Review brought to you by OBS staff member Deannerenee

Summary:

To keep her fae race from being eradicated, Emmaline Gallagher must retrieve an object of fae power from a locked ancient box. Only Aeric O’Malley has the forging skills to create a key. But will their tumultuous past stand in the way?
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Review:

Here you have the two main characters: Aeric who has been waiting to seek revenge on Emmaline who killed the love of his life over 300 years ago. Emmaline has remained hidden for those 300 plus years trying to help find a way to free her people.  Emmaline, feels guilty everyday about the hurt she has caused Aeric.

Finally Aeric gets his wish and Emmaline shows herself. His first thought is to kill her but something stops him. Instead, he holds her captive and treats her like garbage for a couple of weeks. During that time he realizes the truth, as he knew it, might not be true at all. He finds that he is developing feelings for Emmaline and Emmaline realizes her feelings have not diminished over the 300 years of hiding.

I enjoyed both characters  and their stories. I found myself, a couple of times, wondering what Anya Bast was thinking when she wrote certain parts of this book. I find her to be a creative writer but in her series she is not consistent.  I liked this book, but I felt no love for the book.  There were parts where I could not put the book down and other moments that I could care less if I finished it.
Over all I would give the book 3 out of 5 stars and will read the next book in the series.