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August 25, 2025

Weekly Spotlight - Books with Fae

 
Filthy Rich Fae
“You made a bargain...
Your soul for his―and now, you are mine.”

Cate Holloway knows the unspoken rule of New Orleans: avoid the powerful Gage crime family at all costs. Of course, that was before her brother got caught in their chaos. Now Cate has no choice but to confront the dark and forbidding prince of New Orleans himself and beg for her brother’s life.

But Lachlan Gage is as lethal as he is beautiful…and the only currency he’s interested in is her soul.

Because Lachlan isn’t just some ruthless criminal. He’s fae. And he has his own secret reasons for binding her to him.

Tricked and desperate, Cate is torn between humanity and the breathtaking Otherworld. A place filled with shadows and secrets, with members of each fae court plotting against her just as her captor’s motives for trapping her become more mysterious.

And if she can’t break this sinister bargain in the next thirty days, she’ll be bound to the inscrutable yet infuriatingly tempting fae prince and his deadly world…forever.

 
Quicksilver
Do not touch the sword.
Do not turn the key.
Do not open the gate.
In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember.

But a secret is like a knot.
Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.
When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares…but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed herself right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her.

Death has a name.
It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate.
His past is murky.
His attitude stinks.
And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.
Be careful of the deals you make, dear child.
The devil is in the details...

 
The Iron King
Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.

When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.

But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil, no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

 

 
The King of Frost and Shadows
A vengeful King.
A lost princess.
And the revenge he’s desperate for.

For the last twelve years, Tavish, the King of the Unseelie Fae, focused on finding the key for taking back his rightful lands from the Seelie fae after they killed his parents.
There was one problem that stood in his way—locating the Seelie Princess hidden on Earth.

After years of haunting her dreams, he finally locates her and drags her back to their realm.

She’s forgotten her fae life and wants to escape. He doesn’t care. He merely needs her blood in order to free his people.

But she’s more than he remembers, and a spark ignites between them every time they touch.

None of that matters though. His goal is set—to drain her blood once her magic activates once again.

He must take back what is rightfully his, no matter the cost.
But if he does, the price might be what’s left of his heart.


 
How does it feel?
A forbidden obsession
Unyielding family allegiance
Three deadly challenges

THE HUMAN.
When a trip into the forest to collect a rare mushroom goes horribly wrong, I find myself falling through a fairy portal and straight into the arms of the Unseelie Fae prince. The dangerously unhinged and handsome Unseelie Fae prince.

What could be more horrible than that? He thinks I'm an assassin sent by the humans to kill him, not a biologist.

Determined to kill me first, and rid himself of the human he has unwillingly grown obsessed with, yet also needing to entertain his people, the villain challenges me to three deadly trials.
If I survive, I gain my freedom. But if not...

The Fae.
I've never felt anything but hate and loathing until my eyes found hers--the vile human assassin's. She is a parasite that has mercilessly latched onto my mind and won't let me free.

My hand itches to be ungloved and feel her smooth skin, even though I would never. The Unseelie Fae royals would rather burn than touch a repulsive human.

I fear that if I do not destroy the girl soon, she may be the only thing that's capable of truly destroying me.

May 25, 2023

A Broken Blade

A Broken Blade
by Melissa Blair
 
Book: Halfling Saga #1
Publisher: Union Square
Pub Date: December 14, 2021
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Fae, Fantasy
Format: Print
Source: Bought
Books Links: Goodreads  Amazon
 
Keera is a killer. As the King’s Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the King’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure called the Shadow starts making moves against the Crown, Keera is forced to hunt the masked menace down.

She crosses into the magical lands of the Fae, trying to discern if her enemy is Mortal, Elf, or a Halfling like her. But the Faeland is not what it seems, and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she discovers and can’t help but wonder who her enemy truly is…
The King that destroyed her people? The Prince that tortures them? Or the Shadow that threatens her place at court?

As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago. A promise not only to save herself but an entire kingdom.

 
My Review: This is one of those books where the beginning was slow and slightly boring. BUT stick through it because the halfway mark is when it gets GOOD. 

Keera is a trained killer, the King's Blade and in charge of all the shades. She doesn't know anything else really, she was found abandoned and taken in by the Crown. She isn't a fan of the Crown and it's ideas on Halflings and Fae but she has to pretend to care to at least survive. 

