Heart of the Raven Prince: A Cinderella Retelling (Entangled with Fae)

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If you like slow burn romance, fake engagements, and snarky fae royals, then you’ll love this swoon-worthy story in the Entangled with Fae series. Definitely a softer read than I would’ve expected, but it was a read that brought me happy surprises and while there is steam it is very mild and mostly emotional more than anything else. With the social season in full swing, and bringing with it a horde of husband-hungry socialites, he’ll do anything to delay the pressures of both marriage and the crown. If you like slow burn romance, fake engagements, and snarky fae royals, then you'll love this swoon-worthy story in the Entangled with Fae series.

Just because your namesake places you amongst ash and cinders, doesn’t mean you should seek cosmetics from a chimney. I've already loved this world for some time now, but the characters, reveals, personal growth and HEA ending were my favorite parts. The prince is a fae raven shifter and our main character Ember is the unfortunate half fae stepdaughter to a wicked creature her father decided to marry.I think Tessa's strategy is to take many of the familiar we are used to in the original story and flip it out. Overall this was a great read and I think I’ve found an Author whose other books I must really look into as this book is the second in a series of retellings. If you are left behind or without the gown I’ve gifted you, the tickets will turn to ice and shatter, rendering them useless.

My frustration when Ember was backed into a corner only enhanced my feelings and attachments towards the story and characters. If you ever wondered what Cinderella and the Prince were talking about during the ball, Ember and Franco will answer that. On the other hand, Franco's sister decides the take her brother's love life in her hands and persuades her brother to court the princess of Sea land.

Outside of the plot and writing that was a bullseye for me, there were some thoughtfulness that the author drops into the story. None of that nonsense about a prince not recognizing a woman he supposedly fell in love with one beautiful night. This was a great Cinderella retelling, set in the same world as The Fair Isle Trilogy, the action happening 21 years later. Both characters had a lot of obstacles and doubt that initially made it difficult to understand and like each other, especially as Ember is limited in things she can say due to the constraints of her previous bargains and Franco had a tendency to hold back and not correct incorrect assumptions.

I wish the characters had more time to really fall in love and get to know each other but other than that I loved it.Always repressed and always blamed for the murder of her father, Ember has been kept in the shadows and held for her inheritance. As if they weren't enough to deal with, a chance encounter with the arrogant Prince Franco leaves her humiliated and in a fiery rage.

The plot knots that Tessonja wrote her protagonists into were genuinely airtight in terms of difficulty and I was definitely satisfied with how she undid them with time.She's waiting the last days to go by and she could finally be free, but something doesn't go as planned. You may find some affiliate links on this site, fully disclosed as such, that allow me to receive a small commission for purchases made.