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Synopsis
Most people think the fae are gone. Most people are wrong.
Owen Williams wakes after a horrific car accident to find his wife is dead—and somehow turned into a gryphon—and his kids gone after a home invasion turned horribly wrong. Shattered and reeling, he vows to do whatever it takes to find them.
When a fae scout appears and promises to reunite him with his kids, he doesn’t hesitate before joining her. But she warns him that if he wants to protect his family, he must follow the fae to their city, the hidden haven of Tearmann.
With enemies on the horizon, Owen needs to set aside his fears and take up arms to defend their new home alongside the people he’s always been taught were monsters—or he’ll lose everyone he’s trying to protect
Publisher: Self-Published
Length: 280 Pages
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy
Age Category: Adult
Date Published: 30 April 2021
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Haven-Fae-Queens-Court-Book-ebook/dp/B08WHKFPZF (Canada)
https://www.amazon.com/Haven-Fae-Queens-Court-Book-ebook/dp/B08WHKFPZF (USA)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Haven-Fae-Queens-Court-Book-ebook/dp/B08WHKFPZF (UK)
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57034387-haven
My Thoughts
One of the main reasons I love being a BBNYA panelist is that I discover so many books that I may never have come across otherwise. It encourages me to read outside of my comfort zone and try genres/themes I may have passed over in a bookstore or online.
Haven is such a fun and unique book to read and I really enjoyed it.
The biggest thing for me throughout this book was familial love between Owen and his family and how much he was willing to do to protect them and keep them safe. He is completely out of his depth and in deeper than he wants to be but his children are the most important thing in his life so he does whatever is necessary. I love how this book revolves around a make caregiver and shows such a tender father/children relationship.
The world building is so clever. The merging of the fae with humans is done so realistically that it wouldn’t be too hard to believe this wasn’t real. There’s this whole war going on with a variety of fantastic fantasy creatures hiding amongst humans and it just works so well together. The descriptions of the creatures and their personalities is vivid and detailed and really brings them to life. The characters become so reflective of the traits we see in humans and as a reader, I became really invested in them – often forgetting they were supernatural. As a first in a series, a lot of time is spent laying the world and characters’ foundations in order to set things up for future books.
If you like fantasy that is mixed with a dose of reality then this book will definitely be right up your street. Great characters and a really interesting concept make Have a great book to add to your reading list.
Author Bio – Ceril N. Domance
Ceril N Domace is an accountant, the owner of the feline embodiment of violence, and a dedicated dungeon master. On the rare occasions she manages to free herself from an ever-growing and complex web of TTRPG, Ceril enjoys taking walks and griping that all her hobbies are work in disguise
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