The Treasured One by Hannah Levin
Series: The Golden Children #1
Forced to choose between loyalty and love…
Avery is a Golden Child with the ability to heal any illness or injury. She lives a sheltered life, dutifully healing hopefuls from around the globe. Although she dreams of freedom, she fears disrupting the status quo—that is, until her powers go on the fritz, threatening her health and her relationship with her government caretakers.
In search of answers, Avery travels through The Rift to the realm of the fae, intimidatingly beautiful beings with powers humans don’t understand. Their prince, Riel, has motivations of his own when he agrees to teach her about her rare magic. But as they work together, the two are drawn to each other.
Just as Avery manages to unlock the full potential of her powers, a betrayal shakes Riel’s House, putting pressure on the already tenuous relationship between humans and the fae. Caught in the middle, Avery and Riel will have to decide what matters most to them: loyalty to their respective nations, or their feelings for one another.
This debut novel from Hannah Levin will appeal to those new to the Romantasy genre as well as seasoned Romantasy fans who enjoy adventure and world-building, such as that in A DEAL WITH THE ELF KING and THE CRUEL PRINCE, and sweet, slow-burn romance like Grace Draven’s RADIANCE.
Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy
Pages: 366
ISBN: 9781949890969
ASIN: B0CVQVNFQ4
Format: ARC, eBook
Source: Author
on 09/07/2024
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Forced to choose between loyalty and love…
Avery is a Golden Child with the ability to heal any illness or injury. She lives a sheltered life, dutifully healing hopefuls from around the globe. Although she dreams of freedom, she fears disrupting the status quo—that is, until her powers go on the fritz, threatening her health and her relationship with her government caretakers.
In search of answers, Avery travels through The Rift to the realm of the fae, intimidatingly beautiful beings with powers humans don’t understand. Their prince, Riel, has motivations of his own when he agrees to teach her about her rare magic. But as they work together, the two are drawn to each other.
Just as Avery manages to unlock the full potential of her powers, a betrayal shakes Riel’s House, putting pressure on the already tenuous relationship between humans and the fae. Caught in the middle, Avery and Riel will have to decide what matters most to them: loyalty to their respective nations, or their feelings for one another.
This debut novel from Hannah Levin will appeal to those new to the Romantasy genre as well as seasoned Romantasy fans who enjoy adventure and world-building, such as that in A DEAL WITH THE ELF KING and THE CRUEL PRINCE, and sweet, slow-burn romance like Grace Draven’s RADIANCE.
My Thoughts
I got an ARC from the lovely Hannah Levin, and honestly it is such a truly, truly massive relief to be able to say I bloody loved this book!
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Throughout the course of the story, the MC grows and blossoms into the person they should have always been able to become. Without the pressure of guardians, responsibilities and fear holding them back they reach new heights and it hits home for me, that journey of self discovery.
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When you’re young you feel free like nothing matters and nothing can stop you, when you hit early adulthood and start developing new friendships and entering employment and romantic relationships, it can be a bit much if you struggle with anxiety or don’t feel that you fit in. As a result you feel trapped and try to make the pieces fit, causing harm to yourself and giving way to unrelenting pressure, until you crack. Almost and some hitting Vahela if you will.
So to read that journey of breaking free of one’s own self founded expectations, and the release of the pressures put upon us by others and learning it’s okay to give a little, but learning where to draw the line and still being able to see your own self as valued and appreciated in society was just something I needed from our MC.
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Anyhoo, on with the rest of my review.
The world building was vivid and full of imagination, I’d happily take a holiday through the rift any time.
The characters were sensational, I could visualise them clearly in my mind and I feel a vast disappointment that I don’t have my very own avida to transport me around like I’m a swanky Fae goddess. I felt a bond with each of the main characters, the more I read the more I became attached. Although I can’t help wishing that there was a little side story to explain Solois’s specific hatred of the humankind, the treason of the seer and where the hell Marcia wound up.
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The things that vibed with me for the book were the adventure, the soft mushy slow burn romance with a little bit of spice, the epic fantasy, the self discovery and the blend of current day tech/life/influences.
Most Fae/fantasy stories seem to exist in some random timeline that is impossible to decipher, only judged by the lack of modernity.
This book was beautifully written, I didn’t have any trouble with the fluidity of the story progress, it was such a delightful smooth read I gobbled this book up in less than a day. I will recommend it to all my little fantasy book gobblers.
I did have a little trouble with the pronunciation of some names despite the handy guide, but that’s a me thing. I took to just pronouncing things in my head the way that felt right for me, it didn’t detract from the book in any way for me.
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The book does contain mentions of some fictional war, sexual activity and some fictional political elements. As well as some mentions of being kidnapped/taken off the street, nothing horrible or graphic, just in case anyone is sensitive to those things.
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Overall, this book gets a huge thumbs up from me.
Thank you for the ARC, reading this was truly the highlight of my week so far, I look forward to seeing any future works. 🙂
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