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Prison Fae: Supernatural Penitentiary
Abducted by a cruel Fae. Condemned to fight, or die.
All college student Noelle Fidelis wants is a chance to be normal. To blend in at a party, without the crippling social anxieties that come from a history of abuse and insecurity. Instead, a chance encounter with a dark-alley creep turns into a terrifying prison sentence, after she's abducted by a royal Fae and condemned to fight against other supernatural inmates in a battle for survival. Her only allies are a chained psycho with a southern drawl and a fairy knight that wants nothing to do with her.
Against all odds, she escapes prison with the aide of a mysterious librarian - but freedom is short-lived, when her ruthless abductor hunts her down and demands a sacrifice she's unwilling to bear. In the end, Noelle faces her worst fears in a violent confrontation that unravels her sense of self, becoming the very thing she's sworn to destroy.
Prison Fae is book one in a thrilling supernatural new-adult coming of age adventure, based on fairy folklore and filled with violent carnage, poignant characters and royal intrigue. For fans of Sarah J. Mass, Holly Black and Julie Kagawa who enjoy dark fantasy.
All college student Noelle Fidelis wants is a chance to be normal. To blend in at a party, without the crippling social anxieties that come from a history of abuse and insecurity. Instead, a chance encounter with a dark-alley creep turns into a terrifying prison sentence, after she's abducted by a royal Fae and condemned to fight against other supernatural inmates in a battle for survival. Her only allies are a chained psycho with a southern drawl and a fairy knight that wants nothing to do with her.
Against all odds, she escapes prison with the aide of a mysterious librarian - but freedom is short-lived, when her ruthless abductor hunts her down and demands a sacrifice she's unwilling to bear. In the end, Noelle faces her worst fears in a violent confrontation that unravels her sense of self, becoming the very thing she's sworn to destroy.
Prison Fae is book one in a thrilling supernatural new-adult coming of age adventure, based on fairy folklore and filled with violent carnage, poignant characters and royal intrigue. For fans of Sarah J. Mass, Holly Black and Julie Kagawa who enjoy dark fantasy.
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Published June 5, 2024
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May 14, 2021
I can't
I give up. It's very very slow and after she's taken to prison nothing makes sense and I couldn't get into the story at all.
I give up. It's very very slow and after she's taken to prison nothing makes sense and I couldn't get into the story at all.
May 9, 2025
Interesting premise for a story about Fae that I hadn’t read before so that definitely intrigued me to listen to this book. I was curious enough to continue and although I felt that nothing much really happened and at times I found myself rolling my eyes at the main character, the ending made up for it and has driven the story on, where I believe book 2 will hold all the political Fae intrigue and plot.
June 30, 2025
Audiobook - YouTube
Narrated by
Annalee Scott
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining, but also very predictable.
The world reminded me of a Disney/ Pixar/or Whatever movie I've seen.
Cute, same, but also different.
Narrated by
Annalee Scott
⭐️⭐️⭐️
Entertaining, but also very predictable.
The world reminded me of a Disney/ Pixar/or Whatever movie I've seen.
Cute, same, but also different.
April 1, 2021
This one was hard to rate. On the one hand the story was good, the concept was good, the ending was good. On the other hand it was the slowest story, predictable, and kinda boring. The problem i ran into is that I actually liked it. The book was well written and interesting but I didn't like the main character at all.
I think that's why it went slow for me. Noelle sucks and I don't like or feel sympathy for her, but the actual concept is interesting and the end of the book was full of action and excitement.
I had issue with Noelle because I felt she was a bit dumb and I felt like the author was trying to shove her niceness and vulnerability down my throat before she was imprisoned so her selfishness in prison wasn't so bad. In reality I felt like the entire beginning was unnecessarily long and the prison version of Noelle was Noelle all along and that's ok. So what if she was selfish? she was in jail and about to die.
I also hated how much she always mentioned the fact that she was using her prison friends for her own means. If they know you're using them and they let you use them, then you're not really using them. Also they're not your friends, they're your prison buddies. There's more but I don't want to spoil too much.
Idk she just rubbed me the wrong way.
But the concept was so interesting. Royal fae being petty over stupid stuff and imprisoning everyone they disliked for no reason whatsoever just to watch them kill each other for entertainment? Definitely par for the course with fae lore for sure. Tiny prison with bug steeds? awesome. The kidnapping of human children for labor? Believable.
As I said, basically great except I hated Noelle, her role at the end was entirely predictable and the foreshadowing was not very shadowed if you catch my drift. Would I read it again? No. Would I recomend it? No. Would I talk about it because it's interesting? Yes.
Make of that what you will because I honestly don't know what to make of it myself.
