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The Dark Fey
Rhea Stone’s return to Story isn’t the happy reunion she would have hoped for. Everything has changed since her last Ellis is in prison, a coven of witches is terrorising everyone and, as if to torture her further, her former high school bully has somehow found her way into Rhea’s magical sanctuary. Not to mention there’s the Dark Fey who are soon to close a deal they long since made… Rhea finds herself thrown in the deep end when she joins forces with Kane Knight and Myna Andrews in a desperate attempt to save Zackary. However, in order to save him she just might have to sacrifice another that she cares deeply about. When the time comes to it, can Rhea really lose somebody else when she’s already lost so much?
325 pages, Paperback
Published March 20, 2021
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April 21, 2022
(This is an authors ramble/rating for the entire series and, as such, this same review is on each book for the trilogy, with only the books rating differing.)
Despite having marked them all as read, I have never rated these books before because, well, I’m the author, and I’ve always thought it was a little odd when I see other authors rate their books five stars. They gush about how much work they put in and how they hope you’ll love their work as much as them, and I get it. I really do. I just never thought I would do the same. However, as a self-published author, I already do so little to promote this series, and I feel like I owe it to the books (and the characters I poured my heart into) to actually push this series, even if it’s only by little things such as rating them on Goodreads.
As the author, you’d think I’d be biased, but I am my own worst critic. I know this series has flaws despite how much I may love it. I know that Prodigy Blood is the weakest of the three and that the first few chapters are especially bad. However, I also know that it gets better and, while this series won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, that certainly doesn’t mean it’s as bad as my brain sometimes likes to tell me.
Personally, I believe this series reads best as one large book rather than three separate stories and, as such, recommend reading them in quick succession. This is because, while Rhea Stone and Myna Andrews certainly play at protagonists, at its heart, this is a book about two brothers and the curse that destroyed their lives. This is very much a story of Zackary and Kane Knight, and to fully appreciate that, you have to read all three novels. Rhea and Myna may take front and centre, but their stories definitely revolve around the two brothers they find their lives mixed up with.
It is a series about family (both found and blood) and is full of morally grey characters who are flawed and damaged and don’t always make the right choices. (In the case of Myna, perhaps never make the right choices might be more accurate…heh…*insert smiling devil emoji*)
So, as the author AND as somebody who has tried to distance themselves enough to rate the series as if I were just a reader, here are my honest ratings for The Story Chronicles:
Series overall: 4/5
Prodigy Blood: 3/5
The Silent Coven: 4/5
The Dark Fey: 4.5/5
I hope if you decide to give this series a chance you will understand that, as someone with minimal funds who thought self-publishing would be a fun challenge (it was not), mistakes will have slipped through the cracks. I hope that you will still enjoy them regardless and, if you do, perhaps you will consider helping a struggling author out by recommending them to your friends/family.
I still hope to go down the traditional publishing route for any future books (fingers crossed that writer’s block stops kicking my ass), but in the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy my flawed babies as much as I do. (By flawed babies, do I mean the books or the characters? Who knows…)
Much love!
Despite having marked them all as read, I have never rated these books before because, well, I’m the author, and I’ve always thought it was a little odd when I see other authors rate their books five stars. They gush about how much work they put in and how they hope you’ll love their work as much as them, and I get it. I really do. I just never thought I would do the same. However, as a self-published author, I already do so little to promote this series, and I feel like I owe it to the books (and the characters I poured my heart into) to actually push this series, even if it’s only by little things such as rating them on Goodreads.
As the author, you’d think I’d be biased, but I am my own worst critic. I know this series has flaws despite how much I may love it. I know that Prodigy Blood is the weakest of the three and that the first few chapters are especially bad. However, I also know that it gets better and, while this series won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, that certainly doesn’t mean it’s as bad as my brain sometimes likes to tell me.
Personally, I believe this series reads best as one large book rather than three separate stories and, as such, recommend reading them in quick succession. This is because, while Rhea Stone and Myna Andrews certainly play at protagonists, at its heart, this is a book about two brothers and the curse that destroyed their lives. This is very much a story of Zackary and Kane Knight, and to fully appreciate that, you have to read all three novels. Rhea and Myna may take front and centre, but their stories definitely revolve around the two brothers they find their lives mixed up with.
It is a series about family (both found and blood) and is full of morally grey characters who are flawed and damaged and don’t always make the right choices. (In the case of Myna, perhaps never make the right choices might be more accurate…heh…*insert smiling devil emoji*)
So, as the author AND as somebody who has tried to distance themselves enough to rate the series as if I were just a reader, here are my honest ratings for The Story Chronicles:
Series overall: 4/5
Prodigy Blood: 3/5
The Silent Coven: 4/5
The Dark Fey: 4.5/5
I hope if you decide to give this series a chance you will understand that, as someone with minimal funds who thought self-publishing would be a fun challenge (it was not), mistakes will have slipped through the cracks. I hope that you will still enjoy them regardless and, if you do, perhaps you will consider helping a struggling author out by recommending them to your friends/family.
I still hope to go down the traditional publishing route for any future books (fingers crossed that writer’s block stops kicking my ass), but in the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy my flawed babies as much as I do. (By flawed babies, do I mean the books or the characters? Who knows…)
Much love!
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