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The Clash of Prophecies #1
Heir of Prophecy: A Romantasy Novel of a Girl Caught Between Two Prophecies Two Worlds and One Alluring Vision
The first thrilling novel in a new adult romantasy duology following a young woman who finds herself the Chosen One to two conflicting prophecies—from the author of Lore of the Wilds.
Magic has always been something at the periphery of Audra’s life. As a human, she knows that magic exists, but it is something that is beyond the mist. Until one day the mist comes to shore, bringing with it the all too real Fae and upending Audra’s life entirely.
She is kidnapped from her home and taken to a school to be trained as a soldier by the Priestesses, Fae beings who are an ominous presence with a cult-like mentality. Audra must band together with a group of other prisoners to survive their new world filled with guilds, magic, and danger. The Priestesses are searching for the mythical Heir of Prophecy who will save them from an eternal winter. They know the Heir is among the student prisoners at the school and are getting more and more desperate to flush out him or her.
What Audra needs to know is what exactly it means to be the Heir... because she’s pretty sure it’s her. Her magic is wonky in exactly the way it was foretold. As she tries to hide her true nature, something strange keeps happening. A vision, a very hot and very underwordly vision comes to her. And what he has to say will put her life in even more danger and force her to make a decision that puts the fate of the entire world at risk.
Magic has always been something at the periphery of Audra’s life. As a human, she knows that magic exists, but it is something that is beyond the mist. Until one day the mist comes to shore, bringing with it the all too real Fae and upending Audra’s life entirely.
She is kidnapped from her home and taken to a school to be trained as a soldier by the Priestesses, Fae beings who are an ominous presence with a cult-like mentality. Audra must band together with a group of other prisoners to survive their new world filled with guilds, magic, and danger. The Priestesses are searching for the mythical Heir of Prophecy who will save them from an eternal winter. They know the Heir is among the student prisoners at the school and are getting more and more desperate to flush out him or her.
What Audra needs to know is what exactly it means to be the Heir... because she’s pretty sure it’s her. Her magic is wonky in exactly the way it was foretold. As she tries to hide her true nature, something strange keeps happening. A vision, a very hot and very underwordly vision comes to her. And what he has to say will put her life in even more danger and force her to make a decision that puts the fate of the entire world at risk.
448 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 25, 2026
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August 31, 2026
POV: You get kidnapped by culty Fae Priestesses, conscripted into magical war school, find out you've got magic powers, discover you might be the prophesied Heir and start having visions of a dark seductive Prince of the Underworld.
Let’s be real, Heir of Prophecy grabbed my attention because it has a demon shadow daddy with a grill who can taste emotions and I knew no matter what I’d be tickled reading this. Some things I am very easy to please with and mysterious shadow daddies are but one of those things, what can I say.
But then I soon found out how anti-colonial and anti-capitalist and anti-monarchy it was. Not to mention the gothic tones with really frikkin sinister trees and ominous castles. Was this book written specifically for me?
Not only did this entertain me, but Heir of Prophecy did something I haven’t seen done much in fae-centred fantasy romance: depicting the fae as monstrous colonisers and oppressors. I was also particularly struck by the analogies around magic and its parallels to wealth and capitalism and corrupt billionaires, in the fae realm. The social commentary and symbolism is woven into the world with a deft hand and very meaningfully, without hindering the flow of the story and that's what pushed this into five star territory for me.
Now, I do think this will come down to subjective preferences and what you personally want from your romantasy: I experienced Heir of Prophecy more as a dark academia fantasy with a romance subplot that really starts to take shape in the latter half. From the inciting incident at the beginning, I felt like the author was really taking the time to beautifully and intricately build up this cold, grand, crumbling, gothic-toned fantasy realm, particularly in the first half, with classroom scenes, lore, magical lessons and all the ominous-castle-with-its-dark-secrets worldbuilding goodness, before bringing in a splash of deadly trials to up the action in the second half. And I LOVED that. Inject that lore and unique magic system into me baby.
Not to mention the found family!
For the romance-led readers, that romance subplot will get going for you in the latter half, so you’ll have to be patient. (And yes, there is a spicy scene: 🌶 Chapter 50 I think?) I do think the sequel potentially could level up the romance to fantasy ratio, let’s see.
Either way, gimme more Audra and Zhaire, because while that ending was incredibly, incredibly satisfying and cathartic, the door has been kicked open wide for new… circumstances… in book two, and I’m seated.
Thanks so much to HarperCollins UK and Netgalley for the ARC.
Let’s be real, Heir of Prophecy grabbed my attention because it has a demon shadow daddy with a grill who can taste emotions and I knew no matter what I’d be tickled reading this. Some things I am very easy to please with and mysterious shadow daddies are but one of those things, what can I say.
But then I soon found out how anti-colonial and anti-capitalist and anti-monarchy it was. Not to mention the gothic tones with really frikkin sinister trees and ominous castles. Was this book written specifically for me?
Not only did this entertain me, but Heir of Prophecy did something I haven’t seen done much in fae-centred fantasy romance: depicting the fae as monstrous colonisers and oppressors. I was also particularly struck by the analogies around magic and its parallels to wealth and capitalism and corrupt billionaires, in the fae realm. The social commentary and symbolism is woven into the world with a deft hand and very meaningfully, without hindering the flow of the story and that's what pushed this into five star territory for me.
Now, I do think this will come down to subjective preferences and what you personally want from your romantasy: I experienced Heir of Prophecy more as a dark academia fantasy with a romance subplot that really starts to take shape in the latter half. From the inciting incident at the beginning, I felt like the author was really taking the time to beautifully and intricately build up this cold, grand, crumbling, gothic-toned fantasy realm, particularly in the first half, with classroom scenes, lore, magical lessons and all the ominous-castle-with-its-dark-secrets worldbuilding goodness, before bringing in a splash of deadly trials to up the action in the second half. And I LOVED that. Inject that lore and unique magic system into me baby.
Not to mention the found family!
For the romance-led readers, that romance subplot will get going for you in the latter half, so you’ll have to be patient. (And yes, there is a spicy scene: 🌶 Chapter 50 I think?) I do think the sequel potentially could level up the romance to fantasy ratio, let’s see.
Either way, gimme more Audra and Zhaire, because while that ending was incredibly, incredibly satisfying and cathartic, the door has been kicked open wide for new… circumstances… in book two, and I’m seated.
Thanks so much to HarperCollins UK and Netgalley for the ARC.
March 2, 2026
I feel so unbelievably lucky to have been given the opportunity to tell Audra and Zhaire’s story. Thank you for joining me on their journey.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
It’s easy to read the premise and think, just another story with humans, fae, and the chosen one foretold by a prophecy. But hey, there’s also an underworld demon prince with his own prophecy to take the intrigue up a notch. I ran to find this book after one of my favorite romantasy authors posted that she couldn’t put this down, and I can see why. I was dialed in pretty much from the beginning, although some of my friends here on GR found this slow.
Audra, an innkeeper’s daughter, is kidnapped from the mortal world along with a group of other humans and taken to the fae world, where she is forced to enroll in a magical war academy. The fae are convinced that one of the humans is their next Heir, prophesied to end winter and bring full magical strength back to their realm.
If you’re tired of ACOTAR, and stories where the fae are revered like demi gods (and there are rumors of sympathy for colonialism), this might be more up your alley. Personally, I have a soft spot for ACOTAR and always will, but I just wanted to point out the themes here feel vastly different.
Experiencing the story from Audra’s POV, the fae are like fascist imperialists, who have no regard for the devastation created by plucking humans from their homes and families. Instead, they are condescending in their expectation that the humans should grovel in gratitude for the opportunity to compete for nobility, wealth, and essentially allegiance to this new kingdom that treats them like scum. I detect a fierce disapproval of slave raiding, trafficking, forced religion and xenophobia. Rightly so.
The aspect that really kept my interest was watching Audra’s internal conflict as she navigates trying to succeed academically (while still hating the system), hiding her unpredictable power, and her strange pull to the demon prince who keeps appearing in her dreams. While her indecision and secrecy are painful to witness at times, she’s also relatable to all those eldest daughters out there who try to handle everything on their own.
I don’t always feel the need to explain, but up until the 80% mark I was sure this would be 5⭐️’s for me. However during the last 20% the progression of events, Audra’s decision making, and the romance all felt like they went abruptly into fast forward mode (although I admit I was glued to my kindle). I also felt like the themes and feelings of the characters were hammered in a little too heavily in this last stretch, giving me the feeling that the readers weren’t trusted to reach the right conclusions. And the thing is, I was already enraged by the injustices presented, so some of the conversations felt redundant.
Overall though, I’m still completely on board with the themes in this story and dying to see what happens next. I’m excited to see more of the demon prince and his underworld, and find out what happens with the human and fae realms.
The audiobook narration by Wesleigh Siobhan and Guy Lockard was incredible, and I would bump my listening experience up to 4.5 ⭐️’s for their work. I also appreciate the authenticity of having black narrators since the MC’s are both black.
Many many thanks to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager and HarperAudio Adult for the ALC and ARC.
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Pre-read: a mortal is prophesied to save the fae world, so she is kidnapped by fae priestesses and forced into a magical war academy. Will she help the priestesses or be lured by the Prince of the underworld who also wants to stake a claim?
Audra, an innkeeper’s daughter, is kidnapped from the mortal world along with a group of other humans and taken to the fae world, where she is forced to enroll in a magical war academy. The fae are convinced that one of the humans is their next Heir, prophesied to end winter and bring full magical strength back to their realm.