When her task to find this Shadow person leads her to visit Faeland, that's when everything changes. Keera wasn't sure what to expect really. She go to the land and saw all its beauty and loved it. The people there are free, all of them, Fae, Halfings, Elves and all. The people seem happy and when Keera gets an Invite to die at the ball with the Fae lord, she can't refuse. 

This opens her eyes to so much and makes her question and wonder things. The Lord is kind and sparks up a conversation about her life, only to inform her that everything she has been told wasn't true. If that wasn't enough, the man who dances with her taunts and teases at something. Could he be the shadow or does he just love to push her buttons. 

Everything changed in Faeland. This is where the book picks up and finally sucks you in. Where the turning point happens and I truly couldn't stop until the last page. I am looking forward to the second book. 

 
My Rating:
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January 12, 2022

A Stormy and Sultry Sea

A Stormy and Sultry Sea
by Katie McGarry
 

Book: Witches of the Island #2
Publisher: Author
Pub Date: October 13, 2021
Genre: New Adult, Romance
Format: eBook
Source: Bought
Book Links: Goodreads  Amazon  

 

A witch and a Fae aren’t supposed to fall in love, nonetheless be soulmates…

New witch and midwife Cassie Strega helped a human mother through the tumultuous birth of the queen of the demons, and now Cassie and the baby have been kidnapped by one of the four demon princes fighting each other to lay claim to their new queen. Cassie hopes she can appeal to the human side of the child in order to save humanity, but as the child feeds upon her soul, Cassie must also battle the four demon-prince-uncles who intend for the infant to fulfill her dark destiny.

The love of Cassie’s life, the sultry Fae warrior and heir to the Fae kingdom, Orion, is still searching for the Fae queen he’s been tasked to find, but he is also desperate to save Cassie from his archenemies. He is torn between his heart and his duty, but if he doesn’t save Cassie by Beltane, the blood bond that connects Cassie to Orion will forever be severed and she will be marked as an enemy to the Fae—one he is sworn by oath to kill.

Fate was cruel when it linked Cassie and Orion together. Their attraction to each other is undeniable, their love assured, but these fated lovers are doomed by a curse that threatens to keep them apart. Every touch during every shared dream, every kiss during every cherished moment together is driving them closer to what will either be a victory of humanity or an end no mortal will be able to survive. Will love, in the end, truly conquer all or will it destroy them all?


My Review: All I can say is I NEED book 3 like right now. 

Cassie and Orion finally get their moment. After Cassie went back to her coven where they were able to help her recover after the baby had been feeding on her. But it was then she had a lightbulb moment. What if she and Orion were to raise her and teach and nurture her human side?

Then finally Cassie and Orion get to finish the ceremony and finally get married for real. It was amazingly done and such a beautiful scene to write. That's why what happened after that was both happy and tragic. 

The fae queen they have been looking for, well guess who's carrying the baby!? Also the prophecy that Orion ma kept going on about him dying because of Cassie. Well guess what happened with that?! 

The feels? No, not strong enough to describe how hard of a need there is for the next book to come out. I can't wait to see how this series ends! 

 


My Rating:
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August 13, 2018

Weekly Spotlight - Wicked Trilogy



“Tink appeared in the open door again, his wings rapidly moving, and in his hands he held a... slingshot? Oh sweet baby Jesus take the wheel. Where did he get a slingshot? Off of Amazon? That didn't matter. The brownie had taken the time to paint his face. One half was red, the other blue. He looked like he wandered off the set of Braveheart. I mouthed the word no at him.” 



Wicked
Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.

Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn’t your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren’t the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she’d sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.


Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He’s six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that’s surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.


But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she’s not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There’s something he’s not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She’s no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.





Torn 
Torn between duty and survival, nothing can be the same.

Everything Ivy Morgan thought she knew has been turned on its head. After being betrayed and then nearly killed by the Prince of the Fae, she’s left bruised and devastated—and with an earth-shattering secret that she must keep at all costs. And if the Order finds out her secret, they’ll kill her.

Then there’s Ren Owens, the sexy, tattooed Elite member of the Order who has been sharing Ivy’s bed and claiming her heart. Their chemistry is smoking hot, but Ivy knows that Ren has always valued his duty to the Order above all else—he could never touch her if he knew the truth. That is, if he let her live at all. Yet how can she live with herself if she lies to him?

