House of the Raven

The Eldrystone, Book 1

De: Ingrid Seymour

Narrado por: Amelia Hugh, John Hartley

Danger lurks. Ready yourself.

They exiled him from his realm, and soon, the lone wanderer shall have his revenge.

For two decades, Rífíor of the Veilfallen has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who trapped him in the human realm, making him a pariah.

Rífíor's relentless pursuit leads him to uncover his enemy's well-guarded hiding place, revealing an unexpected twist—the man now has a daughter, the key to what he desires most… a return to his fae home.

Valeria is a dreamer. Rífíor is a damaged male. And, through no fault of her own, she finds herself entangled in the throes of his hunger for retribution. But for him, there will be no distraction, even if she becomes a momentary detour, even if he breaks her heart.

What he fails to anticipate is Valeria's fiery spirit and the countless ways she will make him pay for stealing her innocence—not to mention the tempest of strength he'll find impossible to bend to his will.

Featuring a damaged hero, a fierce heroine, and an amazingly unique world, this enemies-to-lovers romantasy series is suitable for mature listeners and grows spicier with every book.

©2024 Ingrid Seymour (P)2024 Podium Audio

Awesome read!

This is an awesome start to a longer series! I love that we're given ample time to get to know the characters and world here. There is plenty of action and plot to keep me intrigued. Plus, a raven sidekick is always a bonus!

I still have so many questions and can't wait for the next book!

fmc perspective - dnf

This book was predominantly narrated in the fmc perspective. It drove me crazy towards the end, because there wasn't any great delve into Riofr's story. Maybe that's coming in the next bbook, but I won't be ppurchasing.

Not as described!

15 chapters in and the description of the book is completely different - no clue where they came up with it! If it didn’t have the same character names I would think it was a bad link or such. Did the person who wrote the description even read the book???

Description is from the male POV, but the book is from the female POV.

Not that unique of a world - just Spain (roughly c1400) with a different history influenced by the presence of fae.

“Stealing her innocence” implies either something unforgivable or simple being naive. Thankfully the first hasn’t happened and the later is far from describing the character.

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A better description….
20 years ago a veil came down separating the human and fae realms, trapping many fae on the human side. Most have integrated into human society. The MMC leads a group of rebel fae (no more is known as we don’t hear from him again, but I’m only a few hours in.)

The younger of two human princesses, whose mother was secretly fae, wants to wear pants and sword fight, not an arranged marriage. When she was a child she witnessed a man (unclear if fae or other) use magic to kill her mother. He was going to kill her father and the girl suddenly had magic and saved the king. She thought she had destroyed her mother’s murderer. Never had powers again.

The bad guy shows up, kills her father, and someone betrays her. She is sent to an arranged marriage with a violent scary man.

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The book is fairly interesting so far, and I have theories about who people are and what they have done, and I will likely finish the book, but I hate when book descriptions are so completely different from the book. I go in expecting one story and then am confused because it doesn’t match the description. Then, I’m often disappointed by the actual book. So I’m currently wondering what will happen to ruin this story.