. I think that readers who enjoy more historical novels would really enjoy reading this because it's full of references to both newer and older fairytales. I thought the story wrapped up in a nice way, with the heroine taking control of her own life and destiny. I would recommend others to read this just because the premise is so unique but I didn't find myself too interested to the point where I would consider reading another installment.