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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
I adore this series! It keeps moving and keep adding new magical surprises. Because this is the first book... there is quite a lot of exposition. You don't get to as much of the story as you do in book two. But! You want to be immersed in the world so you need all the details!
I do prefer the new artwork covers......there is so much more to these than just the romance, although it does make some moments very enticing.
I do prefer the new artwork covers......there is so much more to these than just the romance, although it does make some moments very enticing.
3.5/5 I really enjoyed the first 75% of the book where world building was interesting and the Fey culture and tradition was fun to learn. The romance was sweet and tender between Rain and Ellie. But there is so much court politics and scheming that ended no where which made the pace slowed down so much. At the end... there just isn't much happened. There was just so much talk about protecting her but somehow they always kind of failed? And I just don't see the strength that they keep give Ellie credit for. She seems... kind of dull and waiting for bad thing to happen to her? there is some great potential because the revelation at the end could lead to something. Also the book took place in a week or so. It's hard to imagine some intense and deep love and devotion could be developed between people within such short period of time. At this point though, I can't see myself continuing the second book. I just need some action and FMC being proactively solving problems.
I would put it at 2.5 stars, but since I don't have much interest in continuing this series I rounded down to 2 stars.
are we just gonna ignore the dream-realm intentional magic incest...? also rain is as dumb as a box of bricks.
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
It was nice. I struggled with the idea of fated mates and him being still in love with his long dead ex. He felt he was betraying her. I would hate to be him and have some old magic forcing me to like someone where my heart longs for someone else. It was just sad to read.
Then I saw how the new connection helped to heal that wound and move on. That was nice but, it all happened maybe a bit too fast to my liking… It was nicer attempt at fated mated than all the other insta attraction things but, I felt sad for him as it looked like she has not much to offer. Just another plain modest and naive girl.
Then I saw how the new connection helped to heal that wound and move on. That was nice but, it all happened maybe a bit too fast to my liking… It was nicer attempt at fated mated than all the other insta attraction things but, I felt sad for him as it looked like she has not much to offer. Just another plain modest and naive girl.
5 stars
Wow! Wow! Wow! Ok I've just finished reading this book and I'm sitting here wondering how in the world am I just reading it. I came across this book by total accident and I'm so glad I did. This was the first book in what I can tell is going to be an epic fantasy romance saga. I was smiling literally the whole book. This book fulfilled all the criteria I love in a fantasy romance book.
✔ Amazing world building with magical characters
✔ Possessive, overly-protective, powerful alpha male MC
✔ Smart heroine who is discovering her own untapped power
✔ Romance from the get go, moving right along with the struggle of good vs evil as the story progresses
This book transports you into this amazing world of the Fae. You will get lost in their history and will love these characters. You will love their code of honor and be amazed with their power.
This is definitely a new adult book, not YA. The sexual themes running through the book are definitely adult but tastefully done. If you love alpha male characters, then you will love Rain. Rain is the Tairen Soul, King of the Fey and he has claimed Ellie, a plain woodcarver's daughter as his soul mate, the first true mate of a Tairen Soul in history. If anyone or anything was a threat or even a suggestion of a threat to Ellie he would have almost an involuntary response to protect her and a driving need to remove that threat. In his need to keep her safe, he ended up restricting her ability to move about as she pleased which caused some arguments between the two of them. But that just added to his appeal to me. Rain is convinced that Elllie is his soul mate and his spirit is craving for Ellie to accept the soul mate bond to make it complete. He has such a hunger for her that he feels like he is going mad if he does not have her.
As the romance between the two characters grows, there is an evil growing and they have already secretly invaded their lands. What I love about this series is that the author was able to give us enough romance while the story of saving the world from evil progressed.
I can't sing the praises of this book enough and I can't wait to read the rest of this series. For how amazing this book is I think it is highly under rated. I highly recommend. 5 stars!
Wow! Wow! Wow! Ok I've just finished reading this book and I'm sitting here wondering how in the world am I just reading it. I came across this book by total accident and I'm so glad I did. This was the first book in what I can tell is going to be an epic fantasy romance saga. I was smiling literally the whole book. This book fulfilled all the criteria I love in a fantasy romance book.
✔ Amazing world building with magical characters
✔ Possessive, overly-protective, powerful alpha male MC
✔ Smart heroine who is discovering her own untapped power
✔ Romance from the get go, moving right along with the struggle of good vs evil as the story progresses
This book transports you into this amazing world of the Fae. You will get lost in their history and will love these characters. You will love their code of honor and be amazed with their power.
This is definitely a new adult book, not YA. The sexual themes running through the book are definitely adult but tastefully done. If you love alpha male characters, then you will love Rain. Rain is the Tairen Soul, King of the Fey and he has claimed Ellie, a plain woodcarver's daughter as his soul mate, the first true mate of a Tairen Soul in history. If anyone or anything was a threat or even a suggestion of a threat to Ellie he would have almost an involuntary response to protect her and a driving need to remove that threat. In his need to keep her safe, he ended up restricting her ability to move about as she pleased which caused some arguments between the two of them. But that just added to his appeal to me. Rain is convinced that Elllie is his soul mate and his spirit is craving for Ellie to accept the soul mate bond to make it complete. He has such a hunger for her that he feels like he is going mad if he does not have her.
"Ver reisa ku'chae. Kem surah, she'tani.
Your soul calls out. Mine answers, beloved."
As the romance between the two characters grows, there is an evil growing and they have already secretly invaded their lands. What I love about this series is that the author was able to give us enough romance while the story of saving the world from evil progressed.
I can't sing the praises of this book enough and I can't wait to read the rest of this series. For how amazing this book is I think it is highly under rated. I highly recommend. 5 stars!
More like a 2.5-3 stars.
I have mixed feelings about this one. I definitely enjoyed some aspects about the plot and I think I am intrigued enough to pick up the next one.
What didn't work for me was the almost glacial pacing. It felt like 400 pages of me waiting for the story to start to be honest, do I care about her wedding preparations? Not really. Do I care about her wedding cake and shoes, again not really.
I don't know, I think I'm over hyper-masculine, bossy male love interests that just seem to know everything all the time. Also it has my least favourite trope of the 'delicate, virginal woman' that is the epitome of goodness and purity just because she hasn't had sex. Can people stop writing this trope already?
I have mixed feelings about this one. I definitely enjoyed some aspects about the plot and I think I am intrigued enough to pick up the next one.
What didn't work for me was the almost glacial pacing. It felt like 400 pages of me waiting for the story to start to be honest, do I care about her wedding preparations? Not really. Do I care about her wedding cake and shoes, again not really.
I don't know, I think I'm over hyper-masculine, bossy male love interests that just seem to know everything all the time. Also it has my least favourite trope of the 'delicate, virginal woman' that is the epitome of goodness and purity just because she hasn't had sex. Can people stop writing this trope already?
I tried my very best to like this but the writing was garbáge, the FMC was an absolute vanilla wafer and the world building was non-existent. What even happened in this book? Who knows? Because I don’t
