What Lies Beyond the Veil Published by Adelaide Forrest Also in this series: What Hunts Inside the Shadows
by Harper L. Woods
Series: Of Flesh & Bone #1
on February 22, 2022
Genres: Adult, Dark, Fae, Fantasy, Magic, New Adult, Paranormal, Fairies, Romance
Pages: 432
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Format: eBook
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Also by this author: What Hunts Inside the Shadows
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ISBN: 0578374005
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Once, we’d worshipped them as Gods.
For nearly 400 years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I’ve spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary between our worlds, drawn to the shimmering magic like a moth to the flame.
Then, we died on their swords.
All of that changes the day the Veil shatters, unleashing the fae upon our world once again. The magic of faerie marks those of us they mean to take, but the Mist Guard protecting Nothrek will kill us all before they let the fae have us. There’s no choice but to flee everything I’ve ever known, not if I want to live to see my twenty-first birthday as a free woman.
Now, they’ll claim what’s theirs.
But before they capture me, Caelum saves me from the Wild Hunt. Fae-marked and on the run, he is able to fight back in ways I only dream of. From tentative alliance to all-consuming passion, our bond strengthens as the fae close in and evil lurks ever nearer. With my life on the line, he is everything I shouldn’t dare to want and a distraction I can’t afford. I can’t seem to stay away, not even with something greater on the line.
My heart.
Author’s Note: This book is intended for readers who are 18 and older. It contains mature language, graphic violence, and explicit content with darker elements. This is book one in a series and ends in a cliffhanger.
This Review Contains Some Spoilers
This book has been on my TBR for so long because I wasn’t quite sure if it would live up to the hype surrounding it.
So… to get myself out of a book slump, I decided to download it via Kindle Unlimited, and give it a go. Seriously, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t read a book in so long.
So I picked it up and started reading it in little moments here and there.
Honestly, I could tell from the first chapter that I’d fall into this book so easily.
When I finally sat down with it and dug in, I. Couldn’t. Put. It. Down.
Here’s the thing about this book–it’s predictable. The “big reveal” at the end… not so big. It was obvious from the first time the two main characters meet. That predictability, however, I don’t think was altogether accidental.
Because throughout the story, part of what made it so great for me, was that while Estrella was in the dark–the reader is just along for the ride, knowing full well what’s in store for her.
Caelum was an over-the-top, Neanderthal of a hero. So, if that’s not your thing, then I suggest you avoid this book before you even pick it up. Because I don’t see him changing at ALL. In fact, I only see him getting MORE crazy, the more their relationship progresses.
With that said, Estrella is no shrinking violet. She’s strong, capable, and–while young–she’s been through one heck of a life that leaves her with a jaded view of the world.
This book marks just the very beginning of Estrella and Caelum’s story. It doesn’t end with a finish. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger. However, the second book is available–which I picked up right away.
About Harper L. Woods
Adelaide Forrest (Harper L Woods) is a USA Today & Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author of dark and gritty romance, such as the Bellandi Crime Syndicate and Beauty in Lies series. Adelaide fell in love with books at a young age and quickly discovered her love for writing soon after. She wrote short stories and then delved into full-length fiction at ten-years-old. Since then, she's created over 350 book ideas and hoarded them over the years. When she isn't writing, she can be found spending time with her two young children, dog, and cat. She enjoys traveling, chocolate, chai tea, and most importantly, being with her family.
I do that with a lot of books, like JLA’s current series. I bought the first one as soon as it came out, then didn’t pick it up right away for the same reasons you waited on this one. Once I picked it up though, again like you, I could not put it down. Great review and I’ll have to check this one out!
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