What Lies Beyond the Veil (Of Flesh & Bone Series)
Once, we'd worshipped them as Gods.
For nearly 400 years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I've spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary between our worlds, drawn to the shimmering magic like a moth to the flame.
Then, we died on their swords.
All of that changes the day the Veil shatters, unleashing the fae upon our world once again. The magic of faerie marks those of us they mean to take, but the Mist Guard protecting Nothrek will kill us all before they let the fae have us. There's no choice but to flee everything I've ever known, not if I want to live to see my twenty-first birthday as a free woman.
Now, they'll claim what's theirs.
But before they capture me, Caelum saves me from the Wild Hunt. Fae-marked and on the run, he is able to fight back in ways I only dream of. From tentative alliance to all-consuming passion, our bond strengthens as the fae close in and evil lurks ever nearer. With my life on the line, he is everything I shouldn't dare to want and a distraction I can't afford. I can't seem to stay away, not even with something greater on the line.
My heart.
Author's Note: This book is intended for readers who are 18 and older. It contains mature language, graphic violence, and explicit content with darker elements. This is book one in a series and ends in a cliffhanger.
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Community Reviews
The beginning of the book got me hooked on the story because of the way that the fanasty elements were set up. I was extremely intrigued by the veil, the fairies, the "heretics" practicing the old religion in the woods, all of it. However, after the initial introduction to these elements the world-building kinds of just stops. There is no explanation as to why things are the way they are, and some elements are just mentioned without ever referring back to them or are randomly thrown in (like the creatures in the caves and the primordials). I think that the original plot of this story becomes a subplot immediately when the male love interest is introduced; the romance plot takes over and the book suffers because of that.
And speaking of the male love interest, oh boy. When Caelum is first introduced he seems like an okay dude. That quickly becomes derailed. He acts like he is better than all of the other men because he does not force himself on the female main character, Estrella, when that is literally the bare minimum. He constantly tries telling her what to do and makes comments that generally make her uncomfortable and he overall acts like a douchebag.
As for Estrella, I really like her character in the beginning. She was a strong and smart fighter and I wanted to see where she would go on her journey next. However, once Caelum is a part of the picture a majority of her time is spent going between wanting to fight or fuck him so often that I was getting whiplash and it was incredibly annoying. I also did not appreciate how she was supposed to be so smart yet there were clear signs about the big plot twist that anyone could see from a million miles away and she chose to ignore them. Like girl come on. You are not that naive you are just choosing to turn a blind eye.
Somehow though despite all of this I managed to finish the book because I just needed to know when the big plot twist was going to happen (that any reader could see coming) and Estrella's reaction. So for keeping me hooked this book gets three stars. I however will not be continuing the series as I tried reading the sequel and had to DNF it barely a quarter of the way through because I simply could not handle Estrella and Caelum's back and forth anymore nor Estrella's pity party.
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