A Fiancee to an unknown

by R.Author

After a swim at Pidera Lake, Lyra's life took an unexpected and terrifying turn. What began as a simple escape from her overprotective mother quickly spiraled into something far more dangerous. She found herself trapped in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by people who claimed to be vampires. At the center of it all was Adrian, a mysterious and dangerously captivating vampire who now held her life in his hands. Under his mercy, Lyra's reality became a confusing blur of fear and uncertainty as she fought to survive in this dark, hidden world she never knew existed. Yet, amidst the chaos and danger, an unexpected complication arose—her growing feelings for Adrian. Torn between fear and attraction, Lyra’s struggle to escape became more complex as she found herself caught up in emotions she couldn’t control, all while navigating the treacherous world of vampires

Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2025

Reviews

[Annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished reading my ARC copy of 'A fiancee to a unknown' written by Rita Ema.

"A wish. A trade. A bargain with something beyond understanding."

I normally dont find it hard to write a review, cause well.. you love a book, or you don't.
I have to admit that I had trouble writing this review, because I am a bit torn. So I'm giving my best effort.

The first chapter was good, some parts were even poetic. So I started this book thinking it was promising and in a way it was. The background story is really promising and I would even say quite unique. This made me enjoy the overall, because I wanted to learn the story and know how it ends. This is also what made me 'dislike' parts.
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This story is about fated mates, not only the main characters, but also side characters. The love story of the main characters is built okay, but some of the side characters see someone and thats it. They are in love. There is no building up. Also there is almost no wordbuilding or descriptions. Everything is a dialogue and the characters are 'described' by images. Which is not bad, but this means that I misses ambiance.
Also it seems like its not edited. Sentences are double, there are grammer mistakes and the sentences are not always smooth.

"My love was lost. And maybe, just maybe, so was I."

My trouble for this review is between everything that was 'wrong' in the story and the potential it has. I really didn't dislike reading this story and I enjoyed parts, even with the mentioned points. This in combination with me finding the background story appealing makes me give this book three stars.

[Alexandra Rod · Rating 1 out of 5]

ARC review

I’m going to start by saying that I really wanted to like this and this story has SO much potential. The world building and explanation of each characters’ powers is severely lacking though.

Instead of getting to experience the story, we’re being told it if that makes sense? We’re not shown how the characters fall in love, we are just told that they are. It’s very insta-lovey; literally all the characters and their respective mates end up telling each other they’re in love after one or two encounters together.
Also, why was the FMC crying every other page? And what was up with everyone constantly groaning?

This book seriously needs a good editor. I would have given this 2, possibly 2.5 stars if the grammar and writing style weren’t so terrible. The writing is super choppy and the dialogue felt so awkward. It felt like we were missing so much information too.

There was too much switching of POV’s. Sometimes we would be told who’s POV we were reading but other times we would be on 1st person POV and then randomly it would be in 3rd person for a few paragraphs and then switch back to 1st.
I honestly only finished this book because it was an ARC and I didn’t want to unfairly review it but I wish I had DNF.

[Avery Walker · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got this as an ARC. The plot is everywhere, the writing is horrible, and it's like it was never proofread. There's random bits of RANDOM plot thrown around and you have no idea how you even got to certain plot points because it's randomly introduced. There's like 5 different plots going on at once. ALSO there are random AI images throughout the story??? I also hate how whenever it changed POV it says it in a small header before the paragraph (just put it as a new chapter and put whose POV it is under the chapter?) In fact, sometimes the POV just randomly changed after a break with nothing signaling it was changing, which was weird.

[iesha Bright · Rating 3 out of 5]

so i dont know how to start. i liked the book overall. it had some really good aspects to it. the fated mates drew me in but then you started getting the side characters who looked at someone and bam they were in love. i normally like a build up to it. i know insta love is instant but it still gets some building. the story is good but it lacks the world building. its described but not in a way that you would see in most books. this book had me torn because this has the potential to be great it just fell short slightly.

[Jordan Pickering · Rating 2 out of 5]

ARC review-
I’ve seen a few reviews stating that it’s like you’re being told the story instead of experiencing it and I couldn’t agree more. I felt like it wasn’t structured, the POV was all over the place, and just awkward. There were moments that I did enjoy the story line but only a few.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this, not the typical vampire romance novel I used to read, very addictive 😳

[Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

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