Who knows what ascends from the Deeps…Macey is really quite ordinary, if you ignore that she’s a kelpie princess living on land. Still, her life is boring until she gets kidnapped by a man who doesn’t quite know why he kidnapped her. Try and figure that one out.Thankfully, he and his two companions are prepared to help her find out why she can’t return to Earth from their house in the Mists. … from their house in the Mists. Now the only problem is that Macey keeps getting distracted by the three mysterious and very sexy men…
A reverse harem romance drenched in Scottish mythology. Book one in the Seven Wardens series. Also available as audiobook.
The Seven Wardens
#1 From the Deeps
#1.5 Through the Storms (optional spin-off)
#2 Into the Mists
#3 Beneath the Earth
#4 Within the Flames
#5 Above the Waves
#6 Under the Ice
#7 Rule the Dark
Prequel: Beyond the Loch
Sequel: Inside the Egg
Christmas spin-off: Below the Baubles
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Just looking at the cover for From The Deeps by Skye MacKinnon and Laura Greenwood, my imagination was captured by the creatures and myths from the water and this supernatural world that rang new to me, taking me on a wild ride of earth, wind, fire, water, lightening, ice and air that left me wanting MORE!
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I’ve read a lot of books written by Laura Greenwood; she is one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of her books.
This is the first book in the Seven Wardens Series; the story is about Macey and her twin brothers living on land; she’s a kelpie princess but to live on land she can’t use her magic.
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I enjoyed the interesting and engaging plotline and the idea of the seven wardens. I loved the Scottish mythology and the focus on the kelpie as heroine, but I had trouble with Macey herself. She was immature, flighty, and sex stupid. Her whole reaction after being kidnapped was unbelievable, even for fantasy! I like the story idea, so I will keep on and hope Macey gets better.
Macie is one of the seven element wardens that are coming together on another world. I like the premise but it felt a bit flat with hardly any backstories or feelings involved, like her last seeing her brothers unconscious. A prophecy sounds good. I am hoping the next book gets a lot more detailed about the characters and their reason for the journey.
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From the deep, Book one in the Seven Wardens series was a unique mythical adventure story with heated scenes and was quite the page turner. I have read many a Fantasy/Supernatural/Paranormal book though none with so much is Scottish mythology as well as an incubus and two wraiths!
Macey is a sea Kelpie who also happens to be a Princess living as a human on land when she suddenly gets kidnapped. What follows is a wild ride of a fantasy novel that I did not want put down.
This book was well written with characters you can get invested in and a plot you want to see to the end.
I received this an Advance Reader Copy with the hopes I would like it and voluntarily review it.
‘From the Deeps’ is the first book in Laura Greenwood and Skye MacKinnon’s “The Seven Wardens” series. If you missed the prequel, ‘Beyond the Loch’, it gives a bit of the preamble which certainly helped me along with this one. Our heroine is a kelpie princess named Macey. She and her twin brothers have been living on Earth for the past three years as humans in a small village and Macey is beyond bored with her life and annoyed with her siblings. She wants excitement, adventure, anything but what she currently has. Then the power goes out one night and goes out looking for her brothers in a thick mist and winds up tripping over them, getting knocked out and kidnapped to another world. Let the adventure begin. If you read the blurb then you know this is a reverse harem based on Scottish mythology …. While throwing in a few paranormals. Definitely has potential.
The story begins with Macey thinking about how mad Aunt Nessie would be when her two brothers get into a knock-down, drag-out fight in the home they share. Macey retreated to her bedroom and started reading a book when she realized she did not hear the noise of fighting anymore. She called and got no answer so she got up and ended up outside where she found her brothers lying unconscious on the ground. Macey was hit on the back of the head, knocking her out. When she came to, she was elsewhere and her nightmare of an adventure began. This story contains plenty of action, steam, and romance between three men and Macey and ends in a cliffhanger. Highly recommended.
This author did not disappoint. This novel reached out and grabbed me from the very first page and did not let go until the very last.
Gathering the Wardens . . .