If you’re tired of ACOTAR, and stories where the fae are revered like demi gods (and there are rumors of sympathy for colonialism), this might be more up your alley. Personally, I have a soft spot for ACOTAR and always will, but I just wanted to point out the themes here feel vastly different.
Experiencing the story from Audra’s POV, the fae are like fascist imperialists, who have no regard for the devastation created by plucking humans from their homes and families. Instead, they are condescending in their expectation that the humans should grovel in gratitude for the opportunity to compete for nobility, wealth, and essentially allegiance to this new kingdom that treats them like scum. I detect a fierce disapproval of slave raiding, trafficking, forced religion and xenophobia. Rightly so.
The aspect that really kept my interest was watching Audra’s internal conflict as she navigates trying to succeed academically (while still hating the system), hiding her unpredictable power, and her strange pull to the demon prince who keeps appearing in her dreams. While her indecision and secrecy are painful to witness at times, she’s also relatable to all those eldest daughters out there who try to handle everything on their own.
I don’t always feel the need to explain, but up until the 80% mark I was sure this would be 5⭐️’s for me. However during the last 20% the progression of events, Audra’s decision making, and the romance all felt like they went abruptly into fast forward mode (although I admit I was glued to my kindle). I also felt like the themes and feelings of the characters were hammered in a little too heavily in this last stretch, giving me the feeling that the readers weren’t trusted to reach the right conclusions. And the thing is, I was already enraged by the injustices presented, so some of the conversations felt redundant.
Overall though, I’m still completely on board with the themes in this story and dying to see what happens next. I’m excited to see more of the demon prince and his underworld, and find out what happens with the human and fae realms.
The audiobook narration by Wesleigh Siobhan and Guy Lockard was incredible, and I would bump my listening experience up to 4.5 ⭐️’s for their work. I also appreciate the authenticity of having black narrators since the MC’s are both black.
Many many thanks to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager and HarperAudio Adult for the ALC and ARC.
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Pre-read: a mortal is prophesied to save the fae world, so she is kidnapped by fae priestesses and forced into a magical war academy. Will she help the priestesses or be lured by the Prince of the underworld who also wants to stake a claim?
Did Not Finish
July 18, 2026DNF 23%
This is so boring. That’s it. That’s the review.
Here’s the thing: I’ve been putting this book off for months because the prologue didn’t impress me.
Now that I have read a few more chapters, I can’t say that my opinion has changed all that much, and sadly I have to agree with the lower ratings.
The pacing is way too slow, and there is a ridiculous amount of internal dialogue. It’s not every book that makes me want to start skimming barely 10% of the way in, but this one might have just set a new record. I’m bored out of my mind. Please, keep telling me everything instead of showing me…
Then there’s the fact the FMC doesn’t even meet the MMC until the second half. I can only assume the romance is going to feel rushed and underdeveloped, but I wouldn’t know because I never got there and I don’t want to, either.
─ ✦ ────
✎ᝰ.┊ pre-read: a bit hesitant to start since i heard the pacing is super slow. let’s see if it’s for me 🤞
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc!
This is so boring. That’s it. That’s the review.
Here’s the thing: I’ve been putting this book off for months because the prologue didn’t impress me.
Now that I have read a few more chapters, I can’t say that my opinion has changed all that much, and sadly I have to agree with the lower ratings.
The pacing is way too slow, and there is a ridiculous amount of internal dialogue. It’s not every book that makes me want to start skimming barely 10% of the way in, but this one might have just set a new record. I’m bored out of my mind. Please, keep telling me everything instead of showing me…
Then there’s the fact the FMC doesn’t even meet the MMC until the second half. I can only assume the romance is going to feel rushed and underdeveloped, but I wouldn’t know because I never got there and I don’t want to, either.
─ ✦ ────
✎ᝰ.┊ pre-read: a bit hesitant to start since i heard the pacing is super slow. let’s see if it’s for me 🤞
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc!
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
✨🔮 Heir of Prophecy 🔮✨
Eek I loved this so much and I need book two asap 😍😍
The beginning is a bit slower paced, but I was immediately pulled in by the worldbuilding. The character work was strong right from the start. I loved her love and loyalty to her family and her connection to the women in the brothel. Then watching those quick but meaningful friendships form at the academy.
The ending is not a cliffhanger, but it lands in such a good spot that I still need the next book immediately.
Also I am going to need the audiobook because I just know it is going to be fire 🔥🎧
💫 What to Expect
• Chosen one FMC
• Underworld prince
• War academy
• Found Family
• Erratic magic
• Fae Fantasy
• Prophecies
• Cult of Priestesses
_ _ _ _ _
⭐ Final Rating: 5 Stars
📅 Pub Date: August 25, 2026
Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.
Eek I loved this so much and I need book two asap 😍😍
The beginning is a bit slower paced, but I was immediately pulled in by the worldbuilding. The character work was strong right from the start. I loved her love and loyalty to her family and her connection to the women in the brothel. Then watching those quick but meaningful friendships form at the academy.
The ending is not a cliffhanger, but it lands in such a good spot that I still need the next book immediately.
Also I am going to need the audiobook because I just know it is going to be fire 🔥🎧
💫 What to Expect
• Chosen one FMC
• Underworld prince
• War academy
• Found Family
• Erratic magic
• Fae Fantasy
• Prophecies
• Cult of Priestesses
_ _ _ _ _
⭐ Final Rating: 5 Stars
📅 Pub Date: August 25, 2026
Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the advanced copy. All thoughts are my own.
April 5, 2026
thank you harper voyager for the arc!
heir of prophecy asks one of my favorite fantasy questions: what does it mean to be the chosen one, and who does being chosen actually benefit?
twenty-three years ago, the heir promised, the world’s salvation, was born to restart the season cycle. that premise gives the story its mythic weight, but the book does not treat the prophecy as a clean gift. it treats it as a burden, an inheritance, a cage, and maybe, eventually, a choice.
this story is filled with gorgeous world building, character descriptions, and the kind of fantasy detail that makes a world feel lived in rather than simply explained. i was struck by the descriptions of brown skin. i feel like i left this book with thousands of new words for beauty, warmth, and complexion. lines like, “his skin was a warm umber, and silken brown waves brushed manicured brows, framed arrogant eyes,” made me pause. how beautiful. how intentional. how rare it still feels to read descriptions like that and feel the care behind them.
and the side characters? i loved them. deeply. immediately. the kind of side cast where you start building a fan cast in your head before you have even finished the book.
wilder, the soldier king.
callum, the honorable friend.
lottie, the gentle heart.
cersha, something rooted and thorned and impossible not to love.
noel. yes, noel. second chance something. i am looking respectfully and also slightly not respectfully.
but at the heart of the story is audra.
audra is a girl who has already learned responsibility through survival, family, work, and the inn. so before she is ever asked to carry the fate of the world, she has already been shaped by the smaller, relentless duties of everyday life.
she has the energy of a parentified child who has spent too long managing responsibilities that made her self-reliant, but also made it harder for her to accept wisdom, love, help, gifts, or even evidence that contradicts what she has been taught.
and honestly, there were moments where i wanted to shake her a little. lovingly. but still.
audra’s stubbornness is protective. it is fear dressed as certainty. it is survival dressed as duty. at one point, she even notices that she is “forbidden to speculate,” which, frankly, might be the highest crime against humanity. speculation is where freedom begins. wondering is where the cage starts to crack.
and then, eventually, something clicks for her.
what i appreciated so much is that the story does not stop at the moment of realization. in a lot of fantasy, once the character finally sees the truth, the narrative rushes forward and we are just meant to accept the pivot. but here, there is reflection. there is accountability. there is a moment where audra has to reckon with the fact that she is stubborn as hell and that some things might have unfolded differently if she had been able to question sooner. i loved that. i loved that her growth was not just about seeing the truth, but about understanding the cost of not seeing it.
that is where “fight just to spite your fear” feels like such a perfect heartbeat for this book. because fear is everywhere in this story. fear of prophecy. fear of being wrong. fear of betrayal. fear of wanting something that was never promised to you. fear of becoming what other people named you before you had the chance to name yourself.
audra’s fight is not only against external enemies. it is against the fear that has been mistaken for truth. it is against the version of herself that believes obedience is safer than uncertainty. fighting just to spite your fear is sometimes just allowing yourself to ask the question. sometimes it is accepting help. sometimes it is admitting that the world is more complicated than the story you were given.
and then there is zhaire.
the second-born demon prince.
to be honest, he kind of stole the show for me. in the books to come, i hope we get more povs, because the glimpses we got of him gave vulnerability, tension, growth, restraint, and danger in the exact combination i want from a male main character. he has presence. he has bite. he has softness where it counts.
i will leave you with a closing line:
“i will teach you how to raise entire legions.”
glorious. absolutely glorious.
bring on the army of the dead. bring on the consequences. bring on the complicated choices, the forbidden speculation, the demon prince, and the side characters i am already attached to.
i am so excited for book two. this is the type of fantasy that understands prophecy is only interesting when someone is brave enough to question who wrote it.
heir of prophecy asks one of my favorite fantasy questions: what does it mean to be the chosen one, and who does being chosen actually benefit?
twenty-three years ago, the heir promised, the world’s salvation, was born to restart the season cycle. that premise gives the story its mythic weight, but the book does not treat the prophecy as a clean gift. it treats it as a burden, an inheritance, a cage, and maybe, eventually, a choice.
this story is filled with gorgeous world building, character descriptions, and the kind of fantasy detail that makes a world feel lived in rather than simply explained. i was struck by the descriptions of brown skin. i feel like i left this book with thousands of new words for beauty, warmth, and complexion. lines like, “his skin was a warm umber, and silken brown waves brushed manicured brows, framed arrogant eyes,” made me pause. how beautiful. how intentional. how rare it still feels to read descriptions like that and feel the care behind them.
