Spectacular collection of novellas from two authors I love to read! Wonderful worldbuilding, likeable main characters, and beautiful prose in both stories. Definitely swept me away into their worlds.

I havent read Ms. Kennedy's Tala series yet, though it has been sitting on my to-read shelf for some time. I'll be honest, it took me awhile to figure out what was happening, since I wasn't familiar with the characters or storyline. Probably would have helped, were I familiar with the series. I enjoyed it nonetheless, about the coronation of the new High Queen, although I wouldn't classify this as a romance. A bit slow paced, but still held my interest. I liked the FMC so much that I picked up the new series in Ms. Kennedy's new series, the first book which has Dafne as the focus.

I've said it before, but I'll read anything that Ms. Draven writes. Her novella is typical of her story arcs and characters, a slow-burn romance with a tough FMC and quiet, brooding bad-boy MMCs, who are ultimately likeable and relatable. I don't like most bad-boy MCs, but I like hers! She writes them so well that you can't help but fall for them as well, and hope they find their happily ever after. The story was haunting, romantic, sexy, and mysterious, all at once, with a little bit of drama and action thrown in. I, too, would have loved this to be a full blown novel instead of a novella. I felt there was much more to tell of their tale. Imogen and Cededa rank up there with Ildiko and Brishen as my favorite couples from her works. Definitely enjoyed this novella more than the first.

Four stars because while I liked Ms. Kennedy's novella, I didn't love it. Enjoyed this duology and of course will be looking out for future works from both these talented authors ( )

Spectacular collection of novellas from two authors I love to read! Wonderful worldbuilding, likeable main characters, and beautiful prose in both stories. Definitely swept me away into their worlds.

I havent read Ms. Kennedy's Tala series yet, though it has been sitting on my to-read shelf for some time. I'll be honest, it took me awhile to figure out what was happening, since I wasn't familiar with the characters or storyline. Probably would have helped, were I familiar with the series. I enjoyed it nonetheless, about the coronation of the new High Queen, although I wouldn't classify this as a romance. A bit slow paced, but still held my interest. I liked the FMC so much that I picked up the new series in Ms. Kennedy's new series, the first book which has Dafne as the focus.

I've said it before, but I'll read anything that Ms. Draven writes. Her novella is typical of her story arcs and characters, a slow-burn romance with a tough FMC and quiet, brooding bad-boy MMCs, who are ultimately likeable and relatable. I don't like most bad-boy MCs, but I like hers! She writes them so well that you can't help but fall for them as well, and hope they find their happily ever after. The story was haunting, romantic, sexy, and mysterious, all at once, with a little bit of drama and action thrown in. I, too, would have loved this to be a full blown novel instead of a novella. I felt there was much more to tell of their tale. Imogen and Cededa rank up there with Ildiko and Brishen as my favorite couples from her works. Definitely enjoyed this novella more than the first.

Four stars because while I liked Ms. Kennedy's novella, I didn't love it. Enjoyed this duology and of course will be looking out for future works from both these talented authors ( )