At last, Elea has found the love of her life. Unfortunately, the evil Tsar Viktor is about to unleash an army of twisted mages bent on killing everyone Elea cares about… including the man who’s stolen her heart.So what’s a powerful witch to do? Why, fight back, of course!Elea goes on a mission to find the Sword of Theodora, the only weapon that can destroy Viktor. That’s challenge enough, but on … challenge enough, but on the eve of battle, Elea realizes that her true enemies may be far more powerful than even Viktor: The deities Oni and Yuri could be out to destroy her as well. With major battles brewing on two fronts, Elea’s not sure that she’ll win, but with true love to inspire her, she’s certainly ready to fight.
“This is the kind of series installment that you wait for.” – The Genre Minx
Perfect for readers who love sword and sorcery filled with magic, necromancy, witches and wizards. This series combines fierce females, paranormal romance and epic fantasy. Enjoy!
BEHOLDER series order
1. Cursed
2. Concealed
3. Cherished
4. Crowned
5. Cradled
*This is a finished series.
Read all the series from author Christina Bauer:
– Angelbound (YA Dark Fantasy)
– Beholder (YA Dark Fantasy)
– Dimension Drift (YA Urban Fantasy )
– Fairy Tales of the Magicorum (YA Urban Fantasy)
– Pixieland Diaries (YA Fantasy)
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Elea and Rowan are attending a family festival when some mechanical men from another planet show up wanting Elea to return with them to their planet. The mechanical men are claiming that Elea’s parents have stolen all of their magic and their planet is dying. They want Elea to go back with them to try and convince her parents to return their magic. Elea of course refuses as when she exiled her parents with the intention of never seeing them again. But the mechanical men don’t give her choice when they kidnap Rowan’s little brother Jicho and take him back to their planet.
In the meantime Elea has a little surprise that she is carrying around inside of her, a surprise that she is worried about telling Rowan as she is concerned about how he is going to take to the news considering their past conversations. Every time she tries to tell him she freezes up and the words won’t come out. Besides every time she gets up the courage to speak to him about someone always interrupts them with something that just happens to be a little more important at the time.
There is a big surprise with a couple of characters crossing over from one of Christina’s other series. This is very welcome surprise one in which I would really love to see more of in the future.
I love the worlds that Christina creates for her books. Of all the books that I have read by Christina so far I have fallen in love from the beginning and can’t seem to get enough. The more I read the more I want. If I had to choose a favorite I don’t think I could.
Cradled is filled with action and love from the first page. I loved the cross over and that ending, the last chapter was so warm and sweet and downright amazing.
I would recommend Cradled to all fans of the Beholder series or any fan of Christina’s books.
Cradled is the last novella in the Beholder series. We already know the majority of the characters, but it’s always good to reunite with them! Rowan and Elea are more than happy together, just with minor problems caused by their families. However, trouble comes there way in the shape of Kronos, who is the ruler of the planet Elea’s parents were exiled to. They need the help of the Lightning Goddess and her Consort to save Jicho, and bring back the peaceful times to their rule.
Although this is only a novella, there is still plenty of action. The Lightning Goddess and her Consort are crossover characters from another series, but you don’t need to know as that it doesn’t really impact this story. I loved their attitudes however, and I loved how Elea and Rowan were with them.
With no editing or grammatical errors to disrupt my reading flow, this felt like the perfect ending to Rowan and Elea’s story. With all characters playing a part, it felt like the ending. I finished this book feeling completely satisfied, with a happy smile on my face.
If you like this series, then you definitely need to read this one! It’s just not complete without it!
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books!
It’s been awhile since I visited the world of Elea and Rowan, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d be in their world again. Surprise! I was so glad to see this latest. We got a more finished wrap up of their world with visitors from other books in this novella epilogue. We get to see Elea and Rowan fight side-by-side one last time to save a loved one and get a visit from people I didn’t think we see again. And, there was even an unexpected surprise which I can’t talk about as I don’t want to give it away. If you are a fan of the Beholder series, you will love this novella. Highly recommend! I was provided the e-book which I voluntarily reviewed.
An intense read!
Evil gods…
Trickery…
And a mission to save the world…
I fell in love with this series right from the beginning, from the first book, and I cannot believe it is finished! Sure, there is going to be a short epilogue novella but still – this book is everything to me.
So beautifully written and so heartfelt and intense. Wow, the things that happens in this book will make your head spin. This author seriously knows how to screw your mind up AND I LOVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT!
The descriptions were thought out and spoken about so stunningly I had vivid images of the scenes and so on – absolutely so grateful to expereince what I did with these characters and their journey.
This story and characters will be sticking close to my heart for quite a while.
Full of necromancers, mages, gods, trickery, evil, action, adventure, seers, magic, danger, enemies, bonds, trust and romance.
Perfect for readers of dark fantasy romance.