The Crowborn Path

by Jasmin Gelinck

Fey diplomat Aaea Crowborn's come to the human city of Isar to work and have fun, not necessarily in that order. But when she meets Isolde, the distractingly beautiful princess of Island, and a voidhunter demon murders one of her fey kin, she has to put aside her quest for amusement and don her peacekeeper's hat. Who's targeting the fey of Isar and Atsaad? What do they want with Aaea?
When Aaea's pursuit of the culprit sees her accused of murder herself, she has to take Isolde's offers to flee to Atsaad - at the heart of the slayings. There, her hunt continues, but the dark powers threatening the human world might not be ones she can fight - or want to, when she finds out the truth of what they want, and she might gain if they get their way.

Genres: Fantasy

423 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2022

About the author

Jasmin Gelinck writes sci-fi and fantasy with gay guys and gals. Jasmin was born in Austria, but currently lives in the Netherlands. Jasmin loves challenges (in sports, on the page, in nature), games, soft and friendly things, and long hikes through the middle of nowhere. Her stories often deal with darker things, however, there'll always be a ray of hope at the end. She doesn't really know why she's typing this in the third person, but hey, that seems to be the popular style.

In any case, Jasmin really hopes you'll enjoy her books, and that you'll gift her a review! ❤️

Reviews

[Sarah McKay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the uniqueness of the book - an LGBT FMC, description of the fae, the vocabulary, and the plot. However, there were multiple spelling/grammatical, errors throughout the Kindle version which almost caused me to quit reading early on. Usually, I find multiple errors to detract from the story or to be indicative of the author’s attention to detail or lack thereof. This wasn’t the case with Gelnick. Her character and plot development were thorough which I appreciate in a fantasy novel. I’d recommend the book if you enjoy the fae fantasy genre and want to read something unexpected.

[Trippentigger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did enjoy this book quite a bit. It does have some editing issues, nothing that makes it unreadable though. The story line is really interesting and written at a decent pace. I like the point of view MC and enjoyed viewing this story through her lens. In the age of ChatGPT, books with this type of editing errors are suspicious, but giving this one a pass as the plot line seems out of AI’s depth for now at least.

[Lucid Quill · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a minute to get into this book, as it's been a while since I've read the fantasy genre. The vocabulary is pretty unique to the book so I had to catch my footing and give it a chance to make sense to me. In the end, I enjoyed it and I liked the characters. If fantasy is your thing, you'll probably enjoy this book much more than I could, great writing just not my thing right now.