and the side characters? i loved them. deeply. immediately. the kind of side cast where you start building a fan cast in your head before you have even finished the book.
wilder, the soldier king.
callum, the honorable friend.
lottie, the gentle heart.
cersha, something rooted and thorned and impossible not to love.
noel. yes, noel. second chance something. i am looking respectfully and also slightly not respectfully.
but at the heart of the story is audra.
audra is a girl who has already learned responsibility through survival, family, work, and the inn. so before she is ever asked to carry the fate of the world, she has already been shaped by the smaller, relentless duties of everyday life.
she has the energy of a parentified child who has spent too long managing responsibilities that made her self-reliant, but also made it harder for her to accept wisdom, love, help, gifts, or even evidence that contradicts what she has been taught.
and honestly, there were moments where i wanted to shake her a little. lovingly. but still.
audra’s stubbornness is protective. it is fear dressed as certainty. it is survival dressed as duty. at one point, she even notices that she is “forbidden to speculate,” which, frankly, might be the highest crime against humanity. speculation is where freedom begins. wondering is where the cage starts to crack.
and then, eventually, something clicks for her.
what i appreciated so much is that the story does not stop at the moment of realization. in a lot of fantasy, once the character finally sees the truth, the narrative rushes forward and we are just meant to accept the pivot. but here, there is reflection. there is accountability. there is a moment where audra has to reckon with the fact that she is stubborn as hell and that some things might have unfolded differently if she had been able to question sooner. i loved that. i loved that her growth was not just about seeing the truth, but about understanding the cost of not seeing it.
that is where “fight just to spite your fear” feels like such a perfect heartbeat for this book. because fear is everywhere in this story. fear of prophecy. fear of being wrong. fear of betrayal. fear of wanting something that was never promised to you. fear of becoming what other people named you before you had the chance to name yourself.
audra’s fight is not only against external enemies. it is against the fear that has been mistaken for truth. it is against the version of herself that believes obedience is safer than uncertainty. fighting just to spite your fear is sometimes just allowing yourself to ask the question. sometimes it is accepting help. sometimes it is admitting that the world is more complicated than the story you were given.
and then there is zhaire.
the second-born demon prince.
to be honest, he kind of stole the show for me. in the books to come, i hope we get more povs, because the glimpses we got of him gave vulnerability, tension, growth, restraint, and danger in the exact combination i want from a male main character. he has presence. he has bite. he has softness where it counts.
i will leave you with a closing line:
“i will teach you how to raise entire legions.”
glorious. absolutely glorious.
bring on the army of the dead. bring on the consequences. bring on the complicated choices, the forbidden speculation, the demon prince, and the side characters i am already attached to.
i am so excited for book two. this is the type of fantasy that understands prophecy is only interesting when someone is brave enough to question who wrote it.
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November 13, 2025Chosen one trope? Say less.
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April 30, 2026How a book can be cozy yet dark and mysterious, I do not know, but Analeigh always brings the best world-building and vibes!
Here's my official blurb:
Heir of Prophecy is a stunning new romantasy set in a magical fae school where students must excel--or be sent to the front lines in a war against demons. The unfolding mysteries of the school built a dark and atmospheric world, while the found family amongst the students brought a cozy aspect. But the tension between the main character and the demon haunting her dreams...well. I can't wait to see more of these two!
Here's my official blurb:
Heir of Prophecy is a stunning new romantasy set in a magical fae school where students must excel--or be sent to the front lines in a war against demons. The unfolding mysteries of the school built a dark and atmospheric world, while the found family amongst the students brought a cozy aspect. But the tension between the main character and the demon haunting her dreams...well. I can't wait to see more of these two!
November 1, 2026
Enjoyed the world building in this but found it pretty slow. Whether I continue or not I think will depend on reviews I hear about the second book.
I really want more depth into the side characters not just our main character. But the romance did peak my interest for book two.
I really want more depth into the side characters not just our main character. But the romance did peak my interest for book two.
September 3, 2026
“ᴍʏ ᴘᴜʀᴘᴏꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴄᴛᴀᴛᴇ.”
I went into this book pretty blind aside from the trope list, which is what initially convinced me to apply for an ARC. Analeigh does a beautiful job setting the scene and introducing us to this new world, but once we got our bearings…we were thrown out to sea. Literally.
I struggled with the pacing at times and often found myself wondering where exactly we were headed. I think part of what was missing for me was that “WOW” moment — I kept waiting for the buildup to pay off and for everything to finally click. A lot of the story felt a little too spelled out, so I wanted more room to piece things together alongside Audra and have the bigger reveals hit the reader naturally.
That said, I adored Audra. Her eldest-sister attitude™ was EVERYTHING, and watching her come to terms with who she is while being thrown into all this prophecy and magic chaos was one of my favorite parts. Her character growth toward the end?? I already know she’s going to be a MENACE in book two. And I cannot waitttt!
The found family she finds at the Academy was another favorite. They truly carried each other through everything, but honestly, they also carried the story for me at times.
Zhaire was such an interesting MMC too. We didn’t get nearly enough of him, but the pieces we did see felt real and raw, and I’m very curious about where his story goes.
The last 20% is where things FINALLY picked up for me, and then that cliffhanger??? 😭 Needless to say, I’ll be here for book two because I need to see what happens next!
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC 🖤
I went into this book pretty blind aside from the trope list, which is what initially convinced me to apply for an ARC. Analeigh does a beautiful job setting the scene and introducing us to this new world, but once we got our bearings…we were thrown out to sea. Literally.
I struggled with the pacing at times and often found myself wondering where exactly we were headed. I think part of what was missing for me was that “WOW” moment — I kept waiting for the buildup to pay off and for everything to finally click. A lot of the story felt a little too spelled out, so I wanted more room to piece things together alongside Audra and have the bigger reveals hit the reader naturally.
That said, I adored Audra. Her eldest-sister attitude™ was EVERYTHING, and watching her come to terms with who she is while being thrown into all this prophecy and magic chaos was one of my favorite parts. Her character growth toward the end?? I already know she’s going to be a MENACE in book two. And I cannot waitttt!
The found family she finds at the Academy was another favorite. They truly carried each other through everything, but honestly, they also carried the story for me at times.
Zhaire was such an interesting MMC too. We didn’t get nearly enough of him, but the pieces we did see felt real and raw, and I’m very curious about where his story goes.
The last 20% is where things FINALLY picked up for me, and then that cliffhanger??? 😭 Needless to say, I’ll be here for book two because I need to see what happens next!
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC 🖤
August 17, 2026
Thanks to HarperVoyager & Libro.fm for gifting me an ARC & an ALC! This feels like a solid 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ so let’s get into it!
PLOT
She is the manager of a coastal inn of the human realm that has been without magic for thousands of years. & one day the fae show up & take people seemingly at random into the fae realm & enter them into this magical academy in hopes of weeding out the lost heir, who will bring the fae realm out of a dark age.
- chosen one trope
- academia setting
- fae, humans, & demons
- gods & religions
- dual-narrated audio
- low spice
PROS
- Really interesting magic system! I liked now they were broken down & finding out why some things worked vs. other things.
- The ending was VERY cool & setting up for a very interesting book 2.
- The cultist/religious obsessive are always an interesting subject for me & this was well done. The propaganda, the strategy used & noted, etc.
- Audra was really easy to root for. She was smart & while she was sometimes stubborn, those situations made sense & if she acknowledged she wasn’t helping she addressed/apologized. She has a solid internal monologue, was dealing with things I feel like any sane person would, & was just easy to cheer on. You felt growth from her already.
- Zhaire & his lil group are actually very interesting to me. I’m interested to potentially explore more realms in the next book.
- I’m also interested in Noel actually.
CONS
- The romance developed oddly for me I think. All the sudden it just *was* & it didn’t feel all that earned. Like there was a spice scene thrown in that I didn’t actually think made sense & felt for the sake of spice vs. story.
- Overall I think this was maybe a little longer than it needed to be? I felt like we spent a lot of time in the “before” that, at least IMO, didn’t add a huge level of depth. But I might be disproven by that in book 2 (& part of me wonders if typing this out I just figured out what Him is 👀). But it did feel like it took awhile to get going.
Def into it & excited for book 2!
PLOT
She is the manager of a coastal inn of the human realm that has been without magic for thousands of years. & one day the fae show up & take people seemingly at random into the fae realm & enter them into this magical academy in hopes of weeding out the lost heir, who will bring the fae realm out of a dark age.
- chosen one trope
- academia setting
- fae, humans, & demons
- gods & religions
- dual-narrated audio
- low spice
PROS
- Really interesting magic system! I liked now they were broken down & finding out why some things worked vs. other things.
- The ending was VERY cool & setting up for a very interesting book 2.
- The cultist/religious obsessive are always an interesting subject for me & this was well done. The propaganda, the strategy used & noted, etc.
- Audra was really easy to root for. She was smart & while she was sometimes stubborn, those situations made sense & if she acknowledged she wasn’t helping she addressed/apologized. She has a solid internal monologue, was dealing with things I feel like any sane person would, & was just easy to cheer on. You felt growth from her already.
- Zhaire & his lil group are actually very interesting to me. I’m interested to potentially explore more realms in the next book.
- I’m also interested in Noel actually.
CONS
- The romance developed oddly for me I think. All the sudden it just *was* & it didn’t feel all that earned. Like there was a spice scene thrown in that I didn’t actually think made sense & felt for the sake of spice vs. story.
