Of Blades and Wings: A Brides of Mist and Fae Novel

Flame Cursed Fae, Book 1

By: Eliza Raine

Narrated by: Lia Holland, Gabriel Thorne

Fae fantasy meets Vikings in this enemies-to-lovers romance about a broken ice-fae princess who must earn her Valkyrie wings, a villainous fire-fae who will stop at nothing to get his revenge, and an ancient war that could see their whole world burn.

Princess Madivia is broken. Her fae magic doesn’t work, her illness will kill her, and nobody knows she exists.
So when the gods select her to leave her tower in the Ice Court and train to be a Valkyrie at Featherblade, she is sure they’ve made a terrible mistake.
So is every other fae at Featherblade. All except the disgraced fire-fae Valkyrie, Kain. His burning gaze never leaves her. Nobody knows what he did to have his wings taken away, but he is as dangerous as the deadly world Maddy has been drawn into.
And she has the key to his revenge.
If he discovers her secret, it won’t just be Maddy’s life that is in danger. She knows she should avoid him.
But, the only thing harder than becoming a Valkyrie? Conquering her searing fascination with the unhinged fire-fae.

If she is to survive Featherblade, she must earn her wings. If she is to survive Kain, she must make a choice that could burn their world to ash.

This is the first book in the Flame Cursed Fae romantasy series, and is inspired by Norse mythology and sexy fae Vikings. It has villain gets the girl and obsessive burn-the-world-down-for-her (literally) hero vibes. The romance is slow burn and builds in steam and delicious tension.

©2024 Eliza Raine (P)2025 Eliza Raine

Interesting concept

This book has a great concept, and really grabs you once character development starts kicking in for the antagonist. The only 2 problems being the performance of the female reader being extremely robotic, making the dialogue sound worse than it actually is, the fact that it ended too soon! It should have been about 50% longer, it felt like it ended in the second act. I enjoyed it and am now impatient for a sequel.

Loved the story. Not a fan of the narrator

Loved this story had me from the start and got better and better. The narrator sounds like a robot or eleven from ST
But the story was great.

Good story, terrible narration

This book lured me in pretty quickly. I was fascinated by the introduction to Kain and everything about this fire fae. I wasn’t a huge fan of Maddy at first, but she grew on me. Her character got stronger and so did my affinity towards her. There is one character I’m awfully suspicious of…I must keep reading. The audible audiobook is terrible. Narrator sounds like AI.

Great duet!

I really enjoyed this book - slow burn, interesting world building, can’t wait to read what happens next!

Why aren’t more people talking about this book!

I loved this book! Fast paced, short and easy read. The world building happens as the story takes off.
The FMC in this story has my heart. She’s an underdog and shows up for herself time and time again despite all odds. I can’t wait to start the next book.. starting now!
(The narration is a tad bit underwhelming)