A review by jmcclelland17
Shaedes of Power by Jenny Grimes

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

📚 Shaedes of Power by Jenny Grimes📚

Overall Rating:⭐️⭐️1/2
Spice Rating:🌶️🌶️

✨Tropes✨
🧚Why Choose?
🧚Romantasy
🧚Unique Magic System 
🧚Faeries x Humans

✨Initial Thoughts✨
It wasn’t bad for an author’s debut book. I liked the fact that it was a short Romantasy book. It seems like lately you can’t find a book classified as Romantasy that’s less than 400 pages. Since this is the author’s first book, I’m going to be a little more lenient with my review and break it down with a pro con list.

✨Pros✨
  • The book is short - in a good way. It seems so few and far between to be able to find a Romantasy or fantasy book that’s less than 400 pages. 
  • The spice was great.
  • I love why choose so I enjoyed the romantic dynamics between our FMC and 2 MMCs
  • The concept of the magic system being color coded is unique. I’ve read many Romantasy and fantasy books and it’s rare to find color coded magic. That was really fun.

✨Cons✨
  • I found the overall character development to be lacking. 
  • I thought the world development was also lacking. If the character development was just a little bit stronger, I wouldn’t mind the lack of world building. 
  • The dialogue felt stiff at times. 


Thank you to the NerdFam and the author for the gifted copy and the opportunity to review this book.