Review: House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildenstein

This is one of those books where I’m thankful for Kindle Unlimited.  I don’t know that I would have found it scrolling through Amazon otherwise.

This paranormal romance centers around Fallon a Fae/Human mix who’s looked down upon by the Fae and always forced to hide who she is for fear the crown might learn what she can do.  She has her trusty group of friends, including Crown Prince Dante (with whom she is kinda romantically linked), but that isn’t enough for Fallon.  She wants to change the world.  So when a witch shares a prophecy with her, where she will be queen, she sets off to find the 5 crows and help Dante get the crown.

The devil is in the details and Fallon’s stubborn nature comes back to bite her many times as she tries to collect the crows.  Even when she starts to see that Dante is not everything she thought he was, she still held out this hope he was who he dreamed him to be.  In the same vain, she holds onto the Fae-slanted tales she heard about the Crows and is very slow in realizing that what she was taught may not be right.  She doesn’t see her prejudices coming out right away, but it’s there and it takes her quite a bit to realize she has to change.

I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read the next book.  There are a lot of stubborn characters in this book…, especially the hero and heroine, but I took those are quirks that I’m hoping will be chipped away as the storyline continues.