Macey is a kelpie princess living on land. But as part of the agreement when her father allowed her to live on land was that she would have her magic bound, unable to use magic. She got her brothers to stop fighting, then went to her room to read. The lights went out and the boys did not answer. She went out the front door and a mist surrounded the house. She stepped outside and carefully moved through the mist.
Her grandmother had told her of an old legend where Immortals created fogs to hide themselves from humans when they walked on Earth. And sometimes humans were helped by “mysterious beings”, never knowing who had helped them. She called for her brothers, Jerry and Bruce. Her foot hit something and she bent down in the midst, finding her unconscious brothers. A dark shape, created from the mist, appeared and she was afraid. Because along with those old tales of humans being helped, there were also tales of the fàth-fiata bringing great harm and evil. Had something been done to her brothers? Something touched her face and whispered RUN, but she would not leave her brothers and something hit her head from behind as she crumpled to the ground.
She awoke to the sound of voices. A man who said he was not human, Camdan, had kidnapped her but has no idea why except that it “felt right”? None of them knew where the Staran (ley lines) had taken them, except it was where they needed to be. Camdan said only one of “his kind” can use the Staran, so she would have to travel with one of them; however, until they have done what the Staran wanted them to do, fulfilled their purpose, they won’t be allowed to leave. When she got angry at Cam who asked if she was a mermaid or selkie, she grabbed his throat and he immediately knew not only that she was a kelpie but was a member of the Royal family. How did he know?
His two friends, Flint and Jared, want to help her discover the purpose for them being brought together since the Staran won’t let any of them leave now, preventing her from returning to Earth from her house in the Mists. If only the 3 sexy men would stop distracting her so she could think!
What they will eventually find is that Prophecy states there should be seven wardens, one for each element to save the world. Jared is an incubus and earth. Camdan is a wraith and wind, while Flint is also a wraith and fire, opposite element to Macey. Macey is a kelpie so her element is water. The prophecy says lightening has been captured and ice is on the way to rescue her, so once the others are together, air will join them and they will be complete.
I enjoyed how they met and their different abilities and how they are different supernatural beings. Though I have to agree with some of the other reviews regarding how the female character wakes up in a strange place with the last thing she saw were her brothers lying unconscious and she then sees strange men and doesn’t even panic. I don’t think she should have wanted to have sex with them after the kidnapping, at least not until maybe book 2. She should have wanted to learn about them first. I do enjoy how Ms. Greenwood and MacKinnon described the various shifters and their forms.
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After reading the prequel I was very excited to read this first book and I am very happy to say that it not only met but exceeded expectations. Macey is a Kelpie princess who ends up kidnapped by three men, only nobody seems to understand exactly what is going on which makes it a bit of a headscratcher. I liked the characters and really enjoyed the evolution of the relationship between Macey and her three kidnappers. Magic, mystery and romance combine to make a book that will warm your heart and leave you wanting more.
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I loved this story! I can’t wait to read the next story in the series. I couldn’t put it down. I couldn’t wait to see what happened next.
Macey is a kelpie princess who has been living on land with her powers bound. One night, she is taken into a world that she never knew existed. She meets Cam, Flint and Jared. They are Wardens and believe that she is one as well. They told her the prophesy that they have been told years ago. She doesn’t believe that she is a Warden but she can’t deny that some weird things are going on. She takes the men as her own as they work out the prophesy. They start on a journey that will take them in places that they never expected. There is an enemy that they need to destroy. Will they figure who the enemy is before it’s too late?
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This is the first book in the Seven Wardens series and only the very beginning of a multi book series. It’s a reverse harem supernatural romance. This series is filled with Scottish folklore, supernatural things like wraiths, shifters, mages, etc. You’re introduced to Macey a Kelpie shifter who is on land for an adventure unfortunately her father blocked her powers and send her two older brothers with her. Her adventure begins when Camdan kidnaps her, where she then meets Flint and Jared. She learns she’s one of the seven wardens, Jared, FIint and Camdan are also wardens, and they must find the other three to fulfill the Prophecy. Macey is unsure of her life and not sure what’s expected of her but as she bonds with her three men you start to see a change in her.
