Unseelie (Book Review)
Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman is a debut novel with massive potential but enough plotting and pacing missteps that it never truly soars.
I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Unseelie through work, and I was immediately excited. I love a good cover, and I could tell immediately that this was a great one: interesting, attractive, and—most importantly—an accurate representation of what I’d find inside the covers. Seriously! Look at Isolde and Seelie. They look so good! I was already interested upon seeing the book, but reading the blurb clinched it. A faerie story with a pair of sisters at its heart? A fantasy novel about an autistic changeling living alongside her human counterpart written by an autistic author? Plus, the official blurb uses the word “heist,” and I’m onboard any and all heists ever since Six of Crows. I could almost sense the five-star rating.
Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman is a debut novel with massive potential but enough plotting and pacing missteps that it never truly soars.
I was lucky enough to get an ARC of Unseelie through work, and I was immediately excited. I love a good cover, and I could tell immediately that this was a great one: interesting, attractive, and—most importantly—an accurate representation of what I’d find inside the covers. Seriously! Look at Isolde and Seelie. They look so good! I was already interested upon seeing the book, but reading the blurb clinched it. A faerie story with a pair of sisters at its heart? A fantasy novel about an autistic changeling living alongside her human counterpart written by an autistic author? Plus, the official blurb uses the word “heist,” and I’m onboard any and all heists ever since Six of Crows. I could almost sense the five-star rating.