Book Title: Curse of the Wolf King
Author: Tessonja Odette
Series: Entangled with Fae Series, Book 1
Published: 7th April 2021
Synopsis:
A Beauty and the Beast Retelling
A beastly fae king with a deadly curse.
A devious bargain to break it…
All Gemma Bellefleur wants is to leave her past behind and forget the day scandal broke her heart. But when she’s captured by a trickster fae king who threatens to hold her for ransom, she’ll find herself at the top of the gossip column yet again.
Unless…
Plagued by a curse that will soon claim his life, the human-hating King Elliot will do anything to save himself. And if Gemma can use that to her advantage, she might be able to bargain her way to freedom. All she has to do is help him break his curse.
There’s just one hitch—to do so, they’ll have to trick someone into falling in love with the beastly, brooding Elliot.
With a devious alliance made, their scheme begins, bringing Gemma and Elliot into very close quarters. Soon, an unexpected desire stirs where once there was only hate. But Gemma must fight it. For when the curse is broken, Elliot will return to his true form—a wolf—and be lost to her for good.
Can Gemma sacrifice her budding feelings to save the king’s life? Or will love force her to give up something even greater...her heart?
*NOTE this book is upper YA/NA featuring mature situations and some adult language. The romance is slow burn but leads to moderate steam.
Curse of the Wolf King is a complete stand-alone novel set in the same world as The Fair Isle Trilogy. Journey back to Faerwyvae or begin your adventure for the first time with this enchanting tale. Each book in the Entangled with Fae series can be read on its own and in any order. Happily ever after guaranteed!
Received an ARC copy via Booksprout for an honest review and this does not affect my review or rating of the book, thank you!
Lifting my chin, I press my lips into a haughty smile, the first ingredient that makes up the mask I must wear. The persona I present to the world. The kind that keeps me strong. Confident. Impervious to pain. A lie, yes. But one that I, Gemma Bellefluer, wear so well.
5 Well-Deserved Stars!!!
Wow, my heart is bleeding and pounding in all the good ways.
I love Beauty and the Beast retellings, and I love reading stories about supernatural beings, particularly about werewolves and faes. So when I read about this book which merges both of my favourite elements in stories? You bet I was all over it!
I loved this book, the world building, the storyline, to idea that a royal fae is cursed and seeks to break it before it dooms not only him but his people as well. Elliot Rochester was one sly royal from the start and I loved it. You can see a great character development and transformation from when we meet him to when we all love him in the end. Definitely one of my all time favourite male characters in a book.
I run my fingers along the spines of the books, reading each title with care as if greeting a dear friend. I am, in truth. For here I am amongst my true peers... Perhaps that's why I choose to disappear into books. It's a place where I can feel seen for who I am and everything I've been through.
Gemma Bellefleur. Now this is a female we should all want to be. Confident, sassy, honest, sympathetic, loving and kind (plus she is bookworm like us!). She was definitely a different kind of woman for her society and I loved that about her. While she had made mistakes, in the end she learnt from them and learnt to embrace her life in the present and not the past. I loved how she stood up to Elliot during the beginning stages when he was very arrogant and stubborn. I loved her character and her development as well. Recalling the story through her eyes was mesmerizing and I enjoyed every minute of it.
I loved this story, I loved the little twists of supernatural elements that was added to this fairytale and I can’t wait to read more of this author’s work and read more of this series!
Yes, it's worth it. The good and the bad. It's the story as a whole that matters.
Happy reading!
~ Karen xx
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