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Black Blood Fae #1
Prince of Never
A fae prince with a poisoned heart. A mortal girl with a magical voice. Neither one believes in fairy tales.
City waitress Lara has the voice of an angel and no idea she's marked as the fated mate of a silver-eyed royal from another realm. When she falls into Faery and meets an obnoxious huntsman who mistakes her for a troll, she’s amazed to discover he’s the cursed Prince of Air in disguise. Ever's mother, the queen, is less than impressed. The opposing court of techno-loving Unseelie wants her as their very own pet. And an evil air mage wishes her dead.
Held captive by Elemental fae in the Land of Five, she’s certainly hit rock bottom.
But songs wield power, and Lara happens to be a true diva. Now if only she can use her newfound magical skill to make the Prince of Never a little less attractive. The first thing she wants is to find a way back home, and the last is to fall in love.
Ever and Lara think they know what they want, but destiny and an age-old curse have other ideas.
Book 1, a standalone with a HEA in the Y.A. interconnected series, each one starring a different cruel prince and his human fated mate.
For lovers of Faery. Above all else, romance rules.
City waitress Lara has the voice of an angel and no idea she's marked as the fated mate of a silver-eyed royal from another realm. When she falls into Faery and meets an obnoxious huntsman who mistakes her for a troll, she’s amazed to discover he’s the cursed Prince of Air in disguise. Ever's mother, the queen, is less than impressed. The opposing court of techno-loving Unseelie wants her as their very own pet. And an evil air mage wishes her dead.
Held captive by Elemental fae in the Land of Five, she’s certainly hit rock bottom.
But songs wield power, and Lara happens to be a true diva. Now if only she can use her newfound magical skill to make the Prince of Never a little less attractive. The first thing she wants is to find a way back home, and the last is to fall in love.
Ever and Lara think they know what they want, but destiny and an age-old curse have other ideas.
Book 1, a standalone with a HEA in the Y.A. interconnected series, each one starring a different cruel prince and his human fated mate.
For lovers of Faery. Above all else, romance rules.
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January 4, 2022
I liked the beginning alot when they traveling through the forest and they were bickering back and forth. Things got super annoying when they arrived at the castle and all these characters came into play.
March 26, 2023
DNF.
The writing was pretty hard to get through. There were odd phrases and dialogue that kept making the story rocky and disjointed. Some examples:
"She’d just turned dead."
"After I found singing, everything made sense again. More on that later."
This isn't written in the narrative of an author who is aware of the audience reading her story so when Lara makes these implications like this it completely threw me off.
The dialogue was incredibly stilted as well:
“No. No. No. It’s just a small cut seeping tiny threads of blood. She needs a little bandage, that’s all. You can use this.” Ruthlessly, Aer tears a strip from her veil and thrusts it at me. “You, Lara, can put it on her. We’ve drunk too much, and we don’t like blood. We might faint and hit our heads.”
I do understand that these were fae folk kidnapping her so the way they spoke would be more...lyrical? However, this is the kidnapping that sends Lara to the Fae world... It made no sense to me logically why Lara gave them the time of day and even went as far as to follow their instructions to go down a dark alley when they spoke to her like this. It was all just so odd and Lara was just so dumb that I had to put the book down. She went in some alley all because some weirdo on the side of the road told her that her friend was bleeding. Yikes. Those SATs weren't for common sense, huh?
The writing was pretty hard to get through. There were odd phrases and dialogue that kept making the story rocky and disjointed. Some examples:
"She’d just turned dead."
"After I found singing, everything made sense again. More on that later."
This isn't written in the narrative of an author who is aware of the audience reading her story so when Lara makes these implications like this it completely threw me off.
The dialogue was incredibly stilted as well:
“No. No. No. It’s just a small cut seeping tiny threads of blood. She needs a little bandage, that’s all. You can use this.” Ruthlessly, Aer tears a strip from her veil and thrusts it at me. “You, Lara, can put it on her. We’ve drunk too much, and we don’t like blood. We might faint and hit our heads.”