- Overall I think this was maybe a little longer than it needed to be? I felt like we spent a lot of time in the “before” that, at least IMO, didn’t add a huge level of depth. But I might be disproven by that in book 2 (& part of me wonders if typing this out I just figured out what Him is 👀). But it did feel like it took awhile to get going.
Def into it & excited for book 2!
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
3.5 ⭐️
October 15, 2026
I would like to thank NetGalley and Harper Voyager for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.
👻📜
I'll start off by saying that Mona Finden's cover art for this book is a stunner!
And so with that
being said,
this book was a hard miss for me.
Save for the page where the four categories of incras were laid out, I just could not get into any of this at all. I wasn't a fan of the narrative style, but I'd soldiered on hoping for…something to land. Unfortunately, this was simply not for me.
From the milquetoast "chosen one", to Zhaire and Audra's "romantic?" connection, to the span of characters who came on the scene after being violently stolen from their homes, who were all then forced to attend school to then maybe perhaps become demon fodder in a war they didn't really understand...and they'd all just accepted their fates and got down to the business of…studying?
I mean ok,
but like rl teens are taking back the streets rn
so, straight up
none of the above is cool.
Where's the inner fire "chosen one" energy to counter the creepy cult and death-by-frostbite vibes??
I wanted to love this but, except for the idea of incras, this was not for me.
👻📜
I'll start off by saying that Mona Finden's cover art for this book is a stunner!
And so with that
being said,
this book was a hard miss for me.
Save for the page where the four categories of incras were laid out, I just could not get into any of this at all. I wasn't a fan of the narrative style, but I'd soldiered on hoping for…something to land. Unfortunately, this was simply not for me.
From the milquetoast "chosen one", to Zhaire and Audra's "romantic?" connection, to the span of characters who came on the scene after being violently stolen from their homes, who were all then forced to attend school to then maybe perhaps become demon fodder in a war they didn't really understand...and they'd all just accepted their fates and got down to the business of…studying?
I mean ok,
but like rl teens are taking back the streets rn
so, straight up
none of the above is cool.
Where's the inner fire "chosen one" energy to counter the creepy cult and death-by-frostbite vibes??
I wanted to love this but, except for the idea of incras, this was not for me.
August 19, 2026
Format: 🎧
Spice: .5 🌶️
Series: 1 of 2 - Clash of Prophecies Duet
I wanted so badly for this to be a 5 star read for me. On paper, it has everything in the recipe to be exactly what I want (BIPOC representation for not just the MCs, but also the author, Dark Academia) but for whatever reason it just didn’t hit for me. I fear it may just be this author’s writing style and I don’t vibe. I’ve thought pretty hard about it, because I am always intrigued by her plots and blurbs and I think my conclusion is that she writes in a very YA style and at my advanced age of 35…I just can’t find enjoyment in that anymore (though believe me I’ve tried!). That is not to say this is a YA book, because it is not. Also, I think marketing it as a Romantasy was a mistake because the only romance subplot is in the last 1/4th of the book.
I will say on a positive note: the last 1/4th of the book was great. Fast paced, high stakes payoff, and the romance subplot kicks in. This makes me want to read book 2, so this is great news. I really want to support this author, and I’m glad I have interest in continuing so I can.
The audio: Wesleigh Siobhan & Guy Lockard; so I’m not sure if it was the book itself or the narration, but it was really difficult to get through this audiobook and I did soft DNF for a few days to read a few other books in between. The actors pacing was so slow that I had to increase my speed to 1.8x to keep my attention. And now that I think about it, I have had to do that to a few or Wesleigh’s narrations in the past.
I received this ALC from HarperAudio Adult | Harper Voyager as an opportunity to listen and give my honest review.
Spice: .5 🌶️
Series: 1 of 2 - Clash of Prophecies Duet
I wanted so badly for this to be a 5 star read for me. On paper, it has everything in the recipe to be exactly what I want (BIPOC representation for not just the MCs, but also the author, Dark Academia) but for whatever reason it just didn’t hit for me. I fear it may just be this author’s writing style and I don’t vibe. I’ve thought pretty hard about it, because I am always intrigued by her plots and blurbs and I think my conclusion is that she writes in a very YA style and at my advanced age of 35…I just can’t find enjoyment in that anymore (though believe me I’ve tried!). That is not to say this is a YA book, because it is not. Also, I think marketing it as a Romantasy was a mistake because the only romance subplot is in the last 1/4th of the book.
I will say on a positive note: the last 1/4th of the book was great. Fast paced, high stakes payoff, and the romance subplot kicks in. This makes me want to read book 2, so this is great news. I really want to support this author, and I’m glad I have interest in continuing so I can.
The audio: Wesleigh Siobhan & Guy Lockard; so I’m not sure if it was the book itself or the narration, but it was really difficult to get through this audiobook and I did soft DNF for a few days to read a few other books in between. The actors pacing was so slow that I had to increase my speed to 1.8x to keep my attention. And now that I think about it, I have had to do that to a few or Wesleigh’s narrations in the past.
I received this ALC from HarperAudio Adult | Harper Voyager as an opportunity to listen and give my honest review.
September 21, 2026
🌟 3.25 stars 🌟
This was a good dark academia fantasy with a strong FMC and interesting world. The pacing just felt a little off and the romance was underdeveloped to me. But the last fourth of the book definitely picks up and leaves me intrigued for book 2.
This was a good dark academia fantasy with a strong FMC and interesting world. The pacing just felt a little off and the romance was underdeveloped to me. But the last fourth of the book definitely picks up and leaves me intrigued for book 2.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Update: With the new star system, I am happily moving this book down to 0.25 stars
I went into this expecting romantasy, and romantasy is what I got, though not the version I was hoping for. Given the cover, I anticipated something closer to a modern gas-lamp fantasy with a romantic, faintly gothic edge. What I got instead was a book that cannot commit to a setting, a protagonist, or its own internal logic. If you enjoy the current wave of assembly-line romantasy that has flooded the genre over the last few years, you may find something here to like. I did not, and I do not think the book earns even generous benefit of the doubt.
By the end of the book, I still could not tell you anything substantial about the world it takes place in. Audra lives at an inn by the sea, in a town ringed by a mist that is supposedly dangerous to enter. We are told there are places beyond it, but we never see them, rarely hear about them, and they have no bearing on the plot whatsoever. Beyond that, all we really learn about her hometown is that its people are angry, and that they are protesting the murder of a sex worker the guards refuse to investigate. Audra escapes the resulting riot with help from a friend on the guard force, a man she is fond of largely because he is easy sex, a detail the book states outright and then does nothing with. It is a strange beat to include in a scene meant to establish her as someone with conviction, and it undercuts rather than supports the moment.
None of this town, its politics, or its texture matters again. It exists to get Audra kidnapped and nothing more.
Audra is a protagonist without a spine. Audra and her friends are abducted by an invading force of Fae hunting for the "Heir of Prophecy." In the process, she watches She processes this grief in what amounts to a few pages before she and the other survivors, most of whom grew up without the means to even learn to read, adjust to life at a Fae war academy within days. The trauma simply stops mattering.
What frustrated me most is that Audra explicitly recognizes, out loud, in one of her very first classes, that the academy is indoctrinating her. And then she falls for that indoctrination almost completely anyway, and stays that way for the rest of the book. She is not written as someone slowly worn down by circumstance. She is written as someone who believes whatever she was told most recently, with no real through-line of resistance or growth. For a character positioned as the emotional center of the story, she never develops a will of her own.
The Fae in this book do not hold up under scrutiny. They have always been able to identify the Heir of Prophecy the moment one is born, until Audra, whose identity goes unnoticed for over twenty years because she was born in the human world. Rather than continue searching directly, they abduct a large group of humans with Fae blood and run them through two months of magical war school to sort out who the Heir might be by aptitude. The captives are divided into four guilds (a structural choice that brings nothing new to a genre already saturated with sorting systems), the assignments feel arbitrary, and the test used to place them is never explained in any meaningful way.
This would be forgivable if the stakes made sense, but they do not. The Fae in this setting are explicitly afraid of running out of magic, framed as a limited resource controlled by a Fae elite. And yet they willingly burn through it training a large group of hostages instead of simply killing anyone who fails to show promise (they wanna use them as cannon fodder when fighting demons apparently) which is what happens to most of the other captives anyway. Had Audra shown any resistance early on, there is no narrative reason she would have survived the culling. The plot needs her protected, so the world-building bends to accommodate that, logic aside.
I also could not get past the fact that this version of the Fae worship gods. In most fantasy that uses Fae as a foundation, they are the closest thing their world has to gods, beings whose will shapes reality directly. Giving them a separate, unexplained pantheon on top of an already thin power structure just adds another loose thread the book never bothers to tie off.
The book has dual points of view, but Zhaire, the male lead, gets perhaps two chapters by the halfway mark, and Audra does not properly meet him or learn his name until then. Calling this a slow burn is generous. Noble gases have more combustion potential than the chemistry between these two. The moment they officially meet, Audra spends the rest of the chapter fixated on his appearance, despite having spent the entire book up to that point terrified of what a demon in her world represents.
Zhaire, for his part, is a demon who swore to kill Audra the first time he saw her. The only reason she survives to the end of the book is that his father orders him not to act until given permission, not because Zhaire changes his mind about her on his own. That is a meaningful difference, and the book treats it as romantic anyway. For a story pitched with some heat to it, there is also, notably, no actual physical relationship between the leads. The one intimate scene takes place entirely in a dream. The idea of a relationship is present. The relationship itself is not.
