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Court of Ravens and Ruin

A Brides of Mist and Fae Novel (The Shadow Bound Queen, Book 1)

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Court of Ravens and Ruin

By: Eliza Raine
Narrated by: Lia Holland, Gabriel Thorne
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A defiant human woman. A dark fae Prince. Two enemies bound to a marriage that could destroy their world.

Reyna was born a valuable slave to the Gold Court, imprisoned her whole life in a glittering palace by sadistic, greedy fae.

When the palace is raided, she takes her opportunity to escape. But the raid is led by her worst nightmare. The Prince of the most feared fae of all; the Shadow Court. And he wants one thing.

Her. The copper-haired, rune-marked human.

Reyna doesn’t know why the Prince has kidnapped her. But when he announces her as his betrothed, she knows that she must escape before she is eternally bound to the monster behind the mask.

Only, when he takes the mask off, he isn’t what she expects. He’s lethal, beautiful and exudes sin. And he needs her.

Drawn into a deadly world shrouded in secrets, and desperate to keep her own hidden, Reyna must find a way out. If she doesn’t, she risks more than just death. She risks giving everything to her intoxicating captor.

This is the first book in the Shadow Bound Queen series, and is inspired by Norse mythology and Vikings. Sexy fae Vikings. It has Hades and Persephone, Beauty and the Beast vibes, and is slow-burn enemies to lovers fantasy romance with a burn-the-world-down-for-her hero. The series builds in steam and is filled with magic, myth, and delicious tension.

Brides of Mist and Fae is a brand new world from Eliza Raine, unconnected to the Dark Gods of Olympus.

©2022 Eliza Raine (P)2025 Eliza Raine
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Eliza Raine has done it again but in a new setting based on Norse mythology. Enjoyable listen.

Entertaining

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The story was okay.. It has a lot of potential, although it feels rushed and unfinished. Then the narration was a bit robotic.. almost like Alexa reading the book for you.

Story was okay..

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it sounds like AI or Aleza reading which makes it really difficult to invest in the story. the plot has potential, but the performance is close to making me stop listening and just forgetting the book.

horrible narration but a story with potential

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The book feels a bit hurried and could be better written. The story itself has a lot of potential. Maybe what made it worse for me was the narrator, there’s no feeling when she reads and no matter what’s being said she uses the same tone of voice making it feel flat

Room for improvement in all categories

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I completely agree with the other reader: this story was rushed and needed another draft, or 2. The basic premise is fun, but the characters are flat and the adventures feel like they’ve only been sketched out. And don’t get me started on the cliffhanger ending. It practically ends mid-sentence. Very unsatisfying. (And now that I’ve read the entire series, my advice is to save your credits. The four “books” barely make up a single novel. Feels like a money grab in the guise of a series.)

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