How Does It Feel?

Infatuated Fae, Book 1

By: Jeneane O'Riley

Narrated by: Justin Hill, Emily Devereux

A forbidden obsession. Unyielding family allegiance. Three deadly challenges.

The Human

When a trip into the forest to collect a rare mushroom goes horribly wrong, I find myself falling through a fairy portal and straight into the arms of the Unseelie Fae prince. The dangerously unhinged and handsome Unseelie Fae prince.

What could be more horrible than that? He thinks I'm an assassin sent by the humans to kill him, not a biologist.

Determined to kill me first and rid himself of the human he has unwillingly grown obsessed with, yet also needing to entertain his people, the villain challenges me to three deadly trials.

If I survive, I gain my freedom. But if not...

The Fae

I've never felt anything but hate and loathing until my eyes found hers—the vile human assassin's. She is a parasite that has mercilessly latched onto my mind and won't let me free.

My hand itches to be ungloved and feel her smooth skin, even though I would never. The Unseelie Fae royals would rather burn than touch a repulsive human.

I fear that if I do not destroy the girl soon, she may be the only thing that's capable of truly destroying me.

©2023 Jeneane O'Riley (P)2023 Podium Audio

Dual Narration. Mediocre Story

This story had a LOT of potential. Maybe the second book will make up for what the first hook was lacking. First there were 8 chapters of her talking about her profession in detail. I get that it’s something that comes in to play later in the story. But that was SO repetitive. 1 or 2 chapters max was all it needed to give the desired effect. The way her character was written was weird. It felt very wattpad. The descriptions of her beauty and how beautiful she thought she was SO repetitive. I think we get the same exact description of a lot of things in this story a solid 3-5 times. There were a few times I thought there was a glitch in the audio because I thought I was listening to the same chapter twice. Nope. It was just written twice. It took half of the book to even start the story and get remotely interesting. And once it was interesting, that’s when the descriptions started lacking. It was just all over the place. This big twist everyone is talking about wasn’t that hard to put together. And once it was revealed it lacked enough description at that point to fully make sense. It wasn’t the worst book I ever read. It had major potential. I’m undecided if it’s worth it to continue on to the next book or not.

I was excited about the hype but not sure

After reading Sarah J Mass series & Fourth Wing I’d been searching for another similar read. The performance here is great! & the story isn’t bad, but it seemed so abrupt at many points. I did finish this book in 3 days so it wasn’t hard to listen to. But there were several points where I was like “did it skip a chapter or something, what is going on??” I wasn’t able to feel a connection with the characters like I have with other similar books. The twist at the end left me feeling more confused than surprised. Still not a bad book, just didn’t live up to the hype I was expecting.

Amazing!!!!

This is definitely a must Audible! Excellent storyline, perfected narration & one thrilling adventure! I can’t wait for what book two unfolds!

Lots of rambling but it got better

The first half of the story there was a lot of TELLING vs showing… the ending got more interesting but I feel like the ending of the book set up a book 2 and IMO that’s where it finally got interesting.

Jerk and a half

I personally liked this book, especially in comparison to some of the junk pushed out these days. The story kind of dragged at the beginning, but it all ended up being worth it for the picture the author painted. The lead male character is a Jerk and a half, but if you're like me and enjoy that, then it's worth it. I will definitely enjoy this book again and am looking forward to the next one.