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A review by lynseyisreading
Kissed by a Dark Prince by Felicity Heaton
5.0
Loved this!
What a fantastic Paranormal Romance this was! It had everything I could hope for - great worldbuilding, nice mix of supernatural species, great story concept with heartfelt consequences, brilliantly sensual romance scenes between likeable characters - AND none of the stuff that usually drives me ever-so-slightly mad in this genre, like meat-head alpha douchcanoe heroes. In fact, our hero, Loren, was practically perfect in every way (just like Mary Poppins), and Olivia, our leading lady, was intelligent, loyal, practical, and a lot sexier than she gave herself credit for. The pair of them had positively sizzling chemistry that was just as sweet as it was sexy. I loved them together! Love, love, loved.
So aside from the delightful and sinfully sexy romance, what else do you get in Kissed by a Dark Prince? Oh, lots of lovely things! Let's start with - Elves as you've never seen them before. As an ancient, noble race who are the forefathers of vampires (their less powerful, completely dark and twisty descendants). Great magical fripparies such as portals to other dimensions, armour that appears or peels back with just a thought. The ability to teleport any object they own to themselves in times of need. And this is just what the Elves can do -there are other species that we will no doubt get to in future books who sound just as fascinating!
Back to the romance for a second - I really enjoyed how the fated mates trope was done slightly differently here. It was still a bit of a growly I-can't-help-myself-you-smell-so-yummy situation, but then when that calmed, they took more of a practical approach to deciding if they should agree with destiny, or try to break the bond before it became permanent. As naive and futile as that endeavour might be. And Loren and Olivia's reasons for wanting to attempt that were compelling and believable, rather than just being an obvious ploy to create conflict. This was a much less infuriating road to take than others I've read, and I really appreciated it.
This has been my first ever Felicity Heaton book, but you can bet your bottom dollar (and your ass) it will not be my last! I simply cannot wait for more of this series and will snaffle up the next book as soon as it becomes available.
Great read!!
5 Stars ★★★★★
ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
What a fantastic Paranormal Romance this was! It had everything I could hope for - great worldbuilding, nice mix of supernatural species, great story concept with heartfelt consequences, brilliantly sensual romance scenes between likeable characters - AND none of the stuff that usually drives me ever-so-slightly mad in this genre, like meat-head alpha douchcanoe heroes. In fact, our hero, Loren, was practically perfect in every way (just like Mary Poppins), and Olivia, our leading lady, was intelligent, loyal, practical, and a lot sexier than she gave herself credit for. The pair of them had positively sizzling chemistry that was just as sweet as it was sexy. I loved them together! Love, love, loved.
So aside from the delightful and sinfully sexy romance, what else do you get in Kissed by a Dark Prince? Oh, lots of lovely things! Let's start with - Elves as you've never seen them before. As an ancient, noble race who are the forefathers of vampires (their less powerful, completely dark and twisty descendants). Great magical fripparies such as portals to other dimensions, armour that appears or peels back with just a thought. The ability to teleport any object they own to themselves in times of need. And this is just what the Elves can do -there are other species that we will no doubt get to in future books who sound just as fascinating!
Back to the romance for a second - I really enjoyed how the fated mates trope was done slightly differently here. It was still a bit of a growly I-can't-help-myself-you-smell-so-yummy situation, but then when that calmed, they took more of a practical approach to deciding if they should agree with destiny, or try to break the bond before it became permanent. As naive and futile as that endeavour might be. And Loren and Olivia's reasons for wanting to attempt that were compelling and believable, rather than just being an obvious ploy to create conflict. This was a much less infuriating road to take than others I've read, and I really appreciated it.
This has been my first ever Felicity Heaton book, but you can bet your bottom dollar (and your ass) it will not be my last! I simply cannot wait for more of this series and will snaffle up the next book as soon as it becomes available.
Great read!!
5 Stars ★★★★★
ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.