I do understand that these were fae folk kidnapping her so the way they spoke would be more...lyrical? However, this is the kidnapping that sends Lara to the Fae world... It made no sense to me logically why Lara gave them the time of day and even went as far as to follow their instructions to go down a dark alley when they spoke to her like this. It was all just so odd and Lara was just so dumb that I had to put the book down. She went in some alley all because some weirdo on the side of the road told her that her friend was bleeding. Yikes. Those SATs weren't for common sense, huh?
October 4, 2020
This book was just ok for me. The writing wasn't very strong; there was a lot of telling, not a lot of showing. The first person pov didn't help either. At least the author let us hear from both the h and the H, so there's that.
The world building could've been interesting, but there just wasn't enough of it. The author gave a lot of detailed descriptions of the landscape, the weather, and the different beings living in Faery. Unfortunately, she failed to give that attention to the political, racial, religious/mythological, and interpersonal details which is ultimately what made this story boring and dry.
The romance between the MCs wasn't enough to save it either. The h was a Mary Sue and the H was a typical cruel/grumpy prince. The ending was also rushed; we hardly got to see the MCs enjoying their HEA. Also, the epilogue was merely a plug for the next book. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless you enjoy fantasy YA. However, I must admit that I'm curious to see what happens to the brother of this prince so I guess this book wasn't a total miss for me. :)
The world building could've been interesting, but there just wasn't enough of it. The author gave a lot of detailed descriptions of the landscape, the weather, and the different beings living in Faery. Unfortunately, she failed to give that attention to the political, racial, religious/mythological, and interpersonal details which is ultimately what made this story boring and dry.
The romance between the MCs wasn't enough to save it either. The h was a Mary Sue and the H was a typical cruel/grumpy prince. The ending was also rushed; we hardly got to see the MCs enjoying their HEA. Also, the epilogue was merely a plug for the next book. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone unless you enjoy fantasy YA. However, I must admit that I'm curious to see what happens to the brother of this prince so I guess this book wasn't a total miss for me. :)
May 2, 2020
ARC provided by Juno Heart via Hidden Gems Books. All opinions are mine and freely given.
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05-01: 'Prince of Never,' the first book in the Black Blood Fae series, is a story about a city girl with a special voice who happens to be the fated mate of a Fae royal cursed to die a slow, painful death.
Ever, the Prince of Air, is heir to the throne and carries the brutal Black Blood curse. When Lara falls into Faery, he's the one who finds her. Initially mistaking her for a troll or goblin of some kind, upon discovering she's human, he sets them both on a journey back to his home and his mother the Queen.
"The cold bites through gaps in shiny armor, nibbling around snug leather, but it doesn't matter; his veins are already filled with icy winter.
Why, then, does he shiver?"
In Faery apparently, finders keepers extends to people.. and as that makes her his.. despite his distaste for mortals, it's up to his court what to do with her. Unfortunately for Lara, there are others in the realm who either wish to possess her or see her dead.
I really loved the concept of the story and in the hands of a more experienced author, I could have loved it. The curse is creative, even though the trope is the common enemies-to-lovers. The magic is nothing new, but I did enjoy the composition of the fae paired with elementals.
Like the plot, the characters are a bit underdeveloped, but again.. they have all the makings of greatness.
Our dark prince is the usual broody sort (though I love them, they're my favorites).. but at least he has the excuse of being influenced by the curse, as it changes their temperments while it progresses. He's haughty, self-important, and just a bit wicked. He's prone to nearly constant dark moods, but there are moments where that softer side peeks out. He's also the most well filled-out character in the book.
Lara is.. different. She swings between charming and annoying.. between a quivering puddle of girlish fear and a raging force of stubborn determination.. all within seconds. The moment she's not being subdued in some way, she automatically starts issuing commands. She's not a two-dimensional character, she's a character that isn't defined at all.
I did love Balor and Jinn, the prince's wolfhound and steed. And his younger brother Rafael (Raff) was an adorable troublemaker with a kind heart.
"..how does one understand the cruelty of the night sky, unfathomable in its limitless blackness?"
