Review: The Girl With Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rossetti

Book: The Girl With Borrowed Wings

Author: Rinsai Rossetti

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult

Series? Standalone

Summary (from Goodreads): “Controlled by her father and bound by desert, Frenenqer Paje’s life is tediously the same, until a small act of rebellion explodes her world and she meets a boy, but not just a boy–a Free person, a winged person, a shape-shifter. He has everything Frenenqer doesn’t. No family, no attachments, no rules. At night, he flies them to the far-flung places of their childhoods to retrace their pasts. But when the delicate balance of their friendship threatens to rupture into something more, Frenenqer must confront her isolation, her father, and her very sense of identity, breaking all the rules of her life to become free.”

My Thoughts:

When I first read the summary of this book, I knew I had to read it. Luckily, I wasn’t disappointed. This book was so good and I thoroughly enjoyed Rossetti’s writing style. The way all the places were described–I could really imagine what they looked like and how beautiful they were. Rossetti’s writing is a little flowery and she used a lot of similes different things. One of them I especially liked was, “Pale sky, white land; like somewhere past the end of the world.”

Frenenqer, the protagonist, is a hard character to like. Since her father trained her to be like his ideal daughter, she lacks certain emotions, like empathy and compassion, making it difficult to connect with her. I’ll admit, there were times when I felt really bad for her, and others when I just wanted to shake some sense into because I thought she was being completely unfair.

Sangris is a fun character and he’s easier to like than Frenenqer. He may seem just playful at first, but he does it for a reason and being a Free person, he doesn’t exactly like to follow the rules.

Anju is kind of an interesting person. I don’t understand why Frenenqer treats her like a formal secretary and why Anju lets herself be treated that way. Would you want to be treated like a secretary? They have a different kind of friendship that most.

Then of course, there’s Frenenqer’s parents. I could not stand her parents who were extremely unfair to her, especially her father. Her mother isn’t really in the story, she’s kind of just in the background. I’m sure it’s there for a reason, but I feel like she didn’t do anything.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book. The writing style was good and the storyline kept me intrigued the whole time. I’d highly recommend this book to fantasy lovers as well as anyone who enjoys a good romance.

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