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For centuries powerful races have taken women from Luella's village to be their Human Queen.

To be chosen is seen as a mark of death by the townsfolk. A mark nineteen-year-old Luella is grateful to have escaped as a girl. Instead, she's dedicated her life to studying herbology & becoming a healer.

That is, until the Elf King unexpectedly arrives... for her.

This was an okay read. I think I hyped it up way more than I should have. I think this is more of a YA read.
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I adored this book and the main characters. I wish more time was spent on the elf king‘s history, I desperately wanted to know more about him. However, it was well written and beautifully descriptive! I really escaped into another world with this one! Highly recommend if you are looking for a stand-alone fantasy slow-burn YA (no spice) romance to dive into. Thanks @KateReadsYA for gifting me this book!! 😘

Season? FALL 🍁
Reading snack? PRETZELS and M&Ms
Color? DUSTY ROSE PINK or ROSE GOLD 💕
Flower? SUNFLOWER 🌻
Book setting? CASTLE 🏰
Beverage? ICED COFFEE 🧋
Game? SPADES ♠️
Current read? A DEAL WITH THE ELF KING 🧝‍♂️
#WondrousWednesday

This is a fantasy version of the Hades & Persephone story. It does have cool world building and a fun animal companion, however the pacing is very slow and I don‘t really feel much for our main characters. It just felt not new and I had a hard time finishing it. 2⭐️

Found a #pantone2023 match for this recent read!

Admittedly, I‘m not much of a fantasy girl, but I really enjoyed this! It kept my interest throughout and the world building was great. I really liked both of the MCs too!

#bookspinbingo
#joyousjanuary
#pop23 - book with mystical creatures
#jumpstart2023

Floofy and I decided to dive into this read today. I can‘t count how many times it had been recommended to me and I blew it off. So I downloaded it onto my kindle and made it a #bookspin read so I‘d really read it. OMG so good. So so so good. Like kick myself in the backside because it took so long good. Fantasy romance for the win! @TheAromaofBooks

This has been my "waiting for the kids to fall asleep" book on my kindle for the last couple weeks. A little predictable, but I still enjoyed it. It had a fairy tale retelling vibe even though it was an original story. I'll definitely check out more books by this author.

"I won't be lectured by a human who entered my world days ago. And certainly not by one who has never ruled a day in her life."
"Good," I say. "Because I have no interest in lecturing a man who won't listen."

First off, how gorgeous is this edition?? I was in love the entire time I was reading it. My photo does not do it justice. I actually really enjoyed this #LMPBC pick. After reading a couple fantasies lately where the authors seemed to delight in making the reader guess everything about their world and how it works, I enjoyed that the elves didn't spend half the book acting like Luella should be kept in the dark. The ending drama felt a little ⬇️

I really enjoyed this! Light, sweet, breezy, and just a lot of fun! When you're looking for a great palate cleanser after some serious, emotionally draining books, this is a great option! ❤📖❤ #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin

Really enjoying this one so far a lot more than I expected to, honestly! It's not very deep or world changing - but it's like a warm, buttery croissant and I can't help sinking my teeth into it! 😃❤📖 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #rumpel

This might just be my new favorite dedication in a book because of its simplicity and honesty! 🤣😂🍷

This one was just okay for me. I‘ve never read this author before and felt the story could have been better. It was just kind of meh to me. It‘s not a book I would have picked up of on my own. #LMPBC

#Booked2022 - about fictional royals

#BookReport- only finished 2 books this week because I have so many in progress!

I should finish The Night Raven today, I only have an hour left on audio. My goal is to finish The Engineer‘s Wife by the end of the month.

I‘m about 25% into the Name of the Wind, but my lib hold expires in 4 days. So I‘m going to have to check it out again.

#WeeklyForecast - I have so many books going, who knows what I‘ll read next. These 2 are lib books

I have snow blowed and shoveled for an hour so far. I can‘t wait for it to not matter in 10 minutes. Still 8 more hours of snow ahead of us!

Taking a break and diving back into this book.

#WeekendReads #20in4Readathon

"There are only two reasons why the Elves come to our world: war or wives. In either case, they come for death. They come today."

