Format: Kindle, 282 pages
Release Date: July 30, 2017
Publisher: Amazon
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy
Changeling. Thief. Mortal heir in a world of treacherous immortals.
Raine Warren, half-faerie changeling and master thief, wants nothing to do with the family who abandoned her in the human realm as a child. But when Faerie comes knocking, claiming she's descended from Sidhe nobility, she's handed an unexpected legacy. One catch: it comes in the form of a sceptre containing dark power coveted—and feared—by every faerie court, and no instruction manual.
Now her name's on every hit list in Faerie, and the other Sidhe will do anything to take her off the playing field... permanently. Her last hope is to strike a deal with a charming thief with his own agenda and his own plans for the sceptre. On the run from assassins and hunted by the most powerful faeries in both realms, embracing the dangerous magic of Faerie might be Raine's only means of survival.
Mortal Heir is the first installment in author Emma Adams The Thief's Talisman. This trilogy connects with The Changeling Chronicles, but I don't believe you need to read it first to understand what is happening in this world. 24-year old Raine Warren is a half blood Fae changeling living in a post-Faerie War world. She is a thief who lost the first 6 years of her life's memories thanks to a mother she's never known, or can't remember.
She has no desire to return to Faerie after what they did to her and her father who still suffers from the after-effects of being taken to Faerie. Unfortunately for Raine, Faerie is about to spring some unwanted and shocking surprises on her. On the day of her 24th birthday, a spelled message is delivered by a sprite to Raine. It is an invitation for Raine to go to the Winter Court and accept something very valuable. She discovers the name of her mother, Lady Nessa Whitefall, has apparently died. Attempts on her life happen even before she has a chance to say no.
Apparently, others seek Raine's inheritance which is supposed to be riches beyond imagination. If she doesn't claim the inheritance, someone else will. Unlike other changelings and full blood Fae, Raine has no magic of her own. Raine is under zero assumption that whatever comes next will be easy. Especially when she learns that she has 3 siblings who each have the same chance at winning a trial to claim the inheritance as Raine does.
Or, when she has to face a life or death challenge in which a talisman will pick who the winner of Lady Whitehall's inheritance will be. Raine
must fight her way through the deceiving games of other Borderlands
families who are power-hungry and snobbish and very much have their eye on claiming the powerful talisman. Her only allies are Viola, a
family servant bound by vow, and Cedar, a Fae thief in services of one
of the families. Both have their own secrets, and Raine can't be
sure who to trust.
As I already mentioned, the
Faerie world in this series is the same one you would find if you read The Changeling Chronicles. There are direct references
to this other series, especially Ivy Lane, but stories are completely separate.
Raine is an interesting character; spunky, a little snark, protective, determined to survive, loving and has a bit of a self-esteem problem. Her love for her father is sweet, and genuine. As we see soon enough, she can hold her own in a fight, although she's not all powerful either. All of this creates a balanced character with a couple sharp corners and dents just like everyone has.
Raine is an interesting character; spunky, a little snark, protective, determined to survive, loving and has a bit of a self-esteem problem. Her love for her father is sweet, and genuine. As we see soon enough, she can hold her own in a fight, although she's not all powerful either. All of this creates a balanced character with a couple sharp corners and dents just like everyone has.
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