I think that's why it went slow for me. Noelle sucks and I don't like or feel sympathy for her, but the actual concept is interesting and the end of the book was full of action and excitement.
I had issue with Noelle because I felt she was a bit dumb and I felt like the author was trying to shove her niceness and vulnerability down my throat before she was imprisoned so her selfishness in prison wasn't so bad. In reality I felt like the entire beginning was unnecessarily long and the prison version of Noelle was Noelle all along and that's ok. So what if she was selfish? she was in jail and about to die.
I also hated how much she always mentioned the fact that she was using her prison friends for her own means. If they know you're using them and they let you use them, then you're not really using them. Also they're not your friends, they're your prison buddies. There's more but I don't want to spoil too much.
Idk she just rubbed me the wrong way.
But the concept was so interesting. Royal fae being petty over stupid stuff and imprisoning everyone they disliked for no reason whatsoever just to watch them kill each other for entertainment? Definitely par for the course with fae lore for sure. Tiny prison with bug steeds? awesome. The kidnapping of human children for labor? Believable.
As I said, basically great except I hated Noelle, her role at the end was entirely predictable and the foreshadowing was not very shadowed if you catch my drift. Would I read it again? No. Would I recomend it? No. Would I talk about it because it's interesting? Yes.
Make of that what you will because I honestly don't know what to make of it myself.
September 11, 2023
I would have been fine just staying in the real world following Noelle's life as she learns to stand on her own, ditch her abusive mother, and get into a healthy relationship with Alejo (by the way, you can tell the authors are american when they try to be inclusive and add a latino character but don't know that Alejo is short for Alejandro), but no, instead, we got yet another insispid, nonsensical and cringe inducing urban fantasy YA, that sets to assasinate Noelle's character almost as soon as it's stablished.
What I found most irritating about her is how all she has to do to overcome her odds is to think of something and it comes to her. For example, she decides she needs allies and on the next page someone starts talking to her and offers to help her. She doesn't need to go look for someone, they find her. She needs a weapon and next scene a convenient prison fight breaks out and she is able to easily get ahold of said weapon (it literally lands on her feet) It's always like that. Everything is so convenient, it's almost as if the moment she makes a decision, the stars align and whatever she needs falls on her lap with no real effort.
The authors seem to think that just because she experiences physical pain sometimes that equals to her struggling to survive, but her struggles are unrelated to the quest. What does having a skin rash have to do with her plan to escape? Nothing. They just didn't know how to keep her sympathetic so they kept getting her hurt for no real reason.
I also think that the authors spent a long time revising the first half of the book, but rushed the second half to get it over with. You can tell by the increasing amount of typos, continuity errors, and the increasing amount of coincidences they had to shoehorn in to advance the plot.
It really does feel like two people wrote this story and they couldn't commit to one vision. Noelle changes personality from one paragraph to the next depending on who was writing at the time. Like one author wanted Noelle to always be helpless and insecure, and the other one wanted her to be a badass girl boss who don't take no shit from no one.
The ending is so absurd, you can guess it from a mile away. As a matter of fact, the book cover (at least the version I have) SPOILED THE WHOLE ENDING! I have no shame in admitting I skipped the whole battle royal sequence and read only the last three pages, and still was left unsatisfied. The authors thought it was so clever to end the book in a cliffhanger, yet they still were dumb enough to type THE END after the cliffhanger, and then add a note to tell you that, in fact, it hasn’t ended, and the sequel will be written based on feedback. Top professionalism, am I right?
Anyways, 2 stars for the few good sentences scattered here and there and for the intro chapters which were actually very good, minus 3 stars for the nonsensical fantasy YA portion.
What I found most irritating about her is how all she has to do to overcome her odds is to think of something and it comes to her. For example, she decides she needs allies and on the next page someone starts talking to her and offers to help her. She doesn't need to go look for someone, they find her. She needs a weapon and next scene a convenient prison fight breaks out and she is able to easily get ahold of said weapon (it literally lands on her feet) It's always like that. Everything is so convenient, it's almost as if the moment she makes a decision, the stars align and whatever she needs falls on her lap with no real effort.
The authors seem to think that just because she experiences physical pain sometimes that equals to her struggling to survive, but her struggles are unrelated to the quest. What does having a skin rash have to do with her plan to escape? Nothing. They just didn't know how to keep her sympathetic so they kept getting her hurt for no real reason.
I also think that the authors spent a long time revising the first half of the book, but rushed the second half to get it over with. You can tell by the increasing amount of typos, continuity errors, and the increasing amount of coincidences they had to shoehorn in to advance the plot.
