Blog Tour & Giveaway: Hidden (Fire and Iceland #1) by Megan Morgan

Book Blurb:

Hidden (Fire and Iceland #1)

Paranormal Romance / Urban Fantasy

Date Published: October 31, 2018

Publisher: Evernight Publishing

After a breathtaking journey through Iceland, Vanessa Evanston finishes her dream vacation with her two best friends in the capital city of Reykjavik—and wakes up the next morning on the ground, on a tiny island 250 kilometers north, with no memory of how she got there.

Luckily, handsome and kind-hearted local Gunnar Heimirsson stumbles upon her—unluckily, he can’t explain her mysterious journey either. Nor can anyone explain why Vanessa soon discovers “last night” actually happened a year ago, and everyone thinks she’s dead.

Iceland is known for its folklore, but beyond the elves and mountain trolls, there are other creatures: beautiful, powerful, and vengeful, known as the huldufólk. Gunnar has been alive for a century, trapped by their curse after angering them. From the far flung Westfjords to the black sands of Reynisfjara, the answer to Vanessa’s missing year might be connected to Gunnar’s punishment—as well as his long-lost wife, Hera—but the truth lies somewhere in the realm of magic, myth, and love, and Vanessa has only just discovered fairy tales are real.

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My Review:

3 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Faeries, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural--

Vanessa has been so excited for the last year to take her trip to Iceland, and now that she is there, she is sad to see if end. When she steps out of a bar to get some air on her last night, the next thing she knows is that it is morning and she is laying on the ground with two strange men standing over her. What makes it even worse is that a year has passed and she has no memories of that time. Hopefully she can figure out what is going on with the help of a handsome, knowing stranger.

These creatures were starting to sound stupid. They wouldn’t go near metal and wanted to take people’s money and booze. She supposed it was much better than, say, a blood sacrifice, of course.

I know nothing about Scandinavian culture so I found this book to be really interesting. Keep in mind, I have zero idea if any of this mythology is to be true, but I enjoyed learning about it anyway. Faeries in all there beautiful and terrifying glory are one of my favorite subjects to read about so to see people who have been victims of them made me very interested to read the book.

I will say that the first half of the book kept me engaged and fully immersed in Vanessa's plight and this new strange world I fell into. The second half was a little slower, more introspective and internally plotty, with Vanessa thinking more about her actions and the supernatural creatures than any actual action, and I found myself having a harder time picking up the book to keep reading. There was nothing wrong with it per se, I just was not as interested in reading anymore. I will admit that the twist near the end was shocking, but I still have not processed whether that is a good thing or not or if I liked the direction the book went (honestly, it creeps me out a little bit).

Overall this was a unique Fey(ish) book with a Scandinavian twist that I appreciated the concept of. Based on the (gorgeous) cover this looks like a romance book, but I do not know if I would call it that. More of a Paranormal Mystery that had a few (awkward and strangely detached) romantic encounters and a whole lot of steamy thoughts.

I reviewed a complimentary copy of this title.

Author Bio:

Megan Morgan is an award-winning paranormal and contemporary romance author from Cleveland, Ohio. A mild-mannered bartender by day and purveyor of things that go bump in the night, she’s trying to turn writing into her day job, so she can be on the other side of the bar for a change. She lives on the often-wintry shores of Lake Erie with her spoiled cat and adult son, both of whom shed too much.

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