Feline the Burn by Laura Greenwood

4 Stars

The writing and editing was high quality in the ARC version of this manuscript, with only a few stray typos or wrong word choices here and there. The world building was excellent, with the political maneuverings of the witch kingdom being very interesting. The characterization of the heroine and three heroes was good, with all of them being sympathetic individuals. The development of the romantic relationship between these protagonists was slow and a very minor part of this story, so I would not necessarily call this series of books romances. It is more urban fantasy with a romantic element. The plot and pacing of this installment was very slow, and almost no plot really happens in this book. I would say this book in the series suffers somewhat from middle book syndrome. This novel contains very little angst, and there are looming high stakes for the whole series, but the stakes in this particular installment did not feel particularly high, probably because there was so little happening in this novel so far as plot. This book contains the Chosen One trope commonly found in fantasy novels. The characterization was four stars. The world building was also four stars. The plot, pacing, and development of the romantic relationships in this novel were three stars. I was generous and gave this novel a combined score of four stars, because of the clean writing and editing. This novel ends on a cliffhanger instead of a Happy Ever After, so that is a big con to the novel. I recommend this novel to readers who enjoy reverse harem urban fantasy series that end on cliffhangers. I do not plan to buy myself a keeper copy of this novel, though I did enjoy it. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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