It really does feel like two people wrote this story and they couldn't commit to one vision. Noelle changes personality from one paragraph to the next depending on who was writing at the time. Like one author wanted Noelle to always be helpless and insecure, and the other one wanted her to be a badass girl boss who don't take no shit from no one.
The ending is so absurd, you can guess it from a mile away. As a matter of fact, the book cover (at least the version I have) SPOILED THE WHOLE ENDING! I have no shame in admitting I skipped the whole battle royal sequence and read only the last three pages, and still was left unsatisfied. The authors thought it was so clever to end the book in a cliffhanger, yet they still were dumb enough to type THE END after the cliffhanger, and then add a note to tell you that, in fact, it hasn’t ended, and the sequel will be written based on feedback. Top professionalism, am I right?
Anyways, 2 stars for the few good sentences scattered here and there and for the intro chapters which were actually very good, minus 3 stars for the nonsensical fantasy YA portion.
June 25, 2025
The biggest thing I found bad about this book ( other than the widely discussed Noelle’s annoying character) is that I felt that this book was written about the entirely wrong person.
Noelle was fine. She had her good moments, and her bad. But who was much more interesting? Ember.
Can you picture it? A fae knight, imprisoned wrongly by her lovers mother, completely breaks away from the YA stereotypical useless and naive teenage FMC. The story from her perspective would have been much more engaging and fun. The world could stay the same, even the majority of the plot and characters could as well, but the strength and complexities of her relationships with other characters and the fae in general would be so much more intricate than Noelle’s are. Because Noelle is thrust into an entirely new world, and is suddenly the most important person in the prison, which doesn’t make sense. She flip flops between being really quite strong and quite useless. Ember is literally a knight, it would make sense for her to be an instigator much more than she is within the events of the book.
I also had another problem, which is kind of a plot hole. The ending battle, with the bug bating, only uses 6 people from each cell block. What happens to the rest of them? Do they just die? I was honestly expecting a lot of chaos in the ending scene as everyone in the prison would fight each other to the death and was looking forward to it, so the final battle to me seemed anticlimactic.
Also, what was that ending? It did not make sense with the rest of the story.
Overall through, I did enjoy this at least a little. I loved Ember ( as you could probably tell) and wished that she had more to do. I liked Jackson too, and liked his complex morals and relationship with the fae.
Noelle was fine. She had her good moments, and her bad. But who was much more interesting? Ember.
Can you picture it? A fae knight, imprisoned wrongly by her lovers mother, completely breaks away from the YA stereotypical useless and naive teenage FMC. The story from her perspective would have been much more engaging and fun. The world could stay the same, even the majority of the plot and characters could as well, but the strength and complexities of her relationships with other characters and the fae in general would be so much more intricate than Noelle’s are. Because Noelle is thrust into an entirely new world, and is suddenly the most important person in the prison, which doesn’t make sense. She flip flops between being really quite strong and quite useless. Ember is literally a knight, it would make sense for her to be an instigator much more than she is within the events of the book.
I also had another problem, which is kind of a plot hole. The ending battle, with the bug bating, only uses 6 people from each cell block. What happens to the rest of them? Do they just die? I was honestly expecting a lot of chaos in the ending scene as everyone in the prison would fight each other to the death and was looking forward to it, so the final battle to me seemed anticlimactic.
Also, what was that ending? It did not make sense with the rest of the story.
Overall through, I did enjoy this at least a little. I loved Ember ( as you could probably tell) and wished that she had more to do. I liked Jackson too, and liked his complex morals and relationship with the fae.
March 12, 2021
A fae on human thunder dome!!
Phew!!! My heart is still racing after just finishing this introduction to the series. Filled with soooooo much action that your head will spin!!! Noelle is loving the life of a nineteen year old going to college, working her butt off, and being the main breadwinner of the household. She's never known who her father is, and is torn between living her own life and living it to support her mother. In one evening her world tips on its axis upon a waking in some bizarre prison where things just don't make sense! How did she end up here, where and what is this place, and who are these strange people? Welcome to the cruel world of the fae prison where fae regularly throw people who have displeased them for any reason big, small or made up. Noelle may be a mere human, but her will, compassion, and desire to escape are MIGHTY!! Can she figure out how/why she ended up here? Will she make it back to those she loves? Watch as she learns some lessons and makes a few allies....expect some major twists and turns along the way of this exciting read!!! Prepare yourself, this cliffhanger ending will leave you longing for book two!!!! I cannot wait to see what's to come!!!! Kudos to our brilliant authors for sharing this adrenaline filled gem with us!!
