From New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O’Malley, comes a riveting magickal romance set in modern day Dublin. Clare MacBride has her life in exactly the order she wants it. In a year, she’ll have finished her geology dissertation, though she’s no closer to figuring out the answer to one question that plagues her. Why does she feel stones pulse with energy? A centuries-old curse, a … centuries-old curse, a mysterious faction of protectors, and a mythological godstone all sound like old world fairytale nonsense to Clare. It only takes one rainy evening with a silver-eyed fae and a handsome stranger promising protection to rock her world forever.
With her life plans shattered at her feet, the lines of science and fiction blur as Clare is forced to throw everything she knows about the world out the window and look deep within her heart for answers.
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Loved this book can not wait too read the next one.
This was the first book I read by this author. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to reading the other books in this series
This was an easy to read and enjoyable book. It did not pull me in very quickly but kept with it and it was okay.
An entertaining start to a new series.
Loved this book kept my attention start to finish!
This is an enjoyable series.
Just love Tricia O’Malley books.
Loved it – will continue to the series
I quit trying to read it about a third of the way into the book. Nothing in it to grab my attention.
I loved this book!!! Had I not had an appointment the next morning, I probably would have read straight through the night — as It is, I forced myself to put down the iPad at 3AM. I loved the premiss of the story, the plot that the writer wove and her ability to intrigue the reader. Perfectly wonderful!
Great beginning for a wonderful series
4.5 stars on the re-read.
Clare MacBride is busy and stressed, but she’s where she wants to be and only a year away from completing her PhD in geology at prestigious Trinity College. She’s just no closer to understanding why she can feel the energy and stories within stones. When a mysterious, leather-clad man saves her from a mugging, claiming to be her protector, she’s not sure what to make of it. When he tells her of an ancient curse and two warring factions of fae, it all sounds like a mythological fiction, until continued attacks make it all too real.
Science-minded Clare struggles to come to grips with things she can’t explain as she finds her world completely upended. Soon she must question everything she thought she knew and, with help from her friends and Blake, her official protector, she’ll find the answers were within herself all along.
This was an audio revisit of a book I loved when I read it a few years ago. It didn’t hold up quite as well with age, but I think a lot of that was due to my dislike of the narrator; an Irish narrator would’ve suited much better than an American. I still adored Blake and he’s still one of the most sensual and swoon-worthy heroes I’ve read. Clare was a bit annoying in all of the stupid decisions she made, endangering the entire group, despite the fact that her above average intelligence is mentioned often. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed the fantasy and adventure of this book and found it to be a lovely escape from reality. I’m continuing on with my audio revisit.