Romance readers are used to seeing lists of tropes to watch out for. This book earns its own list:
Zero World-Building
The Reluctant Convert Who Isn't Reluctant
What Was My Trauma Again?
Schools With 4 Wings
Doofenshmirtz Levels of Villainy
Dual POV (in Name Only)
Insta-Lust Mistaken for Slow Burn
The Kill Switch Love Interest
Advertised Heat, Delivered Fade to Black
This is clearly meant to launch a series, but a first book needs to establish a coherent world, a protagonist with some consistency, and a central relationship worth investing in. Heir of Prophecy does not manage any of the three. If the foundation is this unstable, I have little confidence the following books will resolve it. I would not recommend this one, and I will not be continuing the series. You know you messed up when I liked Noel, the Draco Malfoy of this book, better than the actual leads.
I went into this expecting romantasy, and romantasy is what I got, though not the version I was hoping for. Given the cover, I anticipated something closer to a modern gas-lamp fantasy with a romantic, faintly gothic edge. What I got instead was a book that cannot commit to a setting, a protagonist, or its own internal logic. If you enjoy the current wave of assembly-line romantasy that has flooded the genre over the last few years, you may find something here to like. I did not, and I do not think the book earns even generous benefit of the doubt.
By the end of the book, I still could not tell you anything substantial about the world it takes place in. Audra lives at an inn by the sea, in a town ringed by a mist that is supposedly dangerous to enter. We are told there are places beyond it, but we never see them, rarely hear about them, and they have no bearing on the plot whatsoever. Beyond that, all we really learn about her hometown is that its people are angry, and that they are protesting the murder of a sex worker the guards refuse to investigate. Audra escapes the resulting riot with help from a friend on the guard force, a man she is fond of largely because he is easy sex, a detail the book states outright and then does nothing with. It is a strange beat to include in a scene meant to establish her as someone with conviction, and it undercuts rather than supports the moment.
None of this town, its politics, or its texture matters again. It exists to get Audra kidnapped and nothing more.
Audra is a protagonist without a spine. Audra and her friends are abducted by an invading force of Fae hunting for the "Heir of Prophecy." In the process, she watches She processes this grief in what amounts to a few pages before she and the other survivors, most of whom grew up without the means to even learn to read, adjust to life at a Fae war academy within days. The trauma simply stops mattering.
What frustrated me most is that Audra explicitly recognizes, out loud, in one of her very first classes, that the academy is indoctrinating her. And then she falls for that indoctrination almost completely anyway, and stays that way for the rest of the book. She is not written as someone slowly worn down by circumstance. She is written as someone who believes whatever she was told most recently, with no real through-line of resistance or growth. For a character positioned as the emotional center of the story, she never develops a will of her own.
The Fae in this book do not hold up under scrutiny. They have always been able to identify the Heir of Prophecy the moment one is born, until Audra, whose identity goes unnoticed for over twenty years because she was born in the human world. Rather than continue searching directly, they abduct a large group of humans with Fae blood and run them through two months of magical war school to sort out who the Heir might be by aptitude. The captives are divided into four guilds (a structural choice that brings nothing new to a genre already saturated with sorting systems), the assignments feel arbitrary, and the test used to place them is never explained in any meaningful way.
This would be forgivable if the stakes made sense, but they do not. The Fae in this setting are explicitly afraid of running out of magic, framed as a limited resource controlled by a Fae elite. And yet they willingly burn through it training a large group of hostages instead of simply killing anyone who fails to show promise (they wanna use them as cannon fodder when fighting demons apparently) which is what happens to most of the other captives anyway. Had Audra shown any resistance early on, there is no narrative reason she would have survived the culling. The plot needs her protected, so the world-building bends to accommodate that, logic aside.
I also could not get past the fact that this version of the Fae worship gods. In most fantasy that uses Fae as a foundation, they are the closest thing their world has to gods, beings whose will shapes reality directly. Giving them a separate, unexplained pantheon on top of an already thin power structure just adds another loose thread the book never bothers to tie off.
The book has dual points of view, but Zhaire, the male lead, gets perhaps two chapters by the halfway mark, and Audra does not properly meet him or learn his name until then. Calling this a slow burn is generous. Noble gases have more combustion potential than the chemistry between these two. The moment they officially meet, Audra spends the rest of the chapter fixated on his appearance, despite having spent the entire book up to that point terrified of what a demon in her world represents.
Zhaire, for his part, is a demon who swore to kill Audra the first time he saw her. The only reason she survives to the end of the book is that his father orders him not to act until given permission, not because Zhaire changes his mind about her on his own. That is a meaningful difference, and the book treats it as romantic anyway. For a story pitched with some heat to it, there is also, notably, no actual physical relationship between the leads. The one intimate scene takes place entirely in a dream. The idea of a relationship is present. The relationship itself is not.
Romance readers are used to seeing lists of tropes to watch out for. This book earns its own list:
Zero World-Building
The Reluctant Convert Who Isn't Reluctant
What Was My Trauma Again?
Schools With 4 Wings
Doofenshmirtz Levels of Villainy
Dual POV (in Name Only)
Insta-Lust Mistaken for Slow Burn
The Kill Switch Love Interest
Advertised Heat, Delivered Fade to Black
This is clearly meant to launch a series, but a first book needs to establish a coherent world, a protagonist with some consistency, and a central relationship worth investing in. Heir of Prophecy does not manage any of the three. If the foundation is this unstable, I have little confidence the following books will resolve it. I would not recommend this one, and I will not be continuing the series. You know you messed up when I liked Noel, the Draco Malfoy of this book, better than the actual leads.
July 21, 2026
This was an okay romantasy read with dark academia with lost of prophecies, an academy with magic and a fmc finding herself. I liked the diversity with the characters and the writing style was not bad. The fmc is taken from her normal life she is brought to an academy that exposes a new world filled with mystery, magic and danger. She forms a group with other characters brought to the academy as they navigate the new world, managing the magic and powers and being the chosen one. The romance was okay it’s a slow burn and then becomes faster paced. There were times the book lulled but overall I think it was intriguing. Thanks to the publisher for this arc.
August 1, 2026
2.25⭐️ First off, I wanna say no one is more upset than me for not liking this story. It had EVERYTHING i would want in a book: dark academia, fae, an evil cult, demons, “chosen one” and found family trope. However, all of this is not properly developed in the book. It barely scratches the surface in the story.
The pacing felt completely off from the beginning. I felt like the FMC was a different person at the start of the book, that character felt sure of herself or rather sure of her skills of being able to outwit any unfavorable people. And she was a loving eldest daughter taking care of her sick father and her adopted little brother. All that character development from the first 8 chapters goes out the window once she arrives in the academy. She felt like a different person, often times I found her unbelievably unbearable. She sometimes read as a side character instead of main character.
The found family trope is there but, I felt no connection to them at all. It felt too surface layered that I truly couldn’t care less if something happened to them. This was just very underdeveloped in my opinion. Just like the romance. You get glimpse of him and his pov at the start of the book and then he kind of disappears! He’s supposed to be haunting her or whatever but he truly doesn’t do shit. And when they do start interacting (at the last minute mind you) it felt very insta-love.
The only great thing about this book is that the last 15% truly felt like it was the book, I thought I was going to read. It felt dark, the evil cult was finally utilized and we got more oomph from the FMC and MMC. I just wish it was there the whole time instead of that last few chapters.
Thank you to Avon Books for the opportunity to read this early via Netgalley.
The pacing felt completely off from the beginning. I felt like the FMC was a different person at the start of the book, that character felt sure of herself or rather sure of her skills of being able to outwit any unfavorable people. And she was a loving eldest daughter taking care of her sick father and her adopted little brother. All that character development from the first 8 chapters goes out the window once she arrives in the academy. She felt like a different person, often times I found her unbelievably unbearable. She sometimes read as a side character instead of main character.
The found family trope is there but, I felt no connection to them at all. It felt too surface layered that I truly couldn’t care less if something happened to them. This was just very underdeveloped in my opinion. Just like the romance. You get glimpse of him and his pov at the start of the book and then he kind of disappears! He’s supposed to be haunting her or whatever but he truly doesn’t do shit. And when they do start interacting (at the last minute mind you) it felt very insta-love.
The only great thing about this book is that the last 15% truly felt like it was the book, I thought I was going to read. It felt dark, the evil cult was finally utilized and we got more oomph from the FMC and MMC. I just wish it was there the whole time instead of that last few chapters.
Thank you to Avon Books for the opportunity to read this early via Netgalley.
August 19, 2026
08/15/2026-08/18/2026
Thank you Harper Voyager for the gifted digital widget of “Heir or Prophecy” by Analeigh Sbrana 🖤
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Coming August 25th, 2026)
I wanna start by talking about how dang rude that cliffhanger was 👀
Also I wanna thank Analeigh for setting the mood for me personally by causing a giant storm so that I could finish this book in the dark on my bathroom floor surrounded by lightning and thunder 🤪
It really made that ending (iykyk) 100x more intense and kinda stressful for me 😂
But also the world building is immaculate! It’s hard to find an author that can build the world before building the world and we got to see both of Audra’s realities and her transition point shine through immaculately! 🥹
Plus I wanna talk about how yummy shadow daddy Zhaire is 😏 (top 5 favorite shadow daddy’s for sure!)
Anyways 💅 when’s book 2?