But as the Fae Prince begins to close in, intent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld, Ivy is running out of options. If she doesn’t figure out who she can trust—and fast—it’s not only her heart that will be torn apart, but civilization itself.




Brave 
Ivy Morgan hasn't been feeling like herself lately. Not like anyone can blame her. After all, being held captive by a psychotic fae prince hell-bent on permanently opening the gates to the Otherworld is bound to leave some mental scars. 

It’s more than that, though. Something dark and insidious is spreading throughout Ivy, more powerful than she could ever imagine... and it’s coming between her and the man she’s fallen deeply in love with, elite Order member Ren Owens. 

Ren would do anything to keep Ivy safe. Anything. But when he makes a life altering choice for her, the fallout of his act has far reaching consequences that threaten to tear their lives apart. 

If Ivy is going to have any hope of surviving this, she must put aside the hurt and betrayal she feels, and work with not only those she loves, but with an enemy she would rather kill than ever trust. War is coming, and it soon becomes clear that what Ivy and Ren thought they knew about the Order, themselves, and even their enemies, has been nothing but a cluster of dangerous, deadly lies. 

Ivy knows she must be more than just brave to save those she loves--and, ultimately, to save herself. 

Because behind every evil fae Prince, there’s a Queen…


February 05, 2015

Reflection Pond

Reflection Pond
by Kacey Vanderkarr

Book: Reflection Pond #1
Publisher: Urban Fey Press
Pub Date: April 1, 2014
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Fae
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
Book Links: Goodreads  Amazon

Sometimes you find home, sometimes it comes looking for you.

Callie knows a lot more about pain than she does about family. She’s never belonged, at least, not until she falls through a portal into her true home. The beautiful faerie city of Eirensae doesn’t come free. Callie must find her amulet and bind herself to the city, and most importantly, avoid the Fallen fae who seek her life. Seems like a small price to pay for the family she’s always wanted.

Then she meets cynical and gorgeous Rowan, who reads the darkness of her past in her eyes. He becomes Callie’s part-time protector and full-time pain in the ass. He has secrets of his own for Callie to unravel. What they don’t know is that the future of Eirensae lies with them, and the once peaceful city is about to become a battleground for power.



My Review: Callie is a normal girl who doesn't really belong. Then suddenly she falls through a portal, where her life is changed. She finds this new world, a world where she does belong. Finds out she has these hidden powers. 

But it all comes with a price.  First getting this amulet that binds her to this world. Working on her powers, avoiding the fallen fae, and dealing with Rowan. 

I enjoyed Callie during the whole story. It was the other characters I was a little ify on and then slowly warmed up to them. There are more characters to love than hate in this book, which was a good change for me. Most of the time I tend to like just the main characters more and not much of the secondary ones. 

The story was paced well and picked up at the perfect moment. I couldn't put the book down and can't wait to get my hands on the next book! 

My Rating:
✪✪✪✪

September 01, 2014

The Winter People


The Winter People 

by Rebekah L. Purdy

Book: Stand Alone

Publisher: Entangled Teen
Pub Date: Sept 2 2014
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Format: eBook
Source: NetGalley
Book LinksGoodreads  Amazon  

An engrossing, complex, romantic fantasy perfect for fans of Kristin Cashore or Maggie Stiefvater, set in a wholly unique world.


Salome Montgomery fears winter—the cold, the snow, the ice, but most of all, the frozen pond she fell through as a child. Haunted by the voices and images of the strange beings that pulled her to safety, she hasn't forgotten their warning to "stay away." For eleven years, she has avoided the winter woods, the pond, and the darkness that lurks nearby. But when failing health takes her grandparents to Arizona, she is left in charge of maintaining their estate. This includes the "special gifts" that must be left at the back of the property.
 



Salome discovers she’s a key player in a world she’s tried for years to avoid. At the center of this world is the strange and beautiful Nevin, who she finds trespassing on her family’s property. Cursed with dark secrets and knowledge of the creatures in the woods, his interactions with Salome take her life in a new direction. A direction where she'll have to decide between her longtime crush Colton, who could cure her fear of winter. Or Nevin who, along with an appointed bodyguard, Gareth, protects her from the darkness that swirls in the snowy backdrop. An evil that, given the chance, will kill her.


My Review: Salome had done well to avoid the winter woods. But after being in charge of her grandparent's home, she is about to head back to those woods. Salome has magic around her all the time and she is about to jump into that world. 