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This is book one of the Seven Wardens series and the main character is Macey, a kelpie princess, who has spent her last three years living on land with her annoying twin brothers. She is getting bored with life with her brothers in such a small village and wonders if she should set off on her own and move to a bigger city, as she tries to work out where she wants to spend her future. When the power goes out one night, she goes looking for her brothers, in a thick mist which seems to be covering everything, and ends up falling over them. Shortly after, she is knocked out and taken by a stranger to a place on another world. When she wakes she finds two men in front of her, Camdan and Flint who she managed to annoy. Only those two can travel along the Staran, the paths between worlds, through the mists. Flint has gone off to collect Jared from the tavern. It seems the three men are Wardens of some sort of prophecy and she is supposedly the fourth member of the team. In all, there should be seven Wardens in total and Camdan and Flint were told the story by a spirit called Malan hundreds of years ago. The Staran only allow them to travel from one world to another, when they have a purpose and are meant to be somewhere.
All three men are very good looking, but Jared hasn’t been feeding and he is an incubus, leaving Macey acting very forward and trying to kiss him and even the other two men, before they try and stop her! The three men know that they are Wardens and the prophecy states there should be seven, one for each element. Jared is an incubus, but also earth. Camdan is a wraith and wind, while Flint is also a wraith and fire, her opposite element. Macey is a kelpie and naturally her element is water. The prophecy states that lightening has been captured and ice is on the way to rescue her. Once all the others are together, then air will join them. The only problem they have is that the Staran won’t allow them to return to Earth and Macey is left wondering what has happened to her twin brothers. They try to travel again from their magical home in the mists, only to find themselves meeting a strange people who believe they are the only ones able to travel the Staran. Their next stop is to find ice before he or she is also captured, but they end up meeting a cat-man who doesn’t exactly like humans, but believes they may be able to help his sister, a dog shifter, who was attacked by a dark being. This dark being is linked to a terrifying and painful voice Macey has been subjected to and which she won’t be able to withstand much longer. Lots more to come in their quest for all seven wardens, but nothing comes easy! I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book.
The first book in the Seven Wardens a well written story that held my interest until the end. We meet Macey and the start of the seven wardens. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
In the first book you meet six of the seven wardens. Macey is attacked and saved by Camden, along their travels she learns she has strong magic and is the Warden of water. There are seven wardens and they are to protect everyone. There is an evil after her and he has already kidnapped one of the seven. This started out slowly but got better as it went along, you meet a lot of new characters and learn that the path between worlds is in danger. A prophecy with intrigue and mystery surrounding it. A good read.
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Our heroine is kidnapped by a group of men who she finds unusually attractive. Plus they don’t know why they did it, which just makes things all kinds of awkward.
This is book one of the series, so a good place to start.
This is a paranormal romance story with a reverse harem theme and a dose of Scottish folklore thrown in for good measure. The story is well written and easy to read as I would expect. The characters and setting are also well developed and quite intriguing, almost as much fun as the plot itself. I particularly liked the Scottish elements seeded throughout. Speaking of the plot, it is a good one including plenty of mystery, twists and turns to keep things interesting. All together, this made for a fantastic read and I look forward to reading the next book of the series.
Highly recommended.
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Really fun read
I found this fun, even if it took a while to really get into the adventure. All in all it’s a pretty good story.
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loved it !!! a great start for this series !!! love Macey and her men… this is their story… kidnap/rescue…it’s all on who’s take…a fast paced action packed story…RH…chemistry… and more…
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From the deep is a mythical adventure story with heated scenes, an incubus and two ghosts.
Macey is a Kelpie princess who has not yet reached all her powers, because these are encapsulated by her father. She lives with her brothers on land where one evening a strange mist looms. While looking at her two unconscious brothers, she herself is beaten out and kidnapped by a man who doesn’t quite know why he kidnapped her. But not all is as it seems. Seven wardens should save the world, but what if they aren’t the first to answer the call. Macey must risk more than her heart to fulfill her destiny. Her mythical captors hold the key to her magic. As this story unfolds, we discover the bond between a group of people from different backgrounds. Macey takes center stage, but she needs her men for more than distraction.
When you want to know how this all goes try and figure this book out. It will not disappoint. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it.
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