Ryley Duggan resented his family for forcing him home on his twenty-first birthday to perform another stupid fire ritual, instead of letting him go out and get shit-faced like normal people his age. He’d never believed in the stories his grandmother told him about the reason behind what they were doing. That was, until he walked outside to the bonfire to see bloodcurdling creatures that no … Hollywood studio had ever come close to replicating, killing his family.
Since an early age, Eirik had one job, to protect the descendants of the one who’d cursed him and his friends. It hadn’t been what he’d ever imagined for his life, but after nearly a millennia Eirik had learned one thing, life never went as planned. Never had that been truer than when he’d rescued Ryley from certain death.
Now the two must learn to work together to save humanity. Will all be lost? Or will they discover a way to heal their hearts by opening themselves up to love?
WARNING: Unseelie monsters run amok in this story!
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What an amazing start to a wonderful series, definitely love the way this first book is going. Can’t wait to read more, loved getting to know the characters Ryley Duggan & Eirik, will be back to read more, *****5 Stars*****
The End of Darkness by Shea Balik is an awesome story to read. This is book number one in this awesome start to a brand new series that I fell in love with. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about LGBT and paranormal romances.
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This was a great series starter. Eirik and Ryley were great characters and really enjoyed this introduction into their world. I’m looking forward to reading more of this series.
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This was a great read. This is the first book to the set and was a amazing start. The storyline was interesting and full of action and adventure. Eirik and Ryley are a amazing couple they work well together and make thos a interesting and exciting read. Grab your copy today.
He is 21 and he wants to go out like a normal man to celebrate turning 21. Instead he needs to go home and perform a ritual, he did not believe in. Things are not going to go when he finds his family being killed. They have been tasked to keep the peace. Now all is in danger and now they need to keep him safe. What will happen? How will it all go? See what will happen
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A great new series about druids, fae, curses and magic. I loved the concept and really enjoyed all the characters. I can’t wait to uncover more and dive deeper into the various characters.
The End of Darkness is the first book in the Druid’s Curse series by Shea Balik. This is a fantastic start to the series. It captures your attention and pulls at you to keep going and builds on your anticipation for next book and the series as whole. Ryley and Erik are interesting characters and their story really piques your interest. I cant wait to read more.
Story line is great and I loved the characters. I really enjoyed reading this book and I would recommend it! Unexpected twists and turns had me reading this book in one sitting. Great storyline and character development made this book a hot and enjoyable read!
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Ryley is on the cusp of gaining his powers a druid when tragedy strikes and Eirik comes in to rescue him. The story continues as they come together and seek to save humanity from destruction.
I was familiar with Shea Balik as an author I had not read anything by her up until now. I have to be honest it took me a while to get into the story and to tract what was happening with each of the characters. Yet, I soon become holed and came to appreciate the different characters and their back story. I mean who can’t enjoy the idea of cursed Vikings and druids.
I found myself enjoying the story and the development of the characters and the story and I am actually looking forward to what happens with the rest of the group as they seek out to protect the remaining druids and seek to have the curse broken.
Let me start be saying that I think I have read every book by Ms. Balik and have enjoyed them all but I think this is my new favorite. I love paranormal books as it is so this automatically started out on a good note but the fact that it went down a different path than what most authors in this genre write about was a big plus. Druids and Vikings are not something you usually see in one book so that was a nice change of pace. But what stuck out the most to me was there seemed to be a maturity to the authors writing in this book that was leaps and bounds ahead of even her last book that I really enjoyed. And while I love a good insta-love that was not what this book was about, even though the when the MCs did admit their feelings it did gel pretty quickly. I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in this series.
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The first book in the Druid’s Curse series by an Author I have not read before. This is a M/M story of two men who find love. Ryley and Eirik as evil comes for Ryley’s family the two of them must work together to save humanity. A story that flows smoothly from page to page. I enjoyed reading this book.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Was a really good book I enjoyed it. Ryley is turning 21 and is dreading going home. Hes lived his life resenting what his family does. He sees his family all killed except his baby sister. Eirik is a Viking who is curse to protect the druids. He saves Ryley from death but a pull so strong he doesnt understand what’s happening.
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