Rise of the Cinder Fae

Dark Hearts Fairytale Retellings, Book 1

By: Whitney Dean

Narrated by: Alyssa Avery, John Hartley

Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury, Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own.

Separated by a mysterious glass bridge, Ashbury is treated as the orphan kingdom, left to squander and starve with only the promise of protection from King Jasper, preventing anyone outside their realm from searching for the magic that lay within the ashy valleys and red skies.

Because twenty-five years ago, the Cinder Fae arrived. As mysterious as the magic encompassing Ashbury, the Cinder Fae bargained for their lives by promising to keep the entire realm warm with their ability to mine mountainsides into coal.

But Elora and the Cinder Fae hold a secret that could bring the end to Ashbury and the mysterious winged creatures, who, despite Elora's best efforts to pry, refuse to share where they came from or why they can't return.

In her desperation to prevent the downfall of her kingdom and the death of her beloved Fae, Elora drinks from an enchanted spring, convinced she can make the prince of Pumpkin Hollow fall in love with her and guarantee their safety.

But magic takes to give.

And Elora didn't realize her heart would be the sacrifice.

©2023 Whitney Dean (P)2024 Podium Audio

Interesting story

This is a well written story with interesting characters. I loved the banter between the main characters and that the author managed to keep the tension through the story.

It didn’t take long until I got the Cinderella-vibe from it, but this was an interesting take on the well loved story that we all know. It was darker, more true to the original story and yet had its own flare to it, and I liked that a lot.

I’m interested to see where this story goes from here, one that I could definitely recommend!

Loved this book

Wow this book had me in a slump. I loved it enemies to lovers, high fantasy, amazing world building. This book is everything and more. I can’t wait for the next one.

Awesome

This was such a fun take on Cinderella. I love the angst, the hate, the banter, everything. A true enemies-to-lovers. The chemistry is perfect between our MCs and I found all of the characters to be entertaining and interesting. I definitely didn’t guess that ending correctly but I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.

Dark and Twisty

So many twists and turns especially in the last half of the book!! I didn’t see that being the way it ended. I kept wondering about the title. Rise of the Cinder Fae. Gah I need more now!!!

There is dark moments and a lot of angst and even some miscommunication but it is not too terribly long before our MMC falls hard and FMC is right there with him. ❤️‍🔥

Shew I made it

This was a cool story but I felt it would have been nice to have split the 700 pages into three books. But coming to the end, I can see what they were aiming for.