Thank you Harper Voyager for the gifted digital widget of “Heir or Prophecy” by Analeigh Sbrana 🖤
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Coming August 25th, 2026)
I wanna start by talking about how dang rude that cliffhanger was 👀
Also I wanna thank Analeigh for setting the mood for me personally by causing a giant storm so that I could finish this book in the dark on my bathroom floor surrounded by lightning and thunder 🤪
It really made that ending (iykyk) 100x more intense and kinda stressful for me 😂
But also the world building is immaculate! It’s hard to find an author that can build the world before building the world and we got to see both of Audra’s realities and her transition point shine through immaculately! 🥹
Plus I wanna talk about how yummy shadow daddy Zhaire is 😏 (top 5 favorite shadow daddy’s for sure!)
Anyways 💅 when’s book 2?
June 23, 2026
4.25⭐️ oh this was a great time, a twist on the classic prophecy/chosen one trope where she has to choose which world to save and which one to let die???
Tropes/themes:
- Fae, human and Demon realms
- kidnapping and then forced to go to school lol
- academy setting
- rune based magic
- fated lovers
This was very plot first over romance which was a pleasant surprise, I genuinely felt sucked into this story every time I picked it up. A LOT happens in the first 30% with our transition from meeting the FMC in the human world, having her get kidnapped with everyone else and then forced to go to an academy with a normal magical school schedule like it gives you whiplash but I commend the author for making the transitions feel smooth.
Audra is a woman of layers; very eldest daughter taking on pain and responsibility to shield others coded, while also showing a fierce stubborn streak i always love in my fmcs. Now I will say, by the second half of the book it did lowkey feel like she forgot about her family left behind in the human world, but I understand we had a lot going on and the author does make references to human resilience and finding joy and peace amongst utter chaos and cruel fae.
The writing was good! I enjoyed the way we set scenes, the lyrical descriptions were compelling yet not overwhelming. The language and dialogue were a bit modern day coded, especially the little quips and self-observations in the FMCs internal monologue, and sometimes I felt myself getting a tad thrown off by it.
Again the romance is very subtle, like I feel like we barely got to start knowing the MMC until 75% so I was REALLY excited for a well done slowburn….until we threw in a random spicy scene 90% in just to have spice. Like we had had maybe 3 conversations between our couple at that point, so we are still emotionally slowburning for sure, it was not up to MY personal spice preference but I can see other readers eating up a well-done throne scene.
I like the MMCs vibes and his role in the whole plot, but I am expecting the second book in this duology to flesh out his side of the story a lot more because I just don’t really feel like I know too much about him or his classic “MMCs chosen family of warrior friends.” He DOES sound very sexy tho.
Overall, I really did enjoy this, I think its a solid Fantasy that definitely stands out to me with a unique take on some classic tropes and I can’t wait to see how this duology will end!
Thank you to Harper Voyager and Netgalley for the e-ARC! All opinions are my own.
Tropes/themes:
- Fae, human and Demon realms
- kidnapping and then forced to go to school lol
- academy setting
- rune based magic
- fated lovers
This was very plot first over romance which was a pleasant surprise, I genuinely felt sucked into this story every time I picked it up. A LOT happens in the first 30% with our transition from meeting the FMC in the human world, having her get kidnapped with everyone else and then forced to go to an academy with a normal magical school schedule like it gives you whiplash but I commend the author for making the transitions feel smooth.
Audra is a woman of layers; very eldest daughter taking on pain and responsibility to shield others coded, while also showing a fierce stubborn streak i always love in my fmcs. Now I will say, by the second half of the book it did lowkey feel like she forgot about her family left behind in the human world, but I understand we had a lot going on and the author does make references to human resilience and finding joy and peace amongst utter chaos and cruel fae.
The writing was good! I enjoyed the way we set scenes, the lyrical descriptions were compelling yet not overwhelming. The language and dialogue were a bit modern day coded, especially the little quips and self-observations in the FMCs internal monologue, and sometimes I felt myself getting a tad thrown off by it.
Again the romance is very subtle, like I feel like we barely got to start knowing the MMC until 75% so I was REALLY excited for a well done slowburn….until we threw in a random spicy scene 90% in just to have spice. Like we had had maybe 3 conversations between our couple at that point, so we are still emotionally slowburning for sure, it was not up to MY personal spice preference but I can see other readers eating up a well-done throne scene.
I like the MMCs vibes and his role in the whole plot, but I am expecting the second book in this duology to flesh out his side of the story a lot more because I just don’t really feel like I know too much about him or his classic “MMCs chosen family of warrior friends.” He DOES sound very sexy tho.
Overall, I really did enjoy this, I think its a solid Fantasy that definitely stands out to me with a unique take on some classic tropes and I can’t wait to see how this duology will end!
Thank you to Harper Voyager and Netgalley for the e-ARC! All opinions are my own.
April 2, 2026
2/5 ⭐️
2/5 🌶️
Looking through my notes, this one was not for me, and I recognize that. I did think the concept of demons/fae/humans was super cool but my thoughts are..
Plot: I don’t know why but I couldn’t get over some of the direction of the plot on this one. If these are ruthless fae, why waste resources on potentially 100’s of (hostage) humans to attend a school just to maybe find one heir? Additionally, the fae ripped these people away from their homes and loved ones but passing classes are their highest concern? 🤔 Didn’t really make sense to me.
Characters: I actually didn’t mind our FMC but thought she was kind of bland at times. I also feel like we got introduced to quite a few characters but they lacked needed depth. We learned a little but not enough to where I felt connected or invested in them.
Writing/Pace: At times this read a little YA even though the writing was detailed. There was also a lot of telling and not as much showing. &The pace seemed inconsistent at times as well.
Romance: When MMC was introduced, I was so excited- I was like ok, bet, this man is going to make things interesting 😏. However, while he was my favorite character, FMC/MMC didn’t really have a ton of interactions and when they did interact, I wanted a bit more. This one did have one spicy scene and it wasn’t that bad except for the words “slurped” and “pinnacle” being used. 🥴
Thank you so so much to Avon, Harper Voyager US, and Netgally for the earc!
2/5 🌶️
Looking through my notes, this one was not for me, and I recognize that. I did think the concept of demons/fae/humans was super cool but my thoughts are..
Plot: I don’t know why but I couldn’t get over some of the direction of the plot on this one. If these are ruthless fae, why waste resources on potentially 100’s of (hostage) humans to attend a school just to maybe find one heir? Additionally, the fae ripped these people away from their homes and loved ones but passing classes are their highest concern? 🤔 Didn’t really make sense to me.
Characters: I actually didn’t mind our FMC but thought she was kind of bland at times. I also feel like we got introduced to quite a few characters but they lacked needed depth. We learned a little but not enough to where I felt connected or invested in them.
Writing/Pace: At times this read a little YA even though the writing was detailed. There was also a lot of telling and not as much showing. &The pace seemed inconsistent at times as well.
Romance: When MMC was introduced, I was so excited- I was like ok, bet, this man is going to make things interesting 😏. However, while he was my favorite character, FMC/MMC didn’t really have a ton of interactions and when they did interact, I wanted a bit more. This one did have one spicy scene and it wasn’t that bad except for the words “slurped” and “pinnacle” being used. 🥴
Thank you so so much to Avon, Harper Voyager US, and Netgally for the earc!
August 21, 2026
2.3⭐️
This was almost good and it bothers me that it wasn’t. I wish this book was more edited or read by more beta readers to give the author the feedback that was needed. There is such a cool story here but the execution was not delivered at all.
The characters lacked proper bonding to each other and to the world. The world needed more building than what was given. The mmc needed either more chapters or non at all. Not the 2 chapters in the beginning and the last 2 chapters in a 64 chapter BOOK. Oh my… I’m just disappointed.
This was almost good and it bothers me that it wasn’t. I wish this book was more edited or read by more beta readers to give the author the feedback that was needed. There is such a cool story here but the execution was not delivered at all.
The characters lacked proper bonding to each other and to the world. The world needed more building than what was given. The mmc needed either more chapters or non at all. Not the 2 chapters in the beginning and the last 2 chapters in a 64 chapter BOOK. Oh my… I’m just disappointed.
September 3, 2026
3.75 ⭐️
This story was a great blend between dark academia, and a tournament/ trials situation.
Overall I liked the story, but it felt quite long, and somethings received a lot of details and explanations that I feel could have been skipped. It’s possible that they will be important in the next book… but for example we spent a lot of time in the human realm learning about the world and society. And then we leave, and while it’s shaped our FMC… I think less time could’ve been spent on it.
I enjoyed the relationship that was built between the FMC and the demon prince. And I understood a lot of what the FMC was thinking throughout the story, especially the “who can I trust?”
The narrators were good, and I am interested in where the story will go. Either way I think the FMC has a huge choice to make and it will be difficult to weigh the choices against each other.
I think lovers of the Zodiac Academy would adore this story!
I listened to an ALC through NetGalley. Thank you to the author and publisher!
This story was a great blend between dark academia, and a tournament/ trials situation.
Overall I liked the story, but it felt quite long, and somethings received a lot of details and explanations that I feel could have been skipped. It’s possible that they will be important in the next book… but for example we spent a lot of time in the human realm learning about the world and society. And then we leave, and while it’s shaped our FMC… I think less time could’ve been spent on it.
I enjoyed the relationship that was built between the FMC and the demon prince. And I understood a lot of what the FMC was thinking throughout the story, especially the “who can I trust?”
The narrators were good, and I am interested in where the story will go. Either way I think the FMC has a huge choice to make and it will be difficult to weigh the choices against each other.
I think lovers of the Zodiac Academy would adore this story!
I listened to an ALC through NetGalley. Thank you to the author and publisher!
