A midwinter holiday fantasy romance anthology…
A Wynter Fyre by Darynda Jones
In a world where vampyres have been hunted to near extinction, the daughter of a demon is sent to save their race. Wynter ends the Blood Wars, but a single drop of vampyre blood accidentally crosses her lips. As punishment, she's encased in stone for a hundred years. When she awakens, she vows revenge. Even if it means her demise. Her quest leads her to the vampyre prince who supposedly started the wars. He comes to her aid after she's attacked, and Gareth's deadly prowess may be exactly what Wynter needs to defeat the woman who created her. Or exactly what she needs to thaw her frozen heart.
Of Fate and Fire by Amanda Bouchet
The Kingmaker Chronicles meets modern-day New York City! Piers, an exiled warrior from Thalyria, finds himself in the Big Apple just before the holidays. The world and everything in it might be utterly foreign to him, but that won't stop Piers from helping to complete a vital mission for Athena and protect Sophie, a French teacher from Connecticut who's suddenly knee-deep in inexplicable phenomena, danger, and henchmen after an Olympian treasure that should never have ended up in her hands—or remained on Earth after the Greek gods abandoned it.
The King of Hel by Grace Draven
Castil il Veras, daughter of lesser boyars, attends the gatherings that celebrate her best friend's upcoming marriage to the cursed king of a sorcerous kingdom. She soon learns that even marked by the magic of the Wastelands, Doranis of Helenrisia is everything she's ever desired in a mate—and absolutely forbidden to her. Bound by duty to crown and country, Doranis has traveled to the Caskadan empire to marry a woman who loathes the sight of him. During the prenuptial celebrations, he meets a scribe who finds him fascinating instead of repellent, but Castil is beyond his reach. Fate, however, would have it otherwise, and a beseeching letter from a dying queen will bring them together again in a land gripped by endless winter and old magic.
Familiar Winter Magic by Jeffe Kennedy
It's holiday time at Convocation Academy, but best friends Han and Iliana are finding it hard to celebrate. As a familiar, Iliana is facing her assignment to a life of servitude to a wizard, very soon. And Han… despite being tested by the oracle daily, he is still uncategorized. As Iliana and Han face being separated forever, they at last find the courage—or desperation—to break the rules and acknowledge their deeper feelings for each other. But it will take more than true love to save them from the laws of the Convocation…
My Review:
I had a really fantastic time reading this collection, and I'm really glad that I've read two anthologies back to back, getting in those short stories for series I need to continue. For this one, I was reading for the Darynda Jones story and the Amanda Bouchet one, and I had a really great time with them, and the other two as well!
A Wynter Fyre was really great to read, but it was a bit confusing. I wasn't sure about the details of the world, and some details were just kinda skipped over, so I didn't quite get what was going on. But other then that, I had such a great time with it, I really enjoyed these characters and their story!
Of Fate and Fire, I just loved! I wondered what happened to Piers after what he did, summoning Ares. Loved seeing what this story added to the world! I wasn't sure if Attica was our world or not, so I really enjoyed seeing what happened to him. Though it is sad that he'll never contact his family again-I'm hoping that'll change in the future, they all deserve that contact and that closure!
One thing that I loved about Of Fate and Fire was the villain, and why he was spared, because his descendents were important. And then in the notes afterwards, well, his descendent is Captain Tess Bailey from the Endeavor series! So I love how these series were tied together!
One thing that I loved about Of Fate and Fire was the villain, and why he was spared, because his descendents were important. And then in the notes afterwards, well, his descendent is Captain Tess Bailey from the Endeavor series! So I love how these series were tied together!
This was another really great collection of stories and I really enjoyed reading them!
Authors: Darynda Jones, Amanda Bouchet, Grace Draven, Jeffe Kennedy
Series: Kingmaker Chronicles #3.5, Bonds of Magic #2.5
Read: April 30th, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love these authors, and the series that I've read, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book!
Publisher: Brightlynx Publishing
Published: December 22nd 2021
Authors: Darynda Jones, Amanda Bouchet, Grace Draven, Jeffe Kennedy
Series: Kingmaker Chronicles #3.5, Bonds of Magic #2.5
Read: April 30th, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love these authors, and the series that I've read, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book!
Publisher: Brightlynx Publishing
Published: December 22nd 2021
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