A review by loves_nurse
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley

adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There is a good fae magic kingdom romance adventure book in here.  It's buried under a rushed start to the tale, dense factions/court politics mixed with what feels like a moderately juvenile first love story. Our protagonist spends a lot of time saying "but I'm low-born" in various ways when faced with a problem she can easily solve except for class boundaries.  We get a lot of convenient magic will-solve it answers with the appropriate amount of self doubt anxiety.

This book is decent as far as entertaining reading and does good effort to tropes, but there are more things it tells in between the lines in the shallow end of romantasy.  It's middle of the line good.