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jje121579's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love this new mythology...
This fated mate story on steroids swept me away to Paris and a new “world” that is so intriguing that I felt an immediate emotional connection with these characters. Natalie is just a normal American girl taking charge of her life and fulfilling a dream of living in Paris. Tristan is a war veteran coming back to civilian life as a protector for the mysterious Guardians. When they meet it is destiny and it is magic. But the overarching plot of the Fire Maidens also draws you in and it is hopeful even if they have to fight to protect humanity. Loved this action packed, suspenseful romance.
This fated mate story on steroids swept me away to Paris and a new “world” that is so intriguing that I felt an immediate emotional connection with these characters. Natalie is just a normal American girl taking charge of her life and fulfilling a dream of living in Paris. Tristan is a war veteran coming back to civilian life as a protector for the mysterious Guardians. When they meet it is destiny and it is magic. But the overarching plot of the Fire Maidens also draws you in and it is hopeful even if they have to fight to protect humanity. Loved this action packed, suspenseful romance.
jje121579's review against another edition
5.0
A fun heartfelt paranormal romance...
These characters are so well written I feel like I know them. Lena is a champion for the downtrodden and Sergio is a survivor, they both have strong convictions they are willing to fight for. Even though there are big baddies and a good bit of action and intrigue, the heart of the story is Lena and Sergio’s coming of age or into their true selves. And we get to go along on the thrill ride that is their journey to destiny and the joy of a true mate.
These characters are so well written I feel like I know them. Lena is a champion for the downtrodden and Sergio is a survivor, they both have strong convictions they are willing to fight for. Even though there are big baddies and a good bit of action and intrigue, the heart of the story is Lena and Sergio’s coming of age or into their true selves. And we get to go along on the thrill ride that is their journey to destiny and the joy of a true mate.
jje121579's review against another edition
5.0
Fire Maidens Rule...
I love that these stories are always different, following the same path but from totally different directions. Grace is a contradiction a music nerd who plays a harp and has a business degree, yet is strong enough to teach adults financial basics when she was a child. Finn has had wanderlust his whole life can anything make him want to plant roots especially in his tiny home town? This angsty shifter tale has all the feels and just enough action. Fire Maidens don’t have to be bad@ss to be leaders and protectors, or to give us a fun heartfelt read.
I love that these stories are always different, following the same path but from totally different directions. Grace is a contradiction a music nerd who plays a harp and has a business degree, yet is strong enough to teach adults financial basics when she was a child. Finn has had wanderlust his whole life can anything make him want to plant roots especially in his tiny home town? This angsty shifter tale has all the feels and just enough action. Fire Maidens don’t have to be bad@ss to be leaders and protectors, or to give us a fun heartfelt read.
jje121579's review against another edition
5.0
A second chance destined from the beginning...
At nineteen Holly and Lachlan weren’t ready for mating, ten years later they both still have broken hearts and doubts about his punctual by the book personality combining with her free spirit. As we get to know them we discover that they don’t strictly fit in prescribed boxes. These two take us through angst and action, show us beautiful locations in Scotland, and make us laugh and cry. I couldn’t put down this twisty tale turning the pages as fast as I could and smiling at the joyful end.
At nineteen Holly and Lachlan weren’t ready for mating, ten years later they both still have broken hearts and doubts about his punctual by the book personality combining with her free spirit. As we get to know them we discover that they don’t strictly fit in prescribed boxes. These two take us through angst and action, show us beautiful locations in Scotland, and make us laugh and cry. I couldn’t put down this twisty tale turning the pages as fast as I could and smiling at the joyful end.
sjb86's review against another edition
5.0
Book 6 in Billionaire and Bodyguards series Fire Maiden: Scotland by Anna Lowe. Lachlan is a dragon shifter and a previous member of the French foreign legion where he had met previous characters that had met and mated other fire maiden. Holly is a dragon shifter from America that became friends with Scottish royal dragon that died and asks Lachlan and holly to do his final wishes. I love that this book both main characters previously knew each other and have history already but also the main female character is already a shifter and has knowledge of the shifter world, about shifter council and fire maidens. Holly doesn’t know that she is a fire maiden and the story develops beautifully into it especially with her and Lachlan fulfilling her friends wishes. Would love to read more about the emotional unicorn Penelope, hopefully it’ll be soon. Absolutely awesome narration but the massively talented Kelsey Osborne. Like other book in series she doesn’t do much with the very different accents with I’m very thankful for. Instead of doing a awful Scottish accent she keep her own accent and changes her tone for each character which she does a lovely job. Can not wait for next in series.
sjb86's review against another edition
5.0
Book 1 of the Fire maiden series by Anna Lowe
Natalie has always wanted to live in Paris and after years of saving she moved to Paris and started living and working there and also volunteer in a homeless centre.
One night Natalie was attacked by a vampire and saved by Tristan a dragon. That’s when Natalie is brought into the supernatural world and she finds out that she’s a Fire Maiden and has the power to balance the supernatural world in Paris and bring it to a new calm it only feels that way with a Fire Maiden living happily.
Absolutely loved this new series and I have a new love for Kelsey Osborne that not only have the talent to give each character a very individual presence but also had a great french accent as well.