Phew!!! My heart is still racing after just finishing this introduction to the series. Filled with soooooo much action that your head will spin!!! Noelle is loving the life of a nineteen year old going to college, working her butt off, and being the main breadwinner of the household. She's never known who her father is, and is torn between living her own life and living it to support her mother. In one evening her world tips on its axis upon a waking in some bizarre prison where things just don't make sense! How did she end up here, where and what is this place, and who are these strange people? Welcome to the cruel world of the fae prison where fae regularly throw people who have displeased them for any reason big, small or made up. Noelle may be a mere human, but her will, compassion, and desire to escape are MIGHTY!! Can she figure out how/why she ended up here? Will she make it back to those she loves? Watch as she learns some lessons and makes a few allies....expect some major twists and turns along the way of this exciting read!!! Prepare yourself, this cliffhanger ending will leave you longing for book two!!!! I cannot wait to see what's to come!!!! Kudos to our brilliant authors for sharing this adrenaline filled gem with us!!
March 14, 2021
I love the idea behind this book, that of a fae penitentiary, however I feel that this book could have done with a bit more depth to it. The story could have been more detailed as both the capture of Noelle, by the so full of himself fae Prince as well as the escape from prison were to my mind cut too abrupt. I like the stamina of our heroine, who though definitely not a warrior just does not give up on her dream of breaking free and does not hesitate in sticking up for her friend Ember even at the cost of alienating Jackson her one human ally in the prison. The fact that the three who broke out from such a horrible place take the risk to return knowing that at the end games they would probably all lose their lives is beyond incredible. The fae are self-entitled and capricious and very mean and the Prince really had no cause to imprison Noelle which is another thing that irked me, I am sure a more valid reason than bumping into each other at night could have been used. I like the surprise ending which of course gives rise to high expectations for the next book in the series. But I do hope more detail and depth will go into the writing of book 2 as this series has a lot of scope to it and I would love to see this fully exploited.
March 10, 2025
Pretty entertaining book! I really loved the mystery theme at the beginning while Noelle is trying to figure out where she is & details about the prison. Obviously, it wore off towards the middle/end of the book, but was still super enjoyable while it lasted.
The fight scenes were well written and had really good energy to them. The romance was not my favourite though. I feel like Noelle had far more chemistry with Ashley or Ember, than with Jackson. But the book definitely leaned more towards Jackson in the end. And don’t get me started on “Frosty Boy”… He was literally subjecting Noelle to torture and horrific circumstances, not to mention a complete creep. Yet, from the way Noelle describes his looks, it seems like the author is slowly setting up for a romance?! Thankfully there wasn’t anything of it in this book, but I believe from other reviews it’s built upon in the sequel, which is really holding me back from picking it up.
The fight scenes were well written and had really good energy to them. The romance was not my favourite though. I feel like Noelle had far more chemistry with Ashley or Ember, than with Jackson. But the book definitely leaned more towards Jackson in the end. And don’t get me started on “Frosty Boy”… He was literally subjecting Noelle to torture and horrific circumstances, not to mention a complete creep. Yet, from the way Noelle describes his looks, it seems like the author is slowly setting up for a romance?! Thankfully there wasn’t anything of it in this book, but I believe from other reviews it’s built upon in the sequel, which is really holding me back from picking it up.
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March 29, 2021
This isn't my favorite by Drake Mason but I still liked it a lot. And I'll certainly read the next in this series. And of course it was getting very good just as it ended. I almost think I need to wait until they're all out before I read them because I get so frustrated I can't continue. I can't wait to find out what's up with her. I won't spoil it for you. Just read it. If you like short Fae series, you'll likely like this one too. I like all he's written. Some much more than others, but I've enjoyed them all. This certainly isn't my least favorite, just not my most favorite. But who knows how I'll feel when it ends. They tend to get better as they go.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
March 5, 2025
I looooved those battle scenes. It was a slow paced book. No romance involved and barely anything happened 50% of the book. I did almost DNF it but I stuck it out hoping for that epic battle at the end and it made up for the parts that seemed to have dragged. I think that the FMC development is super quick considering everything. She’s a human that can somehow take down over a dozen men in her escape. It didn’t seem realistic and needed that gradual development.
I loved the world, the idea more unique compared to other fae books. The twist at the end was fun! Like I had theories but I didn’t think it went as far as that. Overall I had a good time and can’t wait to move on to book 2.
I loved the world, the idea more unique compared to other fae books. The twist at the end was fun! Like I had theories but I didn’t think it went as far as that. Overall I had a good time and can’t wait to move on to book 2.
March 18, 2021
I loved this book. What an absolutely marvellous start to a new series. Noelle awakes one morning to find herself in a Fae prison, with no idea where she was and why she was there. It turns out that the rude man she accidentally bumped into the night before, was a Fae and he had abducted her in her sleep and imprisoned her in a Fae prison. She made friends - she made enemies, but most of all she wanted to make her way out of there.