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What an opening! ??? Rumpel isn't worried though! She looks up at me whenever I pause. 'Keep reading, mama!' ?❤ #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #rumpel

Book Haul Pic 1! 😌📚💕

I stopped deluding myself that I would ever be able to go into Barnes and Noble and only leave with one book. I just don't have that kind of will power and it's better if I'm honest with myself about that! 😂 The books on the bottom are the first two in a Nordic fantasy series that I've never heard of before but looks AMAZING! And the Elisa Kova books I keep hearing about so I wanted to try them! ❤📖❤ #bookhaul

Sooooo… I liked the book! I don‘t think I loved it but it was definitely a good read! I think most of the book was just too slow paced for me, it didn‘t make want to read all of it in one day or as fast as I could ya know! But it was still a really good book! If you like a lot of smut this maybe isn‘t for you since even though there is some smut it‘s nothing crazy. Definitely a book and story worth reading at least once!

Current read

My first Kova book I see her a lot on Instagram. An interesting fantasy romance. A girl is chosen to be queen and trained for it. However Luella wasn‘t supposed to be chosen. We have a dying land and lies. Luella is supposed to save them all. I wish it honestly had more to the story. It wasn‘t rushed I just think it could have been fleshed out more.
#bookspinbingo
Probably my last for the month as I start preparing for December reading!

#LMPBC #GroupC #Fantasy
🤔I loved the beginning and that ending! The world building was EFFORTLESS!! But the middle was QUITE slow😖I felt like the whole book happened in the last few chapters. I adored the MC‘s and their friends but I wish we got to spend more time with them instead of just the end. A few 🔥 scenes! and I want more of these characters! I wanted bit more of EVERYTHING from this book I guess😕If only there was a book 2!
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I loved this book so much. When I got to the last couple of chapters all I could think is "I want more of this world". I loved all the characters, even the not so important ones were super interesting. Would definitely recommend!

𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓲𝓹 𝓸𝓷 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓼; 𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓾𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓾𝓹𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭. 𝓜𝔂 𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼....
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𝓔𝓵𝓭𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓮, 𝓵𝓲𝓹𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭. 𝓘 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓪𝔃𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓬𝓴 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝔀𝓮. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓵𝓾𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓰𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼🌹

💞 Finally picked this beauty up at the bookstore today after months of wanting to read it. I love days when I'm looking forward to a trip to the bookstore and it ends with an early night in bed and reading till I fall asleep. 💞

It‘s storming out today but I got a new book in the mail that I want to start immediately!
I have many #litsylove letters and I have been typing one letter a night (one is all I can handle with that dang pointer finger) because writing is still hard. I do have one letter to send off though!
Other than that I‘m inside reading while it pours outside! 😁

When I picked this up I wasn't expecting myself to like it. But I knew I was going to regret it if I didn't read it due to the multiple Tiktoks that seem to preach it. So I took the free kindle unlimited trial and got this book for free. But, all this book did to me was confirming that I know my reading style and what I enjoy. 😅 I wasn't interested in the romance and my favorite character was the wolf that had no dialogue.

While not the literary work of the century, this novel is a fun experience. Kova‘s world building was pretty good and the answer to the main problem wasn‘t needlessly complex. My primary complaint was how formulaic the relationship was. #fabulousfebruary #bookjournal

#bookspinbingo #seriesread2021
@TheAromaofBooks @TheSpineView

3.8 ?

"I see life. He sees death. Two sides of the same coin. Two halves that require the other to exist."

This may be an adaptation of Hades and Persephone. Eldas and Luella are shoved together in a marriage to maintain the pact between elf and human world. Luella didn't she had natural magic in her blood, her childhood friend, Luke, gave her a necklace made by Elvin and ?

In love with the cover ??

"The Elf King‘s face, ethereal, handsome, youthful, as hard as diamonds, is as handsome as it is terrifying. He is like a poisonous flower—stunning and deadly. This, I realize as his eyes flash an even brighter blue, is the face of death."

“There are only two reasons why the elves come to our world: war or wives. In either case, they come for death. They come today.”
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really loved this book! I couldn‘t put it down. I loved seeing how torn Luella was. I loved both Luella and Eldas‘s character growth. I definitely recommend this book.
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I loved the world building in this series! It‘s a Hades/Persephone style story set in a world where Elves must take a human bride every hundred years in order to keep the world in balance. Luella is a healer who was never expecting to be the bride, but the Elf King comes and chooses her. She must navigate her new position while trying to figure out the meaning of her role.