Frozen Hearts and Death Magic

Of Fire & Fae, Book 1

De: Day Leitao

Narrado por: Casey Maxwell

Romance, drama, and mystery abound in this telenovela-inspired upper-YA romantic fantasy for fans of multi-POV stories, forbidden love, enemies to lovers, family sagas, royal intrigue, and mysterious magic.

A forbidden fae kiss could be deadly.

Naia was raised in the shadow of her twin brother, the crown prince, who has iron magic much more powerful than hers. But Naia has wishes of her own. They awaken when she finds a white fae almost dying in the woods. She only heard of them in stories: the dreaded race that razed cities to the ground, killed her grandparents, almost rid Aluria of humans—until they disappeared. Now, almost 20 years later, are they back? Is there another war coming?

But the fae is evasive and secretive—and also alluring and fascinating, more beautiful than anyone she’s ever seen. And then it happens: Naia kisses him—and nothing will be the same again.

In another kingdom, Leah, a necromancer princess, has to find a husband in less than four days, during the gathering, when royals from all over Aluria meet. Her family makes it very clear that she can pick any prince she wants—except one: Naia’s brother. And it turns out that he’s the one, the one who makes her heart beat faster.

Meanwhile, war looms over the land. One of the kingdoms is amassing immense power. The White Fae might be returning. Amidst it all, Naia and her brother struggle with newfound magical powers, family secrets, and most of all, their own treacherous hearts.

Frozen Hearts and Death Magic is book one of the duology Of Fire and Fae, recommended for listeners 16 and up.

©2022 Day Leitao (P)2022 Day Leitao

A great listen

This was such a delight to listen to, and I can’t wait to find out what happens next in the series! I love fae romance in general, but I felt like this listen was really special! I enjoyed the multiple points of views and the spectacles that took place as the story unfolded. The plot twists and drama were so exciting and kept me on my toes. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The Author Must Owe the Narrator a Favor

First, the story itself is fine.

HOWEVER, the narrator sounds like a 6th grader reading their fan fiction at at open mic night. She is monotone; using the question wistful tone on EVERYTHING. Her pronunciation of the word “naked” as “nekkid” made me want to return the book immediately. Also, girl, assailant DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRA “i”! Apparrently, she thinks it’s spelled “assailiant”, because that’s how she pronounced it.

The recording quality is also straight out of the tin can and string school of audio. You can hear the narrator bump the table. No one edited out several redos on lines.

I realize that this is most likely a self-published work with a very very small budget, but GIRL..this is not good. If you can’t afford to hire a professional, then just don’t have an audio book.

FAE OF THE DARK

A UNIQUE STORY. NOT. REALLY INTO NECROMANCY, THE NARRATOR DID A GREAT JOB! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!

Loved this story!

I went into this story mostly blind, with a very general understanding about what the story is about. I was surprised by how much I loved this! This book is perfect for romantasy fans. It’s very well written and has romance in an interesting fantasy world. My only drawback was that the narrator made it difficult to know which perspective the book was on because the voice sounded similar. The book is told with multiple points of view. Great story overall!

Frozen Hearts is AWESOME!

Setting the story was great! You have a set of twins with magical powers, yet the brother is to become King and the sister is to become his advisor. Naia is a restless and uses her powers to leave the manor and go for a walk and comes upon a Fat. Not just any Fee, a very cold to the touch and rather good looking one. She takes him back to her room via her magic and warms him up. He awakens and begins the friendship of River and Naia. For her reward of reviving him, she has asked for a kiss. River disappears and Naia thinks she has killed him.
Her father is not one to really socialize with the rest of the kings and keeps his children safely away from most of them. They attend a gathering (which ladies and gents vie for attention and the hopeful marriage is the result)

Fen meets Leah and yes falls in love and prepares to have a meeting with her mother, (who has nothing but hatred for Fen’s family.) and present the proposal of marriage. Leah’s mother is not a nice person and Leah ends up marrying the Prince of Iron Will. This family its very cruel

River and Nana leave her home and got into the “Hollow” where River has a home for Nana. So many secrets and Naia wants answers and she gets them with the aid of her buried magic. And also falling more in love with River and he with her.

River and Naia overcome the obstacles that have been presented so far. Yet so many surprise are yet to unfold in the next installment.

This book was an easy read and very enjoyable. Age appropriate and never boring. Thank you for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook and review. I am so looking forward to the next book!!