Book Title: A Forgery of Fate
Author: Elizabeth Lim
Date Started: March 18th 2025
Date Completed: May 4th 2025
Genres: Romance, Adventure, Fantasy
Quality Rating: Three Stars
Enjoyment Rating: Three Star
Final Rating: Three Stars
Review:
◆ Thank you NetGalley for this eBook copy for review ◆
Lim's novels are always enjoyable and grand enough to feel different from the crowd. Unfortunately, A Forgery of Fate falls into too many cliches to be truly satisfying. You could have a full set of cards for YA romance bingo by the end, and it's a well-executed demonstration of each.
Usually, I don't get on with underwater settings in books; it tends to overcomplicate even basic scenes and become a distraction. But this book simplified it enough while also playing with the setting that it worked. I enjoy how Lim uses fairy tales very loosely and then lets herself build whatever elements she likes into something new; the water and dragon elements took the classic Beauty and the Beast narrative and made it far more epic and fresh.
There are some vaguely uncomfortable elements of the romance, but more generally, I just found the book a bit uninspiring. I'm a fan of Lim's writing and I'm sure will continue to enjoy it - this one just wasn't my favourite of hers.
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