Even though this book did have a HEA and a proper ending the bad guy and conflict was definitely left as a cliffhanger looking forward to more of this amazing series.
Natalie has always wanted to live in Paris and after years of saving she moved to Paris and started living and working there and also volunteer in a homeless centre.
One night Natalie was attacked by a vampire and saved by Tristan a dragon. That’s when Natalie is brought into the supernatural world and she finds out that she’s a Fire Maiden and has the power to balance the supernatural world in Paris and bring it to a new calm it only feels that way with a Fire Maiden living happily.
Absolutely loved this new series and I have a new love for Kelsey Osborne that not only have the talent to give each character a very individual presence but also had a great french accent as well.
Even though this book did have a HEA and a proper ending the bad guy and conflict was definitely left as a cliffhanger looking forward to more of this amazing series.
sjb86's review against another edition
5.0
Book 3 in Fire Maiden Rome by Anna Lowe
Lena is a photograph and had been hire by a bibo celebrity to take shot of her with her new Italian hot guy but when she meets him Lena instantly doesn’t like him and get massive creepy vibes from him. While taking different photo in different locations in Rome Lena notices a very hot sexy bodyguard that knows what he’s doing and eventually catches his eye.
Sergio is a wolf shifter with a very dodgy background and it is that gets himself hired by creepy guy to investigate him but while at the photo shoot Lena pulls out jewellery that she’d bought from antique shops or car boot to spice the pictures but when she touches one it flashes and warms to her touch.
I loved that in this book Lena has already started having shifter problems and even though she doesn’t really know what’s going on she at least suspects there’s more to her then human.
This book flowed so much nicer then others because Sergio didn’t have to convince her of being a shifter and Lena took everything in her stride.
Absolutely love the narration by Kelsey Osborne. In this book she kept a mostly her American accent but just teased us with the fantastic Italian pronunciation every now and then which I loved. Can not wait for more in this series. Anna Lowe is always a winner for me.
Lena is a photograph and had been hire by a bibo celebrity to take shot of her with her new Italian hot guy but when she meets him Lena instantly doesn’t like him and get massive creepy vibes from him. While taking different photo in different locations in Rome Lena notices a very hot sexy bodyguard that knows what he’s doing and eventually catches his eye.
Sergio is a wolf shifter with a very dodgy background and it is that gets himself hired by creepy guy to investigate him but while at the photo shoot Lena pulls out jewellery that she’d bought from antique shops or car boot to spice the pictures but when she touches one it flashes and warms to her touch.
I loved that in this book Lena has already started having shifter problems and even though she doesn’t really know what’s going on she at least suspects there’s more to her then human.
This book flowed so much nicer then others because Sergio didn’t have to convince her of being a shifter and Lena took everything in her stride.
Absolutely love the narration by Kelsey Osborne. In this book she kept a mostly her American accent but just teased us with the fantastic Italian pronunciation every now and then which I loved. Can not wait for more in this series. Anna Lowe is always a winner for me.
sjb86's review against another edition
5.0
Book 5 in Fire Maiden series by Anna Lowe
Finn is a dragon shifter that finally goes home after growing issues of not having a Fire Maiden in Ireland.
Grace is from Boston and after a great uncle dies and leaves his cottage to her in Ballyfianna. This is a small beautiful village with a very close community.
When Grace comes to village she finds Finn and realises he’s the little kid she played with as a child when visiting her great uncle.
I really like that there a lot more to Grace then just one side of her heritage being possible magic.
Grace talks about both sides of her family her father is from Ireland and her mother’s from Saint Kitts.
I was wondering how the narrator was going to do this one and I was worried it could possibly be a bad Irish accent but I shouldn’t have worried.
Kelsey Osborne is a wonderful narrator, with this book is doesn’t do a accent she just narrators in her own current accent.
I would prefer this rather then doing a terrible fake accent. Absolutely love this storey but it’s definitely improved with the fantastic Kelsey Osborne narration.
Finn is a dragon shifter that finally goes home after growing issues of not having a Fire Maiden in Ireland.
Grace is from Boston and after a great uncle dies and leaves his cottage to her in Ballyfianna. This is a small beautiful village with a very close community.
When Grace comes to village she finds Finn and realises he’s the little kid she played with as a child when visiting her great uncle.
I really like that there a lot more to Grace then just one side of her heritage being possible magic.
Grace talks about both sides of her family her father is from Ireland and her mother’s from Saint Kitts.
I was wondering how the narrator was going to do this one and I was worried it could possibly be a bad Irish accent but I shouldn’t have worried.
Kelsey Osborne is a wonderful narrator, with this book is doesn’t do a accent she just narrators in her own current accent.
I would prefer this rather then doing a terrible fake accent. Absolutely love this storey but it’s definitely improved with the fantastic Kelsey Osborne narration.
emilydantonio's review against another edition
4.0
I honestly thought that this was pretty good! It did a great job of dropping me into the world even though I had only read the 5th book (it worked great as a standalone, but I can see where someone who read the whole series would enjoy the little nods to other books). I also think that it was a breath of fresh air in the very white-centric romance novels that are similar to this. The couple was adorable and believable, so overall I really enjoyed this!