Doing her chores that her grandma wants her to do, it leads her into the woods. She does it because she asked, no matter how much the winter has scarred her. There is also three guys we get to meet and you can probably imagine the love triangle. The good guy, the bad guy, the protective one, the mysterious one. You know the usual. But, these three guys were better developed than some I have read in a love triangle, so Rebekah did a super awesome job with that! She feels for each guy, but which one would be the best? Who can she go to when the voices are stronger and she has no idea what to do and how to deal with it. 


Salome doesn't exactly get a break here. She already fears winter, and now this winter she may lose her life if she doesn't stay focused. Having a family curse can really suck. Salome has to take all the fight she has a make it through the winter, or just let it take her life. Salome is an amazing character and I loved watching her become strong and pull through everything. Despite the past about what winter has done to her, and no matter what, you'll feel for her and keep rooting until the very end. Plus, it could have gone smoother if the boys would just tell her everything right away. They knew so much about this world and it wasn't far to keep her in the dark about things. Salome is the one who has everything riding on her, so why not just spill! I mean come on people. I swear guys like driving us crazy and never say things right off the bat, at least never the super important stuff. 


Oh well...I loved this whole book. I may have lost sleep just because I didn't want to put the book down, but once I was in, it was just hard to leave this world. Rebekah did an awesome job and I can't wait to see what else she can write up!


My Rating:
✪✪✪✪

March 06, 2014

Of Stardust


Of Stardust 

by February Grace

Book: Stand Alone
Publisher: Booktrope
Pub Date: Oct 28 2013
Genre: New Adult, Fantasy, Mythology, Fae, Fairytale
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher/Tour
Book LinksGoodreads   Amazon

“Dreams are sacred…”

At the age of twenty-six single, geeky bookseller Till Nesbitt inherits the shock of a lifetime: a huge Victorian farmhouse filled with unique tenants, and the knowledge that there is a reason she’s always been different. She’s destined to become a Fairy Godmother, because the skills are written into her DNA.

Till embarks on her fairy education at Dreams Come True University with much trepidation, guided on her journey by a unique mentor: a Celtic hybrid with a secret by the name of Gus.

When Till falls head over heels for Gus, will she break the most serious law in the Fairy Code, or will the truth of what really happened to Gus’s parents keep them from repeating history


My Review: Now this is a fantasy to remember! I have read something that dealt with Fairy Godmothers and this one is the best by far. Plus I love that she is a geek and a bookseller. Till is not your ordinary Fairy Godmother. First of all, she isn't one yet. First she must go to this wonderful house she inherited and there she will learn just what is written in her DNA. Fair Godmother has been in her family for who knows how long. You think its cool? Well it can be, but of course, everything comes with rules! 


Gus just happens to give Till a reason to break a major rule. Gus plays a large role with his history. Well family history that is. Is there something hidden there? Something that made this rule exist? Well you should read to find out. I really love how Till reacts to finding about the home, her role of Fairy Godmother, and everything that comes after. She has such great reacts that I love reading. She is also very bright and a thrill to read about. Now her and Gus is also fun to read. Everything was written great and the flow was constant. I didn't have to worry about getting annoyed at parts.

Overall I really enjoyed the book ans would love to read more of Till.




My Rating:
✪✪✪✪

May 30, 2012

The Iron King


The Iron King

By Julia Kagawa

Book:  The Iron Fey #1
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Pub Date: Feb 1 2010
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Source: Bought
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Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.


Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.


When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.


But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.



My Review: Meghan Chase is a Half Summer Faery Princess, and half human. She is quickly introduced to the world that her mother tried so hard to keep her hidden from. The day her brother is kidnapped changes everything she has even known. The Fey world exists, and she is the daughter of a Fey King. 


Things will twist. Megan meets Ash, the winter Prince and a dance together causes something between them to slightly spark. Megan escapes the Fey court and runs off to another court in order to find her brother Ethan. 

Finding Ethan will take help from some good friends. Travel into the Iron Realm, where a fey can't really survive, but Megan will stop at nothing. During this part of the book, Megan and Ash will drive you crazy. You will scream for them to just be together, but they are taking forever! 

Then they finally reach the realm and Megan is able to find Ethan and save him from everything. When it's finally time to head home, she realizes so much time has


My Rating:
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