There was a small thing that just drove me crazy on a personal level. I don't even know how to explain it to you, but instead of the usual introspective descriptions that people might use to reference themselves.. there would occasionally be moments where their words sounded far more like someone else might use to describe them.
If you asked me what color my eyes were, I'd say brown. Maybe dark brown. If you asked me to tell you about my personality, I might say I can be abrasive.
What I wouldn't say.. is that I have "mossy-green eyes"... and "a quick laugh." Nor would I refer to my own smile as sneering with those "wickedly, kissable lips." Things like that sound so strange coming from the person they're meant to describe. In part because there's a sense of emotion to them.. of admiration.. which is far more prone to someone observing them. It happened a few times in the book and everytime I grimaced.
Some of the transitions are rough too. There's one scene that literally shifts from a soft, almost dreamy question from one character.. to the narrator saying "I pull his face to mine and attack his mouth with gusto." There are definitely gaps in emotional understanding.
There's a lot of convenience to move the story along, but there were also a couple of scenes I truly enjoyed. One was a sword fight and another was an intimate evening of sorts. In the end, I'm left feeling conflicted.. but Ever (or Never, as Lara calls him.. to annoy him).. is almost enjoyable enough to almost carry the novel for me.
"This could be the reason I think of nothing else but the constellation of stars on your cheeks, wondering what other galaxies I will find billowing on your skin."
I do think Juno has a lot of potential, sheerly from a creative standpoint.. but much of her writing comes across as lacking maturity. Structurally, she knows how to get from point A to point B. She understands the building blocks of storytelling, but she could use a lot of study in language itself and the psychology of characterizations. Also, there's almost a forced feeling of an attempt at creating taglines within the work.. or built-in quotes, but the most quotable lines were elsewhere.
As I said, I'm conflicted. I didn't hate it and I didn't love it. It was all right. I wouldn't recommend it, but I'd also maybe give another title of hers a try in a few years and see if she's grown.
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04-30: Admittedly, the cover is beautiful.. and fine.. I was weak. lol. Just starting this today and we'll see. Though the writer has a tendency to have characters describe themselves in ways that feel like they should only come from someone viewing them, it's not bad.. and well.. the Prince is attractive.. and seems rather moody..
December 2, 2019
I received this ARC from BookSprout for Honest Review.
I Give this Book a 2.5/5 Star Rating, lists as 2.
HEA(?): Yes
Heat(?): 0/5. No, it’s a ‘behind closed doors’ type.
Romance: 3/5
Suspense: 3/5
Drama: 3.5/5
This was a very slow read for me, it was just hard to picture everything but also the world was a bit confusing as well. There was a lot of things that weren’t needed and felt like fillers. The relationship between the main characters, just felt stagnant with just lots of kissing.
I Give this Book a 2.5/5 Star Rating, lists as 2.
HEA(?): Yes
Heat(?): 0/5. No, it’s a ‘behind closed doors’ type.
Romance: 3/5
Suspense: 3/5
Drama: 3.5/5
This was a very slow read for me, it was just hard to picture everything but also the world was a bit confusing as well. There was a lot of things that weren’t needed and felt like fillers. The relationship between the main characters, just felt stagnant with just lots of kissing.
April 19, 2020
An enjoyable and easily read a little to practicable to what I would usually read I like to be surprised at least in some part of the plot.
November 14, 2019
I was absolutely enthralled by this entertaining YA paranormal romance! The author’s creativity when it comes to the plot and the characters is phenomenal and she does a stellar job with the fantasy world building. The characters are entertaining, likable and well developed and the plot was interesting while moving at a good pace.
Told from a dual POV, we learn that Lara and Ever are not exactly amused with each upon first meeting. In fact, Ever portrays himself as an arrogant, high and mighty prince who suffers from not just a curse, but also a rather impressive superiority complex! Even for all of his broodiness, I found him to be a delightfully endearing hero. His inner mussing over Lara had me in stitches! Lara is my favorite kind of heroine - she is compassionate, clever, brave, and sassy. She is a 19 year-old human girl who is thrown into the Faery world and she refuses to bow down his royal haughtiness - the black blood prince.