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September 2, 2026Dark academia meets fae romantasy in this series starter! I like what this book is trying to do and think the world-building is pretty interesting. However, most of the book felt like a prologue and it only started to get so good that I was truly feeling hooked in the last few chapters. I feel like I could have done without so much of the school/dark academia elements. What was most interesting what the forbidden relationship between the part human Audra and the demon fae prince she meets, which only really gets going quite late in the book. I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher, all opinions are my own.
August 4, 2026
What a wild ride!!
🗓️ ARC Review. Pub Date: August 25, 2026 🗓️
🎁 ARC gifted to me by Harper Voyager
🖤 Dark academia fantasy romance
🖤 3rd person POV
🖤 Ancient secrets
🖤 Found family
🖤 Necromancy
🖤 Academy setting
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
I'm a sucker for an academy setting, so when I heard the premise of Heir of Prophecy I was immediately sold. Overall, I had a great time!
Audra is a highly relatable FMC even though I was frustrated with the choices she was making at many times (BUT they're very believable choices nonetheless given her position). What we know about Audra in the beginning seems to shift as she's thrown into this world and fighting for survival.
This book definitely itched a part of my brain with its thoughtful discussions around cult mentality, indoctrination, and power imbalance. On the outside looking in it can be easy to think you'd never assimilate into this world Audra is forced into...until you see it unfold and realize how difficult these choices are when you're knees deep into the environment.
While I feel like I still don't know much/if anything about our MMC, MY INTEREST IS PEAKED. Heir of Prophecy nicely balances the fantasy aspects alongside the romance. I took a quick peak at Analeigh Sbrana's IG and see that she's marketing this as a fantasy romance / to romance readers, so I imagine the romance aspects of this duology will be cranked up in book 2. I can’t wait (hehe).
Biggest reasoning for not giving this the full 5 stars comes down to the pacing. It felt a bit inconsistent at times, but this book finished super strong. The way this book ended has me SO excited for book 2 in this duology!! Can't wait to be back in this world.
🗓️ ARC Review. Pub Date: August 25, 2026 🗓️
🎁 ARC gifted to me by Harper Voyager
🖤 Dark academia fantasy romance
🖤 3rd person POV
🖤 Ancient secrets
🖤 Found family
🖤 Necromancy
🖤 Academy setting
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
I'm a sucker for an academy setting, so when I heard the premise of Heir of Prophecy I was immediately sold. Overall, I had a great time!
Audra is a highly relatable FMC even though I was frustrated with the choices she was making at many times (BUT they're very believable choices nonetheless given her position). What we know about Audra in the beginning seems to shift as she's thrown into this world and fighting for survival.
This book definitely itched a part of my brain with its thoughtful discussions around cult mentality, indoctrination, and power imbalance. On the outside looking in it can be easy to think you'd never assimilate into this world Audra is forced into...until you see it unfold and realize how difficult these choices are when you're knees deep into the environment.
While I feel like I still don't know much/if anything about our MMC, MY INTEREST IS PEAKED. Heir of Prophecy nicely balances the fantasy aspects alongside the romance. I took a quick peak at Analeigh Sbrana's IG and see that she's marketing this as a fantasy romance / to romance readers, so I imagine the romance aspects of this duology will be cranked up in book 2. I can’t wait (hehe).
Biggest reasoning for not giving this the full 5 stars comes down to the pacing. It felt a bit inconsistent at times, but this book finished super strong. The way this book ended has me SO excited for book 2 in this duology!! Can't wait to be back in this world.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
i don't want to be too harsh, but this was not good. i picked this up, somewhat blindly having been intrigued by the cover and vaguely by the premise and proceeded to read it without really knowing what i was getting myself into.
this book pretty much sums up what i think about the new trend of dubbing books in the "romantasy" genre. but lets get started with the actual plot of the book, which is a "chosen one" trope about an heir or "--the One Who is Promised, Most High, our savior" ("Most High" is where i knew i was in for it) but we never really know much about this other than it being a title and someone who is destined to change the seasons? i absolutely hate what a certain author has done to fae in recent books because these "fae" are just humans with magic capabilities. yup. so are the demons. other than some being actual monsters/creatures, but the humanoid ones are just humans with magic too (it does get somewhat answered lore-wise, but i think that's a cop-out for using the "fae" or "demons" terms in the first place).
our main character gets introduced in the first ~15% or so as this sly innkeeper that can scout out criminals and knows how to play them just right in order to turn the cards over to her favor. she also cares deeply for her friend's mom that's been having a hard time ever since her daughter (her best friend) was unjustly killed and has to juggle her own mom's absence with a struggling dad and adopted brother who's just a bitttt different. but the book scraps all of this once Audra gets to the academy because it's suddenly like she has no personality or background at all! she's whisked away by "fae" kidnappers to a "fae" Hogwarts academy. i am deliberately calling it Hogwarts because we are supposed to believe that they must attend schooling and somewhat compete in order to single-out this Heir but our main character and her friends are treating it as if they just got sorted by the sorting hat and "oh! which classes did you get? oh! we're not in the same house? aww man :( we won't be together".
the author also tries to create a found family friend group amongst all this and we barely get to know any of them beyond their shared trait of all having fae blood in their lineage and being kidnapped. we spend barely any time learning about the past and history of these characters beyond their initial introductions (and a constant "your large red-headed friend" to describe one of them, because that's how much of a caricature they are) but we're also supposed to believe that our main character would die for them. girl, you don't know them!!!
there is such little time spent around the world building in this book as well. we get a brief, although, confusing snippet of it in the very very first prologue and a short 1-2 chapters of the love interest in the first 20% or so but then we're just thrown back into Hogwarts class-taking. our main character barely ever thinks about her father (who was on the brink of death! when she got taken) and her brother even though her main priority is to stay hidden and get to go home. we only really get answers at like the ~80% mark and it's so so brief and not at all deserved. for a book centered around questioning the "chosen one" trope it spends such little time developing that speculation and distrust for both sides. cause why is she siding with her kidnappers? why is everyone casually attending classes?
and my biggest gripe with "romantasy" books is that it spends too much time on the romance, but actually, this book didn't spend nearly enough time on it! it would be so much more beneficial to the overarching plot if we continuously saw the male love interest sprinkled throughout her time at the academy, but we barely do. especially when she's just arrived there and would be the most naive. he is supposedly sent on a mission to bring her to his people's side and is supposed to have her questioning her captors and their promise of glory but he is barely thereeeeee. yes, it is insta-love. and no, i do not know why the male love interest's people had to literally spell it out for him that he cared about this girl and maybe, just maybe he shouldn't kill her because this is the happiest they've seen him in days! the author also constantly guides and spells out everything for the readers in the main character's head. every question, every doubt, even though the reasoning is faulty. there is SO MUCH telling and not showing. it was so frustrating to see and read through Audra's fluctuating priorities that i started questioning what was even the point of everything. like girl started a random student rivalry amongst all this even though she was "trying" to hide her Heir powers but still wanted to outshine another student... yeah...
overall, the plot just barely made sense and was just not compelling at all for me to bump my rating up any further amongst all the other issues i had with this. plot-wise, even at the very end, i felt like i knew very little about this world and about what our main character even really has (what her power is, why her power is this way, etc.) this was a very mediocre read for its genre and didn't stand out at all.
some minor gripes i also had: i feel like there is an unsaid rule in fantasy books that do not literally take place in modern times. which is, to not use colloquial words/phrases/manners of speaking. or at least, very rarely use them. this is also why lots of people are mad that Tom Holland is saying "dad" in "The Odyssey." there is an absurd amount of times that "fuck" or "fucking" is used in place of better chosen words, so much so that i was taken out of the immersion of the book multiple times. so much so, that i had to search up just how many times it was used. 93 times. 93. and towards the end, characters started using the term "mist" in place of "oh my god" so why was there so much "fuck"s??? this book also has the most errors that i've ever seen in an arc, almost to the point where the beginning chapters were hard to read, but im sure that this will fix itself upon publication. i found a "bro" hidden in one of the sentences too, which i thought was funny.
as always, thanks to NetGalley for the copy!
this book pretty much sums up what i think about the new trend of dubbing books in the "romantasy" genre. but lets get started with the actual plot of the book, which is a "chosen one" trope about an heir or "--the One Who is Promised, Most High, our savior" ("Most High" is where i knew i was in for it) but we never really know much about this other than it being a title and someone who is destined to change the seasons? i absolutely hate what a certain author has done to fae in recent books because these "fae" are just humans with magic capabilities. yup. so are the demons. other than some being actual monsters/creatures, but the humanoid ones are just humans with magic too (it does get somewhat answered lore-wise, but i think that's a cop-out for using the "fae" or "demons" terms in the first place).
our main character gets introduced in the first ~15% or so as this sly innkeeper that can scout out criminals and knows how to play them just right in order to turn the cards over to her favor. she also cares deeply for her friend's mom that's been having a hard time ever since her daughter (her best friend) was unjustly killed and has to juggle her own mom's absence with a struggling dad and adopted brother who's just a bitttt different. but the book scraps all of this once Audra gets to the academy because it's suddenly like she has no personality or background at all! she's whisked away by "fae" kidnappers to a "fae" Hogwarts academy. i am deliberately calling it Hogwarts because we are supposed to believe that they must attend schooling and somewhat compete in order to single-out this Heir but our main character and her friends are treating it as if they just got sorted by the sorting hat and "oh! which classes did you get? oh! we're not in the same house? aww man :( we won't be together".
the author also tries to create a found family friend group amongst all this and we barely get to know any of them beyond their shared trait of all having fae blood in their lineage and being kidnapped. we spend barely any time learning about the past and history of these characters beyond their initial introductions (and a constant "your large red-headed friend" to describe one of them, because that's how much of a caricature they are) but we're also supposed to believe that our main character would die for them. girl, you don't know them!!!
