
Feature Friday: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
Woot, it’s Feature Friday time! Today’s book is one I started a while back but am just getting back into. I will be reading this book over the next 2 weeks along with The Origin of Species and Joanna Ruth Meyer’s Echo North.
FEATURE FRIDAY

Fantasy |300 Pages | Pub. Sept. 2017
A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts—even as she falls in love with a faerie prince—in this gorgeous debut novel.
Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes—a weakness that could cost him his life.
Furious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. Waylaid by the Wild Hunt’s ghostly hounds, the tainted influence of the Alder King, and hideous monsters risen from barrow mounds, Isobel and Rook depend on one another for survival. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love—and that love violates the fair folks’ ruthless laws. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.
This post is part of the “Friday Feature” series, which consists of “First Line Friday”, hosted by Hoarding Books, “Books Beginnings”, hosted by Rose City Reader, and “The Friday 56”, hosted by Freda’s Voice. Each week we feature one books and share it’s first line as well as a line from page 56. The “Question of the Week” is hosted over at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. To see all my #FLF/#BookBeginnings/#Friday56 posts, check out my archive. I’ve also recently published my Reading Stats from 2018 as well as my Blog Stats from 2018!
Thanks for coming by! What book are you featuring this week?


30 Comments
Rachel @ In Between Book Pages
Happy Friday!
I shared the first couple of lines from Melanie Dickerson’s 9th book for her Hagenheim series “The Warrior Maiden” on my blog. I enjoyed reading that book and will be reviewing it soon.
Here, though, I will be sharing the first few lines from my current read “Carve the Mark” by Veronica Roth.
“Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest. The whole city celebrated the day the bundle of petals peeled apart into rich red – partly because hushflowers were their nation’s lifeblood, and partly, Akos thought, to keep them all from going crazy in the cold.”
Carve the Mark has long been on my TBR and I’m happy that I finally get to read it. I’m enjoying it so far, and I hope you enjoyed those lines as well.
May your weekend be filled with great books! 😀
Books In Bloom
Ohhh I have that book but haven’t read it yet. Thank you for reminding me and sharing the first few lines. It really makes me want to start reading it. 😀
Louise @ Foxes & Fairy Tales
I really loved how beautiful the writing in this book was when I read it. And how dreamy a lot of it felt. I hope you enjoy it! My copy of Echo North arrived last week and I’m super excited to start it too. Probably not right now, but hopefully next month. 🙂
My Friday 56 this week.
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Books In Bloom
I feel kind of torn about which to read. They are both soo good. I’m on chapter 8 in An Enchantment, so I’ve decided to read that one for now since i’m further along. I’m finding the writing beautiful too. And Isobel is so funny. I love all the scenery mental images i’m having. 😀
Becky Smith
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Yesterday’s Promises” by Kimberly Rae Jordan:
“Danica Callaghan sank down on the lowest of the wide, built-in, carpeted risers and surveyed her handiwork.”
Books In Bloom
Hmmm… I wonder what handiwork? First line Friday is the best because it really makes you want to read. Thanks you for sharing. 🙂
Beth Erin
What a gorgeous cover! Thanks for sharing!
Beth Erin recently posted…First Line Friday: The Alamo Bride
Books In Bloom
Thank you for coming by. I really love the cover too and the cover for book 2 is also gorgeous. 🙂
Alicia @ A Kernel of Nonsense
I love An Enchantment of Ravens. I hope you end up enjoying it! Happy Friday!
My 56: Trail of Lightning
Books In Bloom
Thank you. Really liking it so far. Are you continuing on in the series?
Kathy Martin
This sounds wonderful. I’ll have to look for a copy. This week I am spotlighting Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch as I try to finish a series I just discovered. Happy reading!
Books In Bloom
Oh i’ve never heard of that. will need to come by and check that out. 🙂
Lady of Bookland
I read this book at the end of last years and very much enjoyed it 😊 You can find my post here > https://journeyinbookland.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/first-lines-fridays-book-beginnings-on-fridays-january-25-2019/
Lady of Bookland recently posted…First Lines Fridays / Book Beginnings on Fridays – January 25, 2019
Books In Bloom
I’m liking it too. Such nice visuals. 🙂
Jolene
Happy Friday! My first lines come from The Warrior Maiden by Melanie Dickerson:
“Galloping her horse past the big oak tree, Mulan pulled the bowstring taut. She aimed at the knothole with one eye closed and sent the arrow flying toward the target.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/01/first-line-fridays-warrior-maiden.html
Books In Bloom
This sounds very adventurous. Just my kind of story. 🙂
Breana M.
I like the sound of An Enchantment of Ravens. It seems like it has an interesting premise.
Breana M. recently posted…The Friday 56 (146) & Book Beginnings: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Books In Bloom
Very interesting so far. I’m about 8 chapters in. 🙂
Molly (Cover To Cover Cafe)
I love the sound of this one! I’m featuring Emma Rous’ The Au Pair if you’d like to stop by! I’m also a blog follower/subscriber.
Molly (Cover To Cover Cafe) recently posted…#FirstLineFridays: The Au Pair by Emma Rous
Books In Bloom
Ooh an Au Pair…I’ve heard of those before. Very interesting, will come by and see what it’s about.
Yvette
Happy Friday! I’m sharing the first lines from One Mind’s Eye by Kathy Tyers today, here are the lines that follow:
“Llyn Torfinn stood at an i-net station, listening nervously, clasping her thin left arm with her right hand. Not much muscle padded the bones.”
Hope you have a good weekend.
Books In Bloom
Ohhh….very interesting. I wonder what her weight has to do with the story…hmmm. 🙂
BECCA WEIDEL
Happy Friday!
On my blog today I shared the first line from The Forgiving Jar by Wanda E Brunstetter but I’m currently about to start Breach of Trust by Rachel Dylan so I’ll share the first line from that book here: “Mia Shaw gripped a bundle of brightly colored helium balloons with the word congratulations splashed all over them.” Hope you have a great weekend with plenty of quality reading time!
BECCA WEIDEL recently posted…First Line Friday #45
Books In Bloom
Ooh very intriguing….I wonder what the balloons are far? 😀 thanks for sharing.
Anne@Headfullofbooks
I didn’t realize that paint colors had specific scents. I love the smell of oil paints, actually. My Friday Quotes from The Great Alone
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Books In Bloom
Me either….but just reading this book has taught me a lot about painting…the first 3 chapters anyway. 😀
Lisa Kelley
I tend to scream when I discover people looming behind me as well. Thankfully, it’s not something that happens every day. 😉 I’d love for you and your readers to check out mine. https://tinyurl.com/LisaKsBookReviews12419
Books In Bloom
Hehe the funny thing was that she was in the woods and was trying to use the bathroom. Lol. Thanks for coming by.
Freda
Quite intriguing 56! Happy weekend!
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Books In Bloom
Thank you. 😀