Our main character is dropped into the Fae world with no talents beyond being a seamstress. She isn't instantly special or a winner I love this book.
Our main character is dropped into the Fae world with no talents beyond being a seamstress. She isn't instantly special or a winner (in fact she nearly dies).
She acquires a resentful fae servant who is sarcastic and bitchy in the best way (making our heroine grow and learn, not become a victim or a whiner, hello best friend status).
There are also horror elements to the trials that make you gasp between giggles. (Not all fae are pretty, and any good contest should have a little bloodshed, of course).
The Bachelor has nothing on these fae trials. Nothing beats the magic of the Winter Court and a Cursed Prince.
"I closed my eyes and opened my soul. The doubt, the guilt, the fear, I let it go, and Gertrude Hunt’s magic flooded into me, clean and strong. The p "I closed my eyes and opened my soul. The doubt, the guilt, the fear, I let it go, and Gertrude Hunt’s magic flooded into me, clean and strong. The past already happened; the future was now. I was an innkeeper, this was my inn, and everything and everyone within it was in my care."
I love transformative inns, magic, aliens, and shifters wrapped into the magical writing of Ilona and Gordon Andrews.
I honestly hope this mini series never ends. I literally kept stopping myself after each chapter because it was nearing it's end too soon.
Plus who doesn't love an alien chef who erringly tries to figure out how to make "great" fast food? I love that we got more scenes with Orro in volume five.
"Orro drew himself to his full height. “You want to bring outside food into my kitchen?” Oh no. “Am I not a Red Cleaver chef?” And here we go. “Have I not cooked delicacies from a thousand planets?” His quills stood straight up. He raised his right hand, his talons spread wide, appealing to heavens. “Am I not a master of my craft?” He paused, glaring at me. “Of course you are,” I said, trying to keep my voice soothing. This would end in disaster. “Then you will bring this Grand Burger to me and I shall make it. You will taste it and you will weep, for it will be the best Grand Burger to ever grace a human mouth.” He spun around dramatically and stalked off into the kitchen.
This series is a must read if you have any love in your bones for magic !...more
“House Ervan threw me away. They threw my daughter away like we were old rags. We had no value to them outside of my husband. All the time we lived am“House Ervan threw me away. They threw my daughter away like we were old rags. We had no value to them outside of my husband. All the time we lived among them, all the things I’d done in service of the House, all the friendships I forged, none of it mattered. They didn’t fight to keep us. They wanted to be rid of us.”
Maud has decided to take her daughter and go to (our favorite Vampire) Arland's home planet after meeting him at her sister's Inn on earth.
I thought I would dislike the stray from earth and the magical inn, but as per usual, when it comes to Ilona and Gordon, they can handle intergalactic tales and make you fall in love repeatedy.
I love this journey to find a home for Maud and her daughter.
“I lived a lie. I can’t take that chance again. I won’t. I don’t want Arland to marry an outsider who is barely tolerated. I want him to marry someone who is valued by his House. Someone who is indispensable. I want that marriage to be seen as a boon for House Krahr. I don’t trust any of you except Arland.
I want to ensure that you will never turn on me. That my daughter will have a place here not because of your son, but because of me and eventually because of herself.”
She’d said too much. Where did it even come from? She’d had no idea that’s what she wanted until the words came out of her.
Silence lay between them. A light breeze stirred the vala tree. Ilemina arched her eyebrows and took a sip of her wine. “Now this? This I understand.”...more
An ending of forgiving, trying to let go, and always remembering that the enemy will not always still be your enemy.
"The two o 3.5 stars.
Bittersweet.
An ending of forgiving, trying to let go, and always remembering that the enemy will not always still be your enemy.
"The two of you only remember the man in the cage. Before that I was the Legatus of the Golden Legion. I murdered my way to the top. I committed atrocities. And unlike Hugh, I have nobody to blame but myself. I own everything I’ve done. I did it because I wanted power. I must live with it. Hugh lives with his memories. It will be his choice to atone for what he has done, or not. But I’ve forgiven Hugh, because if I don’t forgive him, there is no hope for forgiveness for someone like me."...more
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