December 29, 2021
Ends too fast :)
Tons of action with a twisty ending you never saw coming, slight cliffhanger but we got the next part...
The story starts a bit like every other prison fae book outthere but it's actually compelling and immersive.
I kind of wish she/they!? would have taken to the details that are only briefly mentioned and made this a doubly good and well written book with lots of body.
Tons of action with a twisty ending you never saw coming, slight cliffhanger but we got the next part...
The story starts a bit like every other prison fae book outthere but it's actually compelling and immersive.
I kind of wish she/they!? would have taken to the details that are only briefly mentioned and made this a doubly good and well written book with lots of body.
March 16, 2021
What a great book. Now I need to know what is going to happen to Noelle. Is she a lost princess... Is Luna her grandmother or maybe fairy godmother... Was her dad an exhiled prince or king?
My imagination was triggered with all the possibilities.
I hope the next book will be out soon so that I can find new possibilities in all the intriguing scenarios
My imagination was triggered with all the possibilities.
I hope the next book will be out soon so that I can find new possibilities in all the intriguing scenarios
June 2, 2022
Prison Fae: Supernatural Penitentiary is the first book in this series.
First, I really liked the storyline, the authors fae world and characters! I did struggle a bit tho, it moved along a bit slow for me. The audio narration was well done and overall I enjoyed the book. Looking forward to the next one.
First, I really liked the storyline, the authors fae world and characters! I did struggle a bit tho, it moved along a bit slow for me. The audio narration was well done and overall I enjoyed the book. Looking forward to the next one.
April 29, 2025
I actually really like this book. Yes we are thrown into a completely different world where no one knows what’s going on. But honestly I loved it, the intrigue and storyline is nice. This is a slower book with lots of build up and that’s okay, I enjoyed the pace. I greatly enjoyed this book and I’m already starting the next one 🥰
May 24, 2021
Great story
This was one of the best stories I’ve read, ever! It’s prime fantasy, dark, exciting, and impossible to put down. If you’re looking for something to read that will capture your imagination then this is the one for you.
This was one of the best stories I’ve read, ever! It’s prime fantasy, dark, exciting, and impossible to put down. If you’re looking for something to read that will capture your imagination then this is the one for you.
February 23, 2024
Excellent book!!
I read a lot of fantasy books my favorite are fairy ones. I liked this one because the author found a different twist and I couldn't put it down! On to the next in the series! Highly recommend!
I read a lot of fantasy books my favorite are fairy ones. I liked this one because the author found a different twist and I couldn't put it down! On to the next in the series! Highly recommend!
June 20, 2024
Was not expecting that twist at the end? I mean I was in the sense of the vibe but not the… extent? Beautiful. Also was told this was slow burn romance. It is so slow burn the romance has not even occurred yet 🫶🏻 also beautiful
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July 11, 2024Good.
Very slow start. I really wanted to quit reading. I am one of those who must finish a book despite not liking it. Thankfully this book got much better about the midpoint. Excellent ending cliffhanger!!!
Very slow start. I really wanted to quit reading. I am one of those who must finish a book despite not liking it. Thankfully this book got much better about the midpoint. Excellent ending cliffhanger!!!
August 4, 2024
Never before have I DNFd a book so quickly. There is a typo within the first few lines, the writing is poor and it’s as though the authors threw in every cliche going. I can already detect hints that our heroine is nOt LikE oThEr GirLs.
Pass!!!
Pass!!!
August 6, 2024
This was pretty decent read, it was something a little different and the ending pushed it up a star for me. It was full of action and I really liked the idea of them being shrunk down in size from human form. A fantasy with a sinister side.
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March 21, 2021Great story! So many twists and turns. Hope the next book comes out soon
March 25, 2021
Prison Fae is well written, engaging and full of action. My favorite part is the world building. I'm definitely interested in seeing where this series goes.
April 23, 2021
Loved it. The world building is compelling. I couldn't put it down.
June 8, 2024
Wow
I am still trying to figure it out. I couldn't put it down and now I am going to read it again
I am still trying to figure it out. I couldn't put it down and now I am going to read it again
June 10, 2024
Really enjoyed reading this well written book. Looking forward to the continuation of this story.
July 13, 2024
Ooooo suck a great story. Loved all the twists and turns. But the cliffhanger?? What is she?
August 18, 2024
love lovelove! this book was full of action with a surprise at the end! great read!
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December 2, 2024A fun little audiobook to pass the time. Had T Kingfisher vibes.
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