It is a slow burn romance as these two move from enemies-to-lovers into something more and I loved witnessing how their relationship evolved. As it is a YA novel, there is some heat between the characters, but it is a relatively clean read. This book was complete with intrigue, action, humor and a creative storyline that kept me engaged from the first to last page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I cannot wait to see what comes next in this series!
I received an early complimentary version of this book.
Told from a dual POV, we learn that Lara and Ever are not exactly amused with each upon first meeting. In fact, Ever portrays himself as an arrogant, high and mighty prince who suffers from not just a curse, but also a rather impressive superiority complex! Even for all of his broodiness, I found him to be a delightfully endearing hero. His inner mussing over Lara had me in stitches! Lara is my favorite kind of heroine - she is compassionate, clever, brave, and sassy. She is a 19 year-old human girl who is thrown into the Faery world and she refuses to bow down his royal haughtiness - the black blood prince.
It is a slow burn romance as these two move from enemies-to-lovers into something more and I loved witnessing how their relationship evolved. As it is a YA novel, there is some heat between the characters, but it is a relatively clean read. This book was complete with intrigue, action, humor and a creative storyline that kept me engaged from the first to last page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I cannot wait to see what comes next in this series!
I received an early complimentary version of this book.
November 11, 2019
The cover sucked me in initially, absolutely loved it.
The story itself was great. Its a story of a sassy waitress being taken to a different land and meets a grumpy Fae called Ever, or Never as she calls him. I wont say to much or it will give it away.
I was an ARC for this book, and I am so glad I got to read and review this book, cant wait for book 2!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The story itself was great. Its a story of a sassy waitress being taken to a different land and meets a grumpy Fae called Ever, or Never as she calls him. I wont say to much or it will give it away.
I was an ARC for this book, and I am so glad I got to read and review this book, cant wait for book 2!!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
April 23, 2023
Should’ve stayed in the drafts. Preteens on Wattpad write better than this.
June 21, 2022
I'm happy to report that the story within these pages matches the gorgeous cover that drew me in upon first glance. Lara is an ideal heroine, stupidly brave and kind-hearted, and Ever presents a delightful transition from ruthless to besotted. The enemies-to-lovers story is seamlessly done, with great pacing and flow. Also, I really liked the animal companions, Jinn and Balor. Highly recommend if you like fae fantasy romance. Looking forward to book 2!
May 9, 2023
2,5/5⭐️ was I entertained? mostly.. would I recommend the book? not really😅
the beginning was fine and I liked their weird interactions, but then the plot became a bit weird and the ending was kinda all over the place… the curse didn’t really make sense sometimes - it was just a bit rushed🙈
I feel like the book had potential and I was excited to know more about the curse, but it just didn’t really hit they way I hoped
possible spoilers ahead (a trope you might not like):
they literally know each other for under 1 month and then she gets preggo… no thank you, that could have waited for the epilogue 5 years later
actual spoiler:
and I still don’t get why the Queen wanted to sell Lara to the Merits after they found out she was his ‘mate’.. it was the Queen who kept insisting for Ever to go look for his queen… was it just because she’s human??🤷♀️
the beginning was fine and I liked their weird interactions, but then the plot became a bit weird and the ending was kinda all over the place… the curse didn’t really make sense sometimes - it was just a bit rushed🙈
I feel like the book had potential and I was excited to know more about the curse, but it just didn’t really hit they way I hoped
possible spoilers ahead (a trope you might not like):
they literally know each other for under 1 month and then she gets preggo… no thank you, that could have waited for the epilogue 5 years later
actual spoiler:
and I still don’t get why the Queen wanted to sell Lara to the Merits after they found out she was his ‘mate’.. it was the Queen who kept insisting for Ever to go look for his queen… was it just because she’s human??🤷♀️
December 25, 2019
This book is enchanted. I was drawn into it and loved the story of the practical, unmagical girl and the fatalistic, doomed prince. Color me well satisfied.
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February 23, 2020“...he sneers with those wicked, kissable lips as he ponders his people’s prophecy.”
Yeah, I couldn’t get past the prologue.
Yeah, I couldn’t get past the prologue.
