Bride of the Fae Prince

A Brides of the Fae Standalone

De: Anastasis Blythe

Narrado por: Mary Hildebrandt, Ryan Haugen

A shy, dutiful human princess. A cunning, vengeful Fae prince.

Will their arranged marriage cost them their hearts... or their lives?

Princess Isabelle Louise was raised for one thing: to secure a marriage alliance for the good of her people. All her hopes for a kind husband are dashed when the dark and dangerous Prince of the Fae comes seeking a human princess for his bride.

Suddenly married and thrust into a world of vicious magic and lethal bargains, Isabelle discovers too late the secret her bridegroom concealed from her: that she is the key to his plan to usurp the throne.

And now she is the object of the High King's wrath.

Is any chance at trust and affection gone before their marriage has even begun? Or will she even survive her first night as the bride of the Fae Prince?

The Cruel Prince meets Grace Draven's Radiance in this heart-wrenching and swoony romantic arranged marriage tale with dual point-of-view. Bride of the Fae Prince is perfect for listeners craving a standalone romantasy that ends in a happily ever after.

©2024 Anastasis Blythe (P)2024 Podium Audio

Love it!!!

A new favorite! I completely enjoyed this book as well as the narration. Grateful this amazing book is clean. I only read books with minimal swearing and low spice (closed door romance). Would recommend.

Love This Book

I read this book when it came out a few months ago and gave it 6 stars. I was so excited when I found out there was an audiobook!! The narrators were fantastic! Highly recommend!!

OK story. Female narrator is hard to listen to.

Female narrators voice is so high-pitched it gave me a headache and was a big distraction from the story.

I'm conflicted about this one

My enjoyment of this book fluctuated between 3 and 4 stars while reading it. It started off strong for me, but kept doing things throughout the book that I either didn't like or rolled my eyes at, which kept bumping down my enjoyment every so often after stretches of story that I would quite enjoy.

I picked up this book specifically because it was recommended to me as a fantasy romance with a kind and gentle FMC and not a warrior who is better with a weapon than any other person in the room. And don't get me wrong, I like female warrior characters as much as most of my fellow female readers, but I am sick and tired of them being the only representation of a "strong female protagonist" in a romantasy. Plus, I tend to find majority of these characters to be mean, rude and sometimes downright abusive to everyone else in a story.
So I am always on a lookout for a romance story where the FMC isn't a super strong warrior who could brute force all her problems, but instead needs to use her intelligence, charisma and understanding of human nature to thrive in a fantasy world.

And this book certainly delivers on some of the things - the FMC is absolutely not a warrior, is kind and gentle and tries to be understanding of everyone (still lacking in the intelligence and charisma department, but I can't fault only her for that, since imo every character in the book is lacking in those departments as well).

What really caught my attention is that through the FMC, the author is discussing how a systematic abuse of a female child turns them into broken, terrified and meek adults who have no sense of self value and are easy to manipulate and (ab)use (even further).
However, I found this to be done clumsily in many places (e.g. some of her mental issues, the FMC majorly resolves through a fever dream sequence).

And that is actually probably my biggest complain about this book in general - while I like many parts of it, majority of them I truly found to be clumsily done.

The MMC is your standard run of the mill high fae lord LI and therefore, quite forgettable.

Even with the narrators I had mixed feelings for. The narrator of the FMC, Mary Hildebrandt, was awesome in some scenes, while made the heroine way too whiny in other (even more than the author made her in many instances) and the narrator for the LI, Ryan Haugen, I just found to be too much for my personal taste.

amazing

the literature builds such a fun and yet perilous world to walk into. the romance is the perfect level of swoon, endearment and loyalty thay is believable and fun to watch since the characters have great development throughout the story. witty, quipped, poignant writing. details that help you picture the magical world. enjoy and pump your fists in the air inas you listen in hopes of good conquering evil and true love winning out for a happily ever after that is well deserved.

Captivating in every way!

I read this book on KU about a year or so ago and thought I loved it then, but listening to it is such a delight! I really thought the voice actors did well. I saw many complaints but I thought they captured the emotions of the story well and just did an overall great job!
Definitely a story I will come back to again and again!

This book is amazing

Absolutely amazing plot, and twists. Makes your heart melt, and the story telling makes you feel as if you are there

Storyline took forever to develop

I kept wondering if I should waste my time listening. It took forever for the story to develop and become interesting. I hate to purchase a book and not listen to it. So, I insisted I listen. Stella was insecure and winney for 25+ chapters. It wasn't until about chapter 39 before romance really became a part of the story. And of course by the time went somewhere it was ending and there is no sequel.

wonderful story line

great story line lovely voices. I am going blind and I love the fact I can still fulfill my love of reading.

Bride of the Fae Prince

It took me a moment to gel with the female narrator but once I got used to it, I was fully locked in. The narrators did a fantastic job on this book.

This book was full of fae trickery and deceit. The push and pull of the main characters was fantastic. can’t wait for the next one.