"Can you love the dark when you know what it hides?
Some things aren’t supposed to exist outside of our imagination.
Thirteen years ago, monsters emerged from the shadows and plunged Kierse’s world into a cataclysmic war of near-total destruction. The New York City she knew so well collapsed practically overnight.
In the wake of that carnage, the Monster Treaty was created. A truce...of sorts.
But tonight, Kierse―a gifted and fearless thief―will break that treaty. She’ll enter the Holly Library...not knowing it’s the home of a monster.
He’s charming. Quietly alluring. Terrifying. But he knows talent when he sees it; it’s just a matter of finding her price.
Now she’s locked into a dangerous bargain with a creature unlike any other. She’ll sacrifice her freedom. She’ll offer her skills. Together, they’ll put their own futures at risk.
But he’s been playing a game across centuries―and once she joins in, there will be no escape..."
The Wren in the Holly Library is the first novel in The Oak and Holly Cycle, a fantasy series by K.A. Linde.
Writing this review weeks after reading this, it took a second for me to remember what this was about which...isn't a good sign. I had a bit of a rough start with this once I realized that this was a heist book and, for reasons still unknown to me, I don't vibe well with those kinds of books. I do vibe with a fantasy age-gap romance though, although I can't say I particularly liked Kierse as our protagonist in this.
Kierse prided herself as a thief, though she definitely oversold herself in this because she wasn't a very great one. She ignores red flags and on more than one occasion forgets to cover her tracks. Her love interest, whose name I had to look up because I completely forgot it, was a bit more interesting at least. He is pretty much your typical romantic interest. Pale, high cheekbones, dark hair, slight British accent. An overused image but I can't say it's a bad one. To be honest I just pictured diary Tom Riddle who fits that image wondrously.
I, sadly, found that he and Lorcan, a side character who he has a mysterious past with, had more chemistry than he had with Kierse. Not a good thing considering how prevalent their relationship becomes. I also wasn't expecting there to be spicy scenes in this, which I am neither here nor there for, but good god were they awkward. Any sex scene that involves the line - let the monster off its leash - should be banned.
By the end of the book, after many trials and tribulations on my part, I got to the end and no longer had any idea what was going on anymore. Everything became rather muddled and confusing, which could be excused considering that this is the first book in a series, but since I probably won't be reading the next book just bothered me.
For a heist book though, this wasn't horrible, and I managed to get through it just fine aside from what I have previously mentioned above.
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