April 22, 2023
preteens on wattpad write better than this if I’m being honest
January 6, 2022
basically these fae/supernatural romances I’m reading recently are going further down hill. send help, or a decent book, please.
okay, so my issues with this book are as follows:
- the world building? sorry who? I felt like I was thrust into a world I couldn’t picture or understand.
- very bland characters. I wanted more from both lara and ever. lara was every heroine and had nothing special about her and I expected more from ever being a prince. he was a follower and there was nothing in terms of substance.
- the plot was predictable and average. I mean, it literally had my eyes rolling.
the reason this book wasn’t one star is because the writing wasn’t dreadful.
okay, so my issues with this book are as follows:
- the world building? sorry who? I felt like I was thrust into a world I couldn’t picture or understand.
- very bland characters. I wanted more from both lara and ever. lara was every heroine and had nothing special about her and I expected more from ever being a prince. he was a follower and there was nothing in terms of substance.
- the plot was predictable and average. I mean, it literally had my eyes rolling.
the reason this book wasn’t one star is because the writing wasn’t dreadful.
September 26, 2020
BEYOND DISAPPOINTED
I don't even know where to begin with this book. The story never really took off. 66% through this book I still was waiting for the story to begin. The only reason why I finished it is because I wanted to know how it ended. I will say I liked the prince but the character was never fully developed or fleshed out. The heroin started out really wonderful and I anticipated a modern fun funny woman but what I got was a really petty, childish, nasty, b****. Not likable. I will say I finished this book but I have no intention of buying the second one. It was slow, over descriptive, and a little boring.
I don't even know where to begin with this book. The story never really took off. 66% through this book I still was waiting for the story to begin. The only reason why I finished it is because I wanted to know how it ended. I will say I liked the prince but the character was never fully developed or fleshed out. The heroin started out really wonderful and I anticipated a modern fun funny woman but what I got was a really petty, childish, nasty, b****. Not likable. I will say I finished this book but I have no intention of buying the second one. It was slow, over descriptive, and a little boring.
April 17, 2021
Even though this was pretty entertaining and amusing, I'm amazed this stupid woman survived a single moment after she got to Faery.
She basically didn't die immediately because she wasn't supposed to. That's it. She did almost everything wrong and most of it I'm like 'nooo don't do it! Aye you insane?!' and 'whyyyyy?!' And I'm excellent at suspending my disbelief but she was too much!
I wanted to kill her myself. Plus their get-together was sudden considering how combative their relationship was for most of it. Woman was pathetically easy, like she only needed him to waggle his fairy eyebrows at her and she spread 'em wide and confessed her undying love. Pfft.
She basically didn't die immediately because she wasn't supposed to. That's it. She did almost everything wrong and most of it I'm like 'nooo don't do it! Aye you insane?!' and 'whyyyyy?!' And I'm excellent at suspending my disbelief but she was too much!
I wanted to kill her myself. Plus their get-together was sudden considering how combative their relationship was for most of it. Woman was pathetically easy, like she only needed him to waggle his fairy eyebrows at her and she spread 'em wide and confessed her undying love. Pfft.
May 3, 2023
I truly have no words. This book was ghastly to read from beginning to end. There was a plot and there were some characters but there was really nothing tying any of it together. The sequencing and the pacing was terrible. The love story was so shit. It ended so abruptly. I was still trying to work out what the hell was going on as I finished the book.
January 2, 2025
EDIT 1/1/25
“Come to your senses and stop this miserable rain from falling, Ever.”
“I can’t.”
“Try.”
There’s nothing more I hate than wasted potential, except for extremely poorly written female characters. Lara is a normal human who likes to sing, is tricked into a portal to the fae world where Ever, a fae king who’s pledged to kill his prophecy fated mate, finds her. It’s not hard to guess the plot from here. (Hint: all their problems are solved with one paragraph of struggle and they live happily Ever after).
I was really into the beginning, despite how annoying Lara is, because when Ever finds her, he literally thinks she’s a dirty little goblin. The first hundred pages are mildly entertaining, and that’s usually enough to please me.
