Mortal Skin

Folk, Book 1

By: Lily Mayne

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

I first saw the Folk when I was a little boy, when they started appearing in my garden, with their unnatural, cruel beauty and honeyed words and veiled taunts.

I grew up with big green eyes watching me from the forest. Whispers from the trees. Shimmering skin darting between the bushes. Black creatures always lurking in the shadows.

While they were here, I thought nothing of them. It wasn’t until they were gone that I realise it wasn’t…normal.

But it isn’t until I’m twenty-one, when my life is in ruins, that they come back to take me away.

They say I’m not fully mortal. They say I should be among them. The Unseelie Ruler wants me on her land for reasons no one will explain to me, but it’s her aloof, painfully beautiful son who captures my attention and refuses to let go.

The cold, black-eyed assassin prince who strikes fear into the hearts of all Folk. Who I’ve been warned about, repeatedly.

Who watches me always.

I don’t trust the Folk, so I ignore their fearful advice to stay away from him. I ignore all of them except him, despite everything telling me that he can’t be trusted—that he’s just as bad as the rest of them, that he’s playing games with me, the clueless mortal held here against his will.

But I want him.

Mortal Skin is book one in Folk, a m/m fae romance trilogy. It contains explicit sexual content, depictions of violence, and deals with the death of a close family member. This trilogy will follow the same couple who get their HEA eventually, but book one ends on a cliffhanger.

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Took me a while but I’m all in now

Coming off Monstrous, it was hard to listen to Joel Leslie narrate Lily’s books, since Michael Lesley blew me away with all his character voices. But ultimately Joel rises to the occasion and when the action happens you are completely sucked in. The book is a little on the slow side with pacing in the middle, but a lot of that has to do with setting the stage for the end. And boy does the end deliver. This ends on a cliffhanger, not a HFN. The turn at the end is devastating for a romance fan, and I know that the next book will NOT be easy on Ash and Lonen. Lily always delivers with her books and this is no exception. 10/10

Loved!

I adore Lily’s Monstrous series but I think this might be even better. So good! And, as usual, Joel Leslie’s narration is perfect! Use the credit right now!

Lily Mayne + Joel Leslie = Perfection

Yet again, Lily Mayne has hit every emotion inside one book and keeps the surprises coming. Joel Leslie is an amazing narrator that brings this story to life perfectly. What a great team!

Fantastic

This was a great trilogy. If you start the series be prepared to get all three books. The HEA is worth the listen.

So good you’ll lose sleep listening

This book was great to read. Now listening to it with Joel narrating, I am even more captivated if that’s possible. Between this and the Monstrous series Lily can’t put them out fast enough for me to absorb. Everything she writes is just so good. Joel is amazing narrating fantasy characters. You’ll be so wrapped up in his voice that you won’t be able to stop even when it’s time to sleep.