Heart of the Fae

The Otherworld, Book 1

By: Emma Hamm

Narrated by: Siobhan Waring

Once upon a time...

A plague sweeps across the emerald hills of Ui Neiill, leaving a young midwife's father with months to live. To save her people, Sorcha makes a deal with a dangerous Fae. She must travel across the sea, through merrow and kelpie lands, to find a forgotten king on a crumbling throne.

Born king of the Seelie Fae, Eamonn fought battles unnumbered to uphold honor, duty, and freedom - until his twin brother sank a blade between his shoulders. Crystals grew from the wound, splitting open skin and bone. His people banished him to a cursed isle for his disfigurement, now king of criminals and fools.

With the help of brownies, pixies, and will-o'-the-wisps, Sorcha battles to break through his crystalline shell and persuade him to take back his stolen throne.

This determined beauty could come dangerously close to stealing his beastly heart.

©2017 Emma Hamm (P)2018 Emma Hamm

Fairy tale fantasy

This book was not what I expected. The author puts her own take on beauty and the beast. My only negative view is that I found it slow going at times. However, there is some action/adventure, intrigue and romance.
Interested to see what happens in book two.

Best BOOK EVER!!!

I could not put it down! This was by far the best book I’ve ever read, every minute was an adventure, every second was me sitting at the edge of my seat waiting for what was gonna happen next. I was sad when it ended but excited to start the second book! I recommend this book to anyone!

great read for me.

the story was entertaining and well written in my opinion and the chosen narrator was a perfect fit to me.

Thoroughly enjoyable!

Absolutely one of the best books of this type I have listened to. I was glued to this book and didn't want to stop listening. At the end I was wishing I had book 2 so I could continue with this story. I loved the characters and wanted to find out what was going to happen to them. The storyline was engrossing and the narration was well done. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Unique retelling of old fae legends

This was a very enjoyable listen. Many of the old Celtic myths are woven together into an original plot line. It has a clever, self-sufficient protagonist, unique world-building, adventure, and romance. This is well-crafted fantasy and worth the credit! Fans of Sarah J Maas would likely enjoy this, though it the story is nothing like Maas's work. Will definitely be listening to the second book - just wish that the rest of the series was available on Audible.