However, I just can’t, CAN’T, deal with these poorly written female protags ANYMORE. Lara has the personality of a cottonball, and even though everyone around her speaks in serious tones, everything she says is so over the top ridiculous I felt like I was reading AI generated dialogue. Frick? We’re saying the word frick still?
I’ll put it plainly, because it’s been a long year of disappointing fantasy books for me. Some writing feels soulless and for the tropes, and this is one of them. Ever has power over the elements with his mood, but the only substantial thing he does with his air elemental powers is make the bed spin around in a tornado when they are ~intimate~. Lara has magical singing, which she completely forgets/they never even explore until the end of the book. And of COURSE she gets pregnant after ONE attempt even though it’s supposed to be so rare, and let me just give you a taste of the ridiculous sentences I was forced to read that made me really hate this book: “Well, really, we can only hope and pray it’s born a bona fide wizard.”
I could see glimpses of good writing, but I stand by what I said. I’m very sick of weak female characters that only act on impulse so they seem “reckless and stubborn” but really they’re just incredibly stupid. I’m sick of writing that doesn’t have any depth to it. And if I ever find out this was AI written…….🙃 I will lose it.
Happy new year, let’s RAISE OUR STANDARDS FOR FANTASY WRITING IN 2025 PLEASE
Original post: Finishing this at 10:45pm 12/31/24 before New Years out of SPITE for the word count. Strongly worded review coming tomorrow in an edit about how I’m DONE reading marysues in 2025 and how I’m about to shake every fantasy author in existence into WRITING BETTER WOMEN. Happy New Year ♥️
“Come to your senses and stop this miserable rain from falling, Ever.”
“I can’t.”
“Try.”
There’s nothing more I hate than wasted potential, except for extremely poorly written female characters. Lara is a normal human who likes to sing, is tricked into a portal to the fae world where Ever, a fae king who’s pledged to kill his prophecy fated mate, finds her. It’s not hard to guess the plot from here. (Hint: all their problems are solved with one paragraph of struggle and they live happily Ever after).
I was really into the beginning, despite how annoying Lara is, because when Ever finds her, he literally thinks she’s a dirty little goblin. The first hundred pages are mildly entertaining, and that’s usually enough to please me.
However, I just can’t, CAN’T, deal with these poorly written female protags ANYMORE. Lara has the personality of a cottonball, and even though everyone around her speaks in serious tones, everything she says is so over the top ridiculous I felt like I was reading AI generated dialogue. Frick? We’re saying the word frick still?
I’ll put it plainly, because it’s been a long year of disappointing fantasy books for me. Some writing feels soulless and for the tropes, and this is one of them. Ever has power over the elements with his mood, but the only substantial thing he does with his air elemental powers is make the bed spin around in a tornado when they are ~intimate~. Lara has magical singing, which she completely forgets/they never even explore until the end of the book. And of COURSE she gets pregnant after ONE attempt even though it’s supposed to be so rare, and let me just give you a taste of the ridiculous sentences I was forced to read that made me really hate this book: “Well, really, we can only hope and pray it’s born a bona fide wizard.”
I could see glimpses of good writing, but I stand by what I said. I’m very sick of weak female characters that only act on impulse so they seem “reckless and stubborn” but really they’re just incredibly stupid. I’m sick of writing that doesn’t have any depth to it. And if I ever find out this was AI written…….🙃 I will lose it.
Happy new year, let’s RAISE OUR STANDARDS FOR FANTASY WRITING IN 2025 PLEASE
Original post: Finishing this at 10:45pm 12/31/24 before New Years out of SPITE for the word count. Strongly worded review coming tomorrow in an edit about how I’m DONE reading marysues in 2025 and how I’m about to shake every fantasy author in existence into WRITING BETTER WOMEN. Happy New Year ♥️
July 10, 2022
This book had a ton of potential but generally fell flat.
One of my least favorite things in books is when the FMC acts like a damsel. There was a ton of opportunity to make her more interesting and formidable but the author didn't. She just sings, cool... "music is magic here." Problem solved. Blech. Also, the romance was good until it faded to black. And the storyline with her mother was so basic. It could've been so much better. Also, all the "never" "ever" "forever" word plays were super annoying. The ending is stupid. It basically negates all the main issues that plauge the characters with one basic solve. It's so dumb.