there is such little time spent around the world building in this book as well. we get a brief, although, confusing snippet of it in the very very first prologue and a short 1-2 chapters of the love interest in the first 20% or so but then we're just thrown back into Hogwarts class-taking. our main character barely ever thinks about her father (who was on the brink of death! when she got taken) and her brother even though her main priority is to stay hidden and get to go home. we only really get answers at like the ~80% mark and it's so so brief and not at all deserved. for a book centered around questioning the "chosen one" trope it spends such little time developing that speculation and distrust for both sides. cause why is she siding with her kidnappers? why is everyone casually attending classes?
and my biggest gripe with "romantasy" books is that it spends too much time on the romance, but actually, this book didn't spend nearly enough time on it! it would be so much more beneficial to the overarching plot if we continuously saw the male love interest sprinkled throughout her time at the academy, but we barely do. especially when she's just arrived there and would be the most naive. he is supposedly sent on a mission to bring her to his people's side and is supposed to have her questioning her captors and their promise of glory but he is barely thereeeeee. yes, it is insta-love. and no, i do not know why the male love interest's people had to literally spell it out for him that he cared about this girl and maybe, just maybe he shouldn't kill her because this is the happiest they've seen him in days! the author also constantly guides and spells out everything for the readers in the main character's head. every question, every doubt, even though the reasoning is faulty. there is SO MUCH telling and not showing. it was so frustrating to see and read through Audra's fluctuating priorities that i started questioning what was even the point of everything. like girl started a random student rivalry amongst all this even though she was "trying" to hide her Heir powers but still wanted to outshine another student... yeah...
overall, the plot just barely made sense and was just not compelling at all for me to bump my rating up any further amongst all the other issues i had with this. plot-wise, even at the very end, i felt like i knew very little about this world and about what our main character even really has (what her power is, why her power is this way, etc.) this was a very mediocre read for its genre and didn't stand out at all.
some minor gripes i also had: i feel like there is an unsaid rule in fantasy books that do not literally take place in modern times. which is, to not use colloquial words/phrases/manners of speaking. or at least, very rarely use them. this is also why lots of people are mad that Tom Holland is saying "dad" in "The Odyssey." there is an absurd amount of times that "fuck" or "fucking" is used in place of better chosen words, so much so that i was taken out of the immersion of the book multiple times. so much so, that i had to search up just how many times it was used. 93 times. 93. and towards the end, characters started using the term "mist" in place of "oh my god" so why was there so much "fuck"s??? this book also has the most errors that i've ever seen in an arc, almost to the point where the beginning chapters were hard to read, but im sure that this will fix itself upon publication. i found a "bro" hidden in one of the sentences too, which i thought was funny.
as always, thanks to NetGalley for the copy!
August 5, 2026
Thank you to Harper Collins for the e-arc and Librofm for the alc 🫶
4.5⭐️
💭: I really enjoyed this one! It takes a lot of the tropes I really enjoy (magical academy, chosen one, warring kingdoms, academic trials) but puts a fresh spin on it! I really liked the FMC Audra. She’s curious and protective of her family (think eldest daughter). The MMC is a demon Prince with horns who can taste emotions... I thought the world building was well done and I just know there are more secrets to learn about both the fae and demon realms. I also love books with prophecies! The found family in this book is also really well done. Did I mention there are also ghosts?? There was just such a fun constellation of interesting ideas in this book! I look forward to reading the conclusion to this duology!
🎧: This audiobook is narrated by Wesleigh Siobhan and Guy Lockard in a dual style natation. I really enjoyed both narrators. They both had a good range of voices and the pacing was well done. I also enjoyed the emotion they brought to the story!
4.5⭐️
💭: I really enjoyed this one! It takes a lot of the tropes I really enjoy (magical academy, chosen one, warring kingdoms, academic trials) but puts a fresh spin on it! I really liked the FMC Audra. She’s curious and protective of her family (think eldest daughter). The MMC is a demon Prince with horns who can taste emotions... I thought the world building was well done and I just know there are more secrets to learn about both the fae and demon realms. I also love books with prophecies! The found family in this book is also really well done. Did I mention there are also ghosts?? There was just such a fun constellation of interesting ideas in this book! I look forward to reading the conclusion to this duology!
🎧: This audiobook is narrated by Wesleigh Siobhan and Guy Lockard in a dual style natation. I really enjoyed both narrators. They both had a good range of voices and the pacing was well done. I also enjoyed the emotion they brought to the story!
August 2, 2026
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!
This is one of those “I knew I would love it,”
but OMG, I LOVED IT! 😭🙌 It actually exceeded expectations.
🕯️ Conflicting prophecies, ancient secrets & deadly trials. 👀🕯️ What’s not to love?
Ohhhh. Audra & Zhaire, my loves! The push, the pull, the patience. 😮💨 The curiosity … the undeniable magnetism. Mm! But honestly, I actually loved that the romance was more of a subplot here. Our new world & the adjustment to this reality really called for it. But don’t mistake me. Did I still get the feels?! YES. Plenty! Audra is just such a strong (& relatable) character that I loved being able to revel in witnessing her journey.
What else do we always love? Found family! The other half of my heart. 🥹 Wilder (MY GIRL), Cersha, Callum & baby Lottie. 🖤 Love love love. & I’m eager to see more of Ivara & Azmera. I appreciate close to nothing more than my MMC’s inner circle to be fierce & devoted (earned). I hope to see much more of them in the next book. We’ve seen enough of Rook to know he’s insufferably hilarious, so we’re already locked in with him. Lol.
Now with the demons, fae & magic here there are some dark themes: death, grief, trafficking (mentioned) & maybe some “religious” trauma. So just be mindful. 🫶
In closing, I cannot wait until the next installment. I also very much appreciate the cliff hanger not being as brutal as it could’ve been. *blows kiss* This was my 1st book by Analeigh & I promise it will not be the last! 3rd person usually takes me a second to adjust to, but that was not the case here. & I really feel like it was very uniquely done here compared to others I’ve read. Loooooved it.
Update: I also got the ALC &— WOW. Wesleigh & Guy did INCREDIBLE! 🤎🤎🤎 Thanks again, NetGalley.
This is one of those “I knew I would love it,”
but OMG, I LOVED IT! 😭🙌 It actually exceeded expectations.
🕯️ Conflicting prophecies, ancient secrets & deadly trials. 👀🕯️ What’s not to love?
Ohhhh. Audra & Zhaire, my loves! The push, the pull, the patience. 😮💨 The curiosity … the undeniable magnetism. Mm! But honestly, I actually loved that the romance was more of a subplot here. Our new world & the adjustment to this reality really called for it. But don’t mistake me. Did I still get the feels?! YES. Plenty! Audra is just such a strong (& relatable) character that I loved being able to revel in witnessing her journey.
What else do we always love? Found family! The other half of my heart. 🥹 Wilder (MY GIRL), Cersha, Callum & baby Lottie. 🖤 Love love love. & I’m eager to see more of Ivara & Azmera. I appreciate close to nothing more than my MMC’s inner circle to be fierce & devoted (earned). I hope to see much more of them in the next book. We’ve seen enough of Rook to know he’s insufferably hilarious, so we’re already locked in with him. Lol.
Now with the demons, fae & magic here there are some dark themes: death, grief, trafficking (mentioned) & maybe some “religious” trauma. So just be mindful. 🫶
In closing, I cannot wait until the next installment. I also very much appreciate the cliff hanger not being as brutal as it could’ve been. *blows kiss* This was my 1st book by Analeigh & I promise it will not be the last! 3rd person usually takes me a second to adjust to, but that was not the case here. & I really feel like it was very uniquely done here compared to others I’ve read. Loooooved it.
Update: I also got the ALC &— WOW. Wesleigh & Guy did INCREDIBLE! 🤎🤎🤎 Thanks again, NetGalley.
August 12, 2026
This was SO so good
I adore Analeigh’s writing and love how she crafts her worlds and characters.
Audra was such an intriguing FMC and I’m SO excited to see where her story goes in the next book
Zhaire. My man. You don’t have the right to be this sexy.
The ending was incredible and brutal, I loved every second of it.
I adore Analeigh’s writing and love how she crafts her worlds and characters.
Audra was such an intriguing FMC and I’m SO excited to see where her story goes in the next book
Zhaire. My man. You don’t have the right to be this sexy.
The ending was incredible and brutal, I loved every second of it.
August 18, 2026
This was my second Analeigh Sbrana book. I previously read "Lore of the Wilds" earlier this year and struggled with it quite a bit. It was an adult book that read YA and it just kind of threw me off. But I definitely wanted to try this new series and I'm really glad I did. Overall "Heir of Prophecy" was a good read. It was an adult book that read adult and that was my biggest worry coming into this. I ended up doing this on audio and I will say the narrators are really good. I think the FMC narrator in particular really put a lot of weight and emotion to this book and she did a fantastic job.
I think Analeigh did a good job at giving us something a bit different in this genre. The fae steal away a human girl to train at their magic academy. Great, right? Not so much. There are definitely fae not to be trusted in this world and I like how things were revealed to us as the reader. I really think her secondary characters shined in this book as well. The pacing was good and I'm really interested to see how she wraps up the series.
I think Analeigh did a good job at giving us something a bit different in this genre. The fae steal away a human girl to train at their magic academy. Great, right? Not so much. There are definitely fae not to be trusted in this world and I like how things were revealed to us as the reader. I really think her secondary characters shined in this book as well. The pacing was good and I'm really interested to see how she wraps up the series.
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