Have you read The Red Woman and the White Bear yet? I highly recommend you add this beauty to the top of your reading list! You won’t regret it!
The Red Woman and the White Bear
Publication Date: September 24, 2024
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
✨️Fae courts
✨️Enemies to lovers
✨️Hurt/comfort
✨️Shadow magic
✨️Court politics
✨️Opposing religions/religion is magic
✨️Slow burn forbidden love
✨️Hidden identity
✨️Morally grey characters
✨️Reluctant chosen one
✨️Soul-deep connection
It is both the fate and the burden of the Red Woman to bring peace.
The Fae are real—this is a fact that Aisling Morrow has believed with varying degrees of certainty since she was a child. Her late mother’s accounts of their beauty still linger in her mind, but always with the caveat: Do not involve yourself uninvited with matters of the Fae. Aisling has no plans to do so—until she discovers an arcane prophecy which names her the Red Woman, destined to turn the tides of war in the realm of Wyldraíocht by ensuring the fall of the Unseelie Court.
On a quest to understand her role, Aisling ventures into Wyldraíocht. Except Fae prophecies aren’t so easily interpreted, and she is soon ensnared in a dangerous web of political machinations, opposing religions, and dark magic—at the center of which stands the fierce and vengeful Unseelie King.
King Kael Ardhen, a vessel for raw power bestowed upon him by an eldritch god, is consumed by his own unbridled rage—a rage which he would not hesitate to turn on the human woman prophesied to destroy his court. Yet something about the way Aisling calls to his shadows draws him in, at once both granting him control over his violent magic and inviting him to relinquish control over his guarded heart.
As unsettling truths about the world her mother so loved challenge Aisling’s convictions and call into question the true purpose of the Red Woman, the Veil between realms grows ever weaker with the echoes of war. Soon, the crueler sorts of Fae will no longer be confined to Wyldraíocht. With time running out to protect those she loves, Aisling finds herself at the crossroads of fate and choice—and the ultimate price of peace may demand more than she is willing to pay.
Rating & Review
5 out of 5
This was a brilliant slow-burn romantasy with a setting sure to capture your imagination and two MCs that will absolutely capture your heart. It’s like you’ve stepped into another world from the start. Aisling was raised on tales of the fae, but that didn’t prepare her for what destiny had in mind, or who it would eventually lead her to. As much as the slow burn was killing me, I think the undeniable tension between them was probably harder on Aisling and Kael, given the sparks that flew once they started to admit how attracted they were to each other. As amazing as Kael is, I couldn’t imagine being in Aisling’s position – follow your heart, or follow the prophecy, when the fate of worlds lies on her decision. Ellis did an amazing job building up the tension and keeping you on the edge of your seat, and at the end you still want more. The worst part of reading this was easily reaching the end and wishing there was so much more. I cannot wait to see what comes next, it’ll be a delight to dive back into this amazing world that Ellis has created.
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