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Royally Hitched?

Review for Royally Hitched: the Fae Prince by G. K. DeRosa

Dark Fae Series book 1.

Royally Hitched revolves around a “Batchelor”-style reality TV show where twelve contestants from the four fairy realms try to win the heart of the Prince Drake of the Winter and Summer Courts (It’s complicated!).  Tempest and Arabella are entered as fae from the Autumn court, but they are really half-human witches sent by their father to spy on the Summer Court.  

Everybody involved in the contest, on and off camera, has their own secrets and plans.  The book builds excitement from the very beginning as Tempest and Arabella arrive, wondering if they will be exposed as imposters.  Soon enough other problems arise and the plot moves quickly along.  

The story is told from alternating points of view with Tempest, Arabella and the Prince trying to investigate what is going on and trying to stay alive in the process.  Both Tempest and Arabella have developed feelings for the Prince, and he has feelings for both of them.  

The book ends on a cliff-hanger in the mid-point of the contest, so I’ll be waiting eagerly for the next book in the series.  Royally Hitched is set in the same world as the Hitched and DarkBlood Academy series, but you don’t need to read either in order to enjoy this book.

I read a advanced review copy of this book. 

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The Ex-pacifist, by Sarah K. L. Wilson (Matsumoto trilogy book 1)

In the world of the Ex-Pacifist, The Matsumotos run the largest empire.  All the Matsumoto cousins are trained as ambassadors and their number one rule is that they must not commit any violence, even to protect their own lives.  Vera and her guard are sent on their first mission but it goes very badly by the emperor’s standards and expects to be sentenced to death.

Instead, she and a new guardian, Roman, are sent off to see what happened to her cousin Denise, who disappeared while investigating odd happenings on a planet outside of the empire.  She is given two weeks to find Denise or the fleet will attack the planet and she face a death sentence again.

The book is very well written in a style that I would classify as dystopian sci-fi with young adult characters.  Since the teens have very adult responsiblities, it doesn’t completely feel like a typical YA book.

I look forward to reading other books in the Matsumoto trilogy.

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Nightblade, by Garrett Robinson

Nightblade is a wonderful, mad adventure that begins with Loren, a 15 year old girl who dreams of release from her abusive parents. Escaping into fantasy, she becomes Nightblade, wandering the world in a black cloak with a dagger at her side, stealing from the rich and righting wrongs. Then, her opportunity comes when she spots someone fleeing through the forest.

As Loren runs away from home, she has only her wits, swagger and a mysterious dagger to help her navigate her first adventures in the city. The story moves at a whirlwind pace as Loren makes friends and enemies and she tries to become Nightblade.

Nightblade is Book 1 of the Nightblade Epic and part of the Underrealm Saga

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The Seekers, by Cait Ashwood

I was intrigued by the description for The Seekers by Cait Ashwood, and extremely pleased by the novel. The fantasy-magical setting is unique and the plot kept me guessing. I couldn’t predict what was going to happen and was glued to the story as it wound its way through changing alliances and betrayals until the cliffhanger ending.

To briefly summarize, Audrey feels adrift after her husband’s death. A stranger offers her a chance at adventure, an almost unbelievable one, but she has no ties and if she’s ever going to take a chance and break out of her routine, this feels like the time. The Stranger, called the Hound, is a seeker who spends his life looking for women who have the special potential to save his people from starvation. Such a calling may be just what Audrey’s been looking for, if she has the courage to take it.

The Seekers, is Book 1 of the Order of the Lily.  I can’t say more, the next book is out there somewhere, I’ve got to get to it!

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Luther – Base Camp Bears by Amelia Jade

So, a bear shifter walks into a bar and runs into a friend.  Then he’s smitten with a cute waitress and says all the wrong things.  Then… all hell breaks loose.

Bear shifter Luther just lost his job with the Green Bearet border patrol due to budget cuts. He wanders into a bar in the neutral city of Cloud lake to drown his sorrows and decide what to do next.  Once there he’s smitten with Allix, a human who works as a waitress at the bar. When shifters from the Fenrir enclave arrive and cause trouble, he acts to defend her.  It turns out that the Fenrir shifters enclave have started attacking humans and shifters all over town. Fenrir has just declared war.  Luther and his friend have no choice but return to their old base in the Cadia enclave.

Allix has been wandering all her life looking for something.  She sees Luther in the bar and there’s definitely some special bond there.  Suddenly, Allix finds herself in the middle of a shifter war and in need of rescue.  Can love bloom in the shadow of war and can Allix finally find a place to belong?

This was an exciting story based in Amelia Jade’s Cadia shifter world.  Green Bearets – Luther is Book 1 in the Base Camp Bears series.  I thoroughly enjoyed the book.  It combined a lot of different elements such as shifter/human conflicts, conflicts between shifters, Military tactics and training, and of course romance.  The story is unpredictable and keeps your guessing what will happen next.

 

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