The audio performance was good though. The male voice actor was super good. The female was decent but I think the guy did a really good job.
One of my least favorite things in books is when the FMC acts like a damsel. There was a ton of opportunity to make her more interesting and formidable but the author didn't. She just sings, cool... "music is magic here." Problem solved. Blech. Also, the romance was good until it faded to black. And the storyline with her mother was so basic. It could've been so much better. Also, all the "never" "ever" "forever" word plays were super annoying. The ending is stupid. It basically negates all the main issues that plauge the characters with one basic solve. It's so dumb.
The audio performance was good though. The male voice actor was super good. The female was decent but I think the guy did a really good job.
May 5, 2020
4.5⭐
This was an unsuspecting gem of a book. I was drawn in from the prologue with the beautiful writing and interesting plot. I loved the characters and world that Heart created. I can't wait to read more of the series. The book was fast paced and I was completely sucked into the world of fae. My only discrepancy was that though there are some steamy scenes it's not an adult book like I thought it'd be but this may be on me assumingit was NA. I was also hoping for the series to solely be based on Lana and Ever. Instead it's going to transfer to his brother which Im sure will be wonderful but I think the curse staying with Ever and Lana breaking it would have been better.
This was an unsuspecting gem of a book. I was drawn in from the prologue with the beautiful writing and interesting plot. I loved the characters and world that Heart created. I can't wait to read more of the series. The book was fast paced and I was completely sucked into the world of fae. My only discrepancy was that though there are some steamy scenes it's not an adult book like I thought it'd be but this may be on me assumingit was NA. I was also hoping for the series to solely be based on Lana and Ever. Instead it's going to transfer to his brother which Im sure will be wonderful but I think the curse staying with Ever and Lana breaking it would have been better.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 25, 2023
The ending honestly came out of nowhere with how much I was enjoying the characters and the story, then resolved just as abruptly. Everyone was always promising the main character Lara they would fill her in eventually but never do and I think that Juno Heart has done the same with me.
September 11, 2022
It was ok. Nothing to see here move along 👀
October 9, 2022
this was just kinda boring lol. i ended up just skimming several bits bc they weren't that valuable to the story.
March 14, 2023
DNFing 54% in
May return to it at some point idk
May return to it at some point idk
May 12, 2020
Delightful
Delightful and unique story of Fae, mortals and other creatures. Good characters, story flows and some romance.
Felt the ending went abruptly so a little confused but still worth reading.
Delightful and unique story of Fae, mortals and other creatures. Good characters, story flows and some romance.
Felt the ending went abruptly so a little confused but still worth reading.
May 1, 2025
refreshing
I definitely enjoyed this story! It was a nice palate cleanser and helped pull me out of my reading slump!
I definitely enjoyed this story! It was a nice palate cleanser and helped pull me out of my reading slump!
May 10, 2023
This was very YA fantasy… This whole book is more like an intro for the second one and there is not much happening…
December 18, 2019
Prince Ever has waited for his queen so he could kill her because of the curse his family was under. Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined his queen would turn out to be a puny human. This wasp looking Lara has turned up his land infuriating yet intriguing him beyond all measure. He could never love it? Lara has ended up in the land of faerie with an obnoxious and infuriating prince. Yet she can’t possibly love him? Great story
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 15, 2019
uuuuh I loved this. I bought it on sale on amazon on a whim, even though there were so few reviews and boy - what a steal!
I am a sucker for fairy tales and for hate-to-love trope.. so this book was basically written for me as a reader-type.
Not fully sure about a couple of smaller things, but maybe I just devoured the book so fast that I missed some small connection, like why she didn't end up under the tree as prophesied.
I am a sucker for fairy tales and for hate-to-love trope.. so this book was basically written for me as a reader-type.
Not fully sure about a couple of smaller things, but maybe I just devoured the book so fast that I missed some small connection, like why she didn't end up under the tree as prophesied.
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