Ice Lord's Bride

Bride of the Fae, Book 1

By: Ava Ross

Narrated by: Ryan West, Jillian Macie

I must marry one of the fae, but the forbidden ice lord wants me.

To secure a human-fae truce, I'm one of five women traveling to their magical kingdom, where we'll be courted by fae aristocracy. We have one month to choose a husband from among them.

Only Elion, the arrogant, beastly ice lord, is forbidden. His torturous scars make the other women gasp. His icy words rip them to shreds. His touch is colder than frost. He lurks in the shadows, never coming out into the light.

One stolen moment with Elion, and I'm intrigued. A kiss, and I'll do anything to call this brutishly handsome lord mine.

Then one of the women is found dead. When you're next appears on my bedroom wall, written in blood, it's clear there's more going on here than solidifying the human-fae truce.

If I'm not careful, I won't become a bride of the fae. I'll wind up dead.

Ice Lord's Bride is book one in a fantasy romance duology. It heats to a high sizzle and comes with a guaranteed happily ever after.

©2022 Ava Ross (P)2023 Podium Audio

Struggle to finish ***Spoilers***

I'm on chapter 18... so not completed. A lottery system in which all the women of Earth between a certain age are entered. Women wanting to go as if this is paradise, romance and a money grab. I'm confused about the reaction when someone is attacked and dies the first day? Um. I'm gone. Not to mention the cliche of I'm ugly so I'm not worthy. The curse thing also seems vague.... cursed for no reason but you accept everyone treating you badly? The world building seems promising and I enjoy the voice acting so I my try and stick it out.... But the struggle is real.

Needs another edit, but I love the story!

There were some editing inconsistencies that threw me out of the story, but other than that, it was really fun. Unfortunately, a lot of the inconsistencies occurred with character and location description, so I don’t have a very clear image of the environment. Protagonist describes herself as short for a woman and thick (thick wasn’t the word used, but I can’t remember the exact word), emphasized with her love of moon pies. Male lead describes herself as tall for a human and willowy, etc.
Nice plot twists, fairly predictable but not unbelievable, so that was nice!

Cliffhanger ending

It ends in a cliffhanger which I don’t like. Other than that it was okey

Cute

I loved the story. The romance was adorable. I didn't like that it was in 2 parts. I have to wait to read the second part. The narrators were good.

okay

storyline was average, romantic dialog was immaturely written. it kept me interested enough to finish but not sure if I'll bother with book 2

Melodramatic

A world with with both human and fae. But they live on different realms.

My Heart Beats For This Story

Thanks to the Audible plus catalog I got to enjoy this gem for free. From the beginning I sympathized with the Ice Lord's plight and I totally jumped on board with Raven's desire to be with him and save him from the curse. Thid title is book 1 of 2 so the conclusion is in the 2nd title - "The Ice Lord's Fate". I enjoyed the performance; I just wish it was done in duet-style.

4 Starz - worthy of continuing on

"Ice Lord's Fate" - finished 11/4/25 - 3.5 Starz

love the book and narrators

I love the story of the book it keeps you guessing and it wonderful love story I like how the lead female is independent

Very entertaining

Lots of twists and good chemistry between characters. The only negative is there are a lot of loose ends at the end of book one. But I really enjoyed this book and the narration was great!

Loved it

I loved this book. I think the ending was very respectful to the reader. Too many authors are mercenaries about the cliffhangers they leave just to make money. I can’t wait to listen to the rest