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Fortuna Sworn
- Fortuna Sworn, Book 1
- Narrated by: Emma Lysy
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Fortuna Sworn is the last of her kind.
Her brother disappeared two years ago, leaving her with no family or species to speak of. She hides among humans, spending her days working at a bar and her nights searching for him. The bleak pattern goes on and on...until she catches the eye of a powerful faerie.
He makes no attempt to hide that he desires Fortuna. And in exchange for her, he offers something irresistible. So Fortuna reluctantly leaves her safe existence behind to step back into a world of creatures and power.
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- Scarlette B
- 08-07-2022
Wasted potential
2.5 stars
I can’t really say I enjoyed this. I was kind of just along for the ride because Collith and Laurie really intrigued me, and I can see that their relationships with each other and with Fortuna could be really great.
In saying that, I definitely don’t like Fortuna. I can’t imagine anybody feeling warm towards her. I couldn’t really tell you much about her other than that she worked at some sort of bar with some friends who seemed important and were eventually pretty well irrelevant, that she wanted to be a veterinarian—which might’ve come up early in the book for all I know but I only remember it from the last chapter or so—and that she’s a Nightmare. Which suits her really because she’s quite awful to read about.
Perhaps it was the work of the narrator but Fortuna just came across as super whiny and aggressive, which I personally find to be very irritating in a main character. And as far as making it seem natural that so many men fall at her feet for a crumb of affection, I just can’t tell what draws them to her. She has Oliver (a literal imaginary, dream friend), and the King of the Unseelie Court, Collith, frothing over her and for why? Not to mention Laurie, because it seems a safe to assume that he’ll be well and truly in the mix.
Since they supposedly see Fortuna’s true face and not the image of absolute beauty that her Nightmare nature conjures for each individual that looks upon her, what’s the drawcard?
I can’t find anything to love in Fortuna other than her drive to protect and save her brother. Which of course is admirable, but is it enough to make me drool over her? No. To be fair, she has tough competition from my favourite female characters because they’re all immaculate, but even without that she’s just nothing special.
I really didn’t have any plans to read the next book, since only two characters caught my interest—though maybe I’d have been tempted if I was guaranteed to get either of their POV chapters in book two—but that last line? THAT LAST LINE? I was sitting up doing my silly little arts and crafts, then I heard that one word, that one name, and all of a sudden I was lying down on the carpet. Mind blown. Completely. Is it enough to make me read the next book? It might be. Maybe. Idk but woah, I did not see that coming!
To be fair, I forgot who most of the characters were as I was reading the book. It really says a lot about the story, and my interest in it, that I forgot so much while still reading the book—so if there were any clues hinting at that juicy, lil nugget of information that the book ended on, maybe I just simply forgot them immediately. We’ll never know for sure.
Unfortunately, none of the information in the book seemed important enough to fixate on, unlike some of my favourite series. I guess I just prefer stories where every detail seems integral to the plot, character development and world building. The more immersive, the better. Fortuna Sworn just didn’t provide that.
Speaking of world building, I didn’t really feel much in the way of that in the Unseelie Court. With any Fae inclusive narrative, I’m in it for the ways and working of the Courts. I want the hot goss and the drama, and I want to see whoever rules the court using their power for good (or evil, I'm fine with either). Fortuna Sworn just didn’t give me enough of that. A conniving, power hungry Fae here, and a mistreated human there, but nothing really spoke to the workings of the court. Just a throwaway sentence every now and then. With Fortuna’s new ranking in the court, I expect that that’ll come into play in book two, but I doubt I'll ever find out.
So, despite all that Fortuna Sworn is lacking, is that twist ending enough to make me read the next book?
There’s a chance. Will I spend another audible credit on book two? Nope! I can’t see myself enjoying the series enough to continue it unless I try to read it physically/as an ebook. The narrator is not for me, and I think the only way to retain the (possibly) relevant information is to read it with my own two eyes, and, of course, highlight the living hell out of the story so I can look back on anything that seems important. Because at this rate it’s all too easy to forget.
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- MELANIE
- 26-03-2021
A twisting tale of the unsealy court
Found it a little hard to get into nut after persistent I enjoyed the plot and characters. A good listen for those who love fairy drama
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- RomanceBooktalk
- 22-03-2022
It was ok
This book was recommended to me and I decided to listen to the audio book rather than read the kindle version. The storyline had a really slow start and took me a while to get into. I’m not a big fan of the narrator and I think that has influenced my rating on this book. The storyline was okay, it has a lot of potential, so I’ll definitely continue to listen to the second book and decide whether I will continue with the series.
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- DTJ
- 04-06-2021
Excellent story
The story is excellent if a little slow to develop. The twists are not too obvious and the descriptions are well written. I am definitely interested in carrying on with the series. the narrator is not bad but the characters' voices are not distinguishable.
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