4 / 5 Stars!
I was looking forward to this, and it did not disappoint!
Just to forewarn people who may find this somewhat familiar, the beginning of this story was in an anthology at some point. This book was very different than I was expecting.
The beginning fits the blurb completely. Morgan works at the Dragerfield Library with her best friend and roomie Lexi. Pretty much my dream job. She sounds very young and that occasionally threw me out of the story a little, but it’s very accurate of some people that I’ve known.
After something a little weird happened at work, she gets a call about a missing book in the middle of the night. The call doesn’t come from the person she usually speaks with at the library. Still, she races there in the middle of the night to be confronted by the owner himself Drager, a dangerous yet sexy man with a great voice. In the middle of trying to figure out what happened to the book, a special faerie night begins and throws her and Drager together immediately.
After that hedonistic time (definitely an 18+ book), she’s taken to Faerie to help retrieve the book. Here things drastically slow down for a while. Drager doesn’t actually seem overly interested in her, and other characters are introduced. This includes Drager’s brothers, one of which makes much more of an impact to me personally. So, we unexpectedly find ourselves in a love triangle.
This story is the first part of the Fallen Fae Gods Duology and is not a standalone novel. There is no semi-conclusion at the end of the book, and we have to wait for the next release. In parts, it’s not a book that I would necessarily love, but overall, I really enjoyed it and have already preordered the next one.
Book blurb from author’s website:
One call changed the course of my life forever.
When my phone rings after a night drinking with my best friend, I had no idea my whole world was about to change.
“A book is missing,” a deep, unnaturally enticing voice growls down the line.
Panicked, I race out to Dragerfield Library, breaking all the rules—even if a book is missing, we’re only allowed on property during the day.
But if I don’t find that ancient tome, I’ll be fired anyway.
“You should have waited until morning, human.”
Too late to retreat, I soon learn why the rules exist. Dragerfield is a doorway between worlds. A doorway to Risest, the Faerie realm. A realm they access at night.
And I’m the moronic human who wandered uninvited into their midst.
The fae use humans for two reasons: entertainment, and well, you can use your imagination for the other.
Even worse, the voice on the line that set all of this in motion is no ordinary fae. Drager, with his dragon scales and smoky scent is one of their gods. A Fallen Five.
My new captor.
A missing book is the least of my worries now.
I’d thought I was about to be fired, but instead, I’m heading to Faerie.
And it might be a one-way trip.
