Never kiss a Fae the first time you meet… you’ll always end up getting burned.I’m so stupid. I shouldn’t have accepted their job offer. But the money, the excitement…the glamour was just too tempting to pass up.Even stupider, when I arrive for work, I lock eyes—and lips—with the most arrogant, but delicious guy I’ve ever seen, and an unbelievable truth is revealed…My so-called employers are … revealed…
My so-called employers are murderous, dark Fae from a parallel realm, and the whole elaborate offer is a damn lie.
Oh, and that sexy guy I made out with? He’s the Heir to the Winter Throne.
And somehow, he’s my fated mate.
He’s hot as hell, but I need to run… immediately.
But when I try, a dangerous secret about myself is exposed, sending the Fae courts into chaos and seeking war with the human world…
And now the prince is hot on my tail… in more ways than one.
The insatiable heat drawing us together is only tempered by the hate that smolders between us. Forced together to survive, I have no choice but to trust him—or risk letting their cruel war shatter all I’ve ever known…
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This is book one of the Rise of the Dark Fae series and starts with two friends, Brynn and Nina, who are roommates, best friends and also work together in a bit of a dive of a bar in New Orleans. They struggle to pay their bills and so need the job, but not all the hassle from the grabby and drunken men in the bar. After having to defend Nina from a man in the bar and getting physical with him, her stupid boss sacks her and Nina walks out with her. They are both offered a job by a good looking woman in the street, with a legitimate catering company and although Brynn has her misgivings, they take the job. This unfortunately ends up with them in some weird celebration with some Dark Fae, who get all the servers, Nina and Brynn included, there as sacrifices for their Winter Solstice. Brynn isn’t quite taken in as Nina and all the other women and fights back and is saved by the man she shared a snog with out in the garden area.
It turns out he is a Winter Fae prince and disappearing with Brynn means warriors are sent to kill him and battles have begun with the other Fae factions, with an invasion of the Summer Fae palace searching for him! The prince wants to return to the Glimmer, as he calls his realm, immediately, whereas Brynn wants to search the mansion the party was held at for Nina. A cast iron skillet and a pair of handcuffs from her friend’s toys by her bed, leave the prince weakened and in her custody, so he has to do as she wishes! But now, there are other Fae bounty hunters searching for them both, as the sacrifices didn’t go ahead as arranged and the balance between the Fae factions has been broken and may cause a war if nothing is done quickly to sort it.
Brynn gets a shock about her own past and her possible future as the prince’s fated mate, which neither of them wants. She is totally focussed on getting Nina out of there and back to their old lives, but will soon find out, that will never be able to happen! Brynn gets a sudden introduction to Fae life, Fae Royalty and even magic, which is hard enough to make sense of, never mind having a huge draw towards the prince, who she has problems trusting or even liking most of the time. Her only friend is all that matters to Brynn and she doesn’t stop to think about all the other women being sacrificed, nor the pain and suffering she is making the prince endure. She is single minded with her focus, but may have to change her ways, with the bombshell that is dropped on her at the end of the story! A prince who blows hot and cold when dealing with Brynn and her one aim leaves her uncaring about his pain or feelings. A mixed and sometimes confusing back and forth on the attraction between the two of them and an introduction to magic and the fae. Much more still to come, if Brynn steps up to her actual hidden past and forges a path to a new life in the future. I look forward to seeing what she decides upon. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Brynn is more likely to end something with her fists, and she certainly wouldn’t be accursed of being a girly girl, she leaves that to her best friend Nina. Unfortunately it doesn’t always help her keep her job, and she loses it helping defend Nina from a customer. Now they have to take a job at a party that Brynn has a bad feeling about. She meets Torin during the party, and the sparks fly, Brynn is unlike any woman Torin has met before. Torin saves Brynn, although her friend Nina, has been caught and now Brynn needs to figure out how to save Nina. Can she convince Torin to help her? What about the strange attraction she feels for Torin. I loved Brynn’s sassy/mouthy nature, she certainly gives Torin a lot of lip, and I look forward to the next book in the series.
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I enjoyed The Winter Sacrifice the first time around, this updated version makes this story just that much better. We get more time to get to know the characters, and divulge more into a world I have come to love…
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One human against the Fae? Brynn and her best friend Nina have crappy jobs working in a bar, bartending and serving drinks. One night after taking on two bigger guys, a woman named Aisling appears and offers her a job making lots of money but she seems weird and Brynn declines. When she and Nina are fired the next night Aisling appears again and against her better judgment they take the job, but on the first night are drugged and she escapes but Nina is taken. She finds out from Torin, the Prince of the Winter Fae, that Nina, along with other humans has taken to the Glimmer to be sacrificed to keep balance between the four Fae groups; Winter, Spring, Summer, And Autumn. Now she has to get Torin to take her there and rescue Nina. But The Summer Courts and Winter Courts send people to kill both her and Torin. When she gets to the world of the Fae she finds out secrets. Secrets about herself and what happened in the past. She has to make a decision, go back home or stay in the Fae world and fight for not only her life but the lives of all humans.
Book review of The Winter Sacrifice by Marissa Claire …
“Never kiss a Fae the first time you meet… you’ll always end up getting burned.”
Brynn is a no-nonsense kinda lady … put her behind the bar of essentially a dive bar in New Orleans and that could spell trouble.
The book starts with Brynn out behind the bar on a break, she sees a couple of “tough guys” trying to assault a young woman. Fight breaks out, little Brynn takes them both. Que creepy but gorgeous Ainsley and stoic but Hot companion? Bodyguard? Ainsley offers her a job, she says no thank you & goes about her night with besty Nina. Next night Nina is the one assaulted in the Bar, Brynn does what Brynn does and cracks him with the liquor bottle in her hand. Fast forward to the dick of a boss firing Brynn & Nina walking out as well. On their way home they “run into” Ainsley. She again offers them both jobs. Nina the hopeless romantic is determined to do it, Brynn reluctantly agrees and that is where everything gets interesting.
Dark Fae? Fated Mates? Read it to see how this well written book with a wonderful view of NOLA and a fun take on a well told story ends.
I received this as an Advanced Reader Copy with the hopes I would read and review it.
I almost didn’t read this after I read the blurb on Amazon. The blurb had me expecting a dark and gloomy story. I was happy to find out that I was wrong in that assessment. The story may have a few dark elements but it is much more snarky than gloomy. A delightful story with unpredicted twists.
I received a copy of this book as a gift. This is my honest review.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I fell in love with the story line. Brynn is a kick butt female and a loyal friend.
There was a lot of action and adventure throughout the book. And what we find out at the end of the book…. wow! I can’t wait to check out book 2!
Highly entertaining, action packed, exciting adventure filled with engaging charters, witty banter, heart racing twists and thrilling magical turns. Really enjoyed this emotionally thrilling journey!
Loved this! Brynn is so strong and amazing. She can be a bit irritating at times, but she has a good heart. Truthfully, I was a bit annoyed with her in the beginning. I felt like she wasn’t picking up on a lot of obvious clues. But she won me over by the end.
I really wanted to like Torin as a romantic hero from the beginning, but he really was quite a jerk at times.
Mostly I loved the girl power in this novel (not only Brynn, but many of the hunters were also female). And the way the story was pretty unpredictable. The end answered many of my questions, but left me curious enough to yearn for the next book in the series.
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