Never-Contented Things
Author: Sarah Porter
Published: March 19, 2019
368 Pages
Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 3 stars
Book Description:
Seductive. Cruel. Bored.
Be wary of…
Prince and his fairy courtiers are staggeringly beautiful, unrelentingly cruel, and exhausted by the tedium of the centuries ― until they meet foster-siblings Josh and Ksenia. Drawn in by their vivid emotions, undying love for each other, and passion for life, Prince will stop at nothing to possess them.
First seduced and then entrapped by the fairies, Josh and Ksenia learn that the fairies’ otherworldly gifts come at a terrible price ― and they must risk everything in order to reclaim their freedom.
Kim’s Review:
This cover thrills my soul so so much! I saw it at Barnes and Noble and it just flew into my hands, and I swear, I tried to put it back . . . But it just wouldn’t go back on the shelf! I haven’t been so excited to read a book based on the cover this much in a long, long time! Unfortunately, this is one of those times where “don’t judge a book by its cover” turns out to be true. I wanted so badly to love it, I just didn’t.
I felt so detached from the characters. They all had little things about them that I didn’t like. Believe it or not, Ksenia and Josh’s differences didn’t bother me. Fine, be who you are, I don’t care. I had a doll that worked perfectly for the Instagram pic, based on Ksenia’s androgynous look, so I’m good. What I didn’t like was that Ksenia would learn a lesson, she’d move forward and make progress, but then she’d slide right back and acted as if the lesson never happened and it got frustrating! Josh was just a spoiled idiot. Typical entitled, selfish, stupid teen who thinks he knows better than everyone else and refuses to admit that he’s wrong.
I preferred the evil fairies over Josh! Lexi, I didn’t mind except for all the little forced and political things the author kept trying to push. She did that subtle virtue signaling thing that wouldn’t have been bad if she hadn’t done it all the time! The story itself had some good elements, but what ruined it for me was that it was so anticlimactic! Just when progress was made and the anticipation had been built up, successfully I’ll admit, it just always fell flat! The ending was disappointing and unsatisfying.
One thing that I did enjoy was how well Porter built up the setting and atmosphere! All the elements of nowhere as opposed to real life where fascinating and I enjoyed her world building. Her physical characterization of the fairies and the changelings were vivid and imaginative. Overall, I was just disappointed. I wanted so badly to love this book, but I just liked elements. But, on a positive note, Never-Contented Things is at the top of the list for Most Gorgeous Cover this year!!!