Name: The Lord of Stariel (Stariel #1)
Author: A.J. Lancaster
Publisher: Camberion Press
Date published: October 2018
Genre: Fiction, adult, fantasy, romance, faeries, cosy
Pages: 322
Rating: 5/5
The Lord of Stariel is dead. Long live the Lord of Stariel. Whoever that is. Everyone knows who the magical estate will choose for its next ruler. Or do they?Will it be the lord’s eldest son, who he despised? His favourite nephew, with the strongest magical land-sense? His scandalous daughter, who ran away from home years ago to study illusion? Hetta knows it won’t be her, and she’s glad of it. Returning home for her father’s funeral, all Hetta has to do is survive the family drama and avoid entanglements with irritatingly attractive local men until the Choosing. Then she can leave. But whoever Stariel chooses will have bigger problems than eccentric relatives to deal with. Winged, beautifully deadly problems. For the first time in centuries, the fae are returning to the Mortal Realm, and only the Lord of Stariel can keep the estate safe. In theory.
- From Goodreads.
This was such a lovely, cosy fantasy, the concept of the sentient land that the family has a connection to was so interesting and I loved how at first Hetta felt so distanced from it and her family, but slowly began to feel closer to it and to feel like she really belonged amongst her family there. It was very heartwarming to see her find her place and her confidence.
The romance was also very sweet, I think the author built the chemistry well, along with the tension, and I think the mystery around the love interest and the secrets he had really added to that.
All the side characters felt well fleshed-out and full of personality too, and they all felt well-defined and distinctive from each other, even though there were quite a lot of them.
I am really curious to see how the story continues in the next book, as although I think it wrapped up Hetta's journey of returning to Stariel and finding her place there in a satisfying way, it still left plenty of plot lines unresolved and I think it will be exciting to see what happens in the rest of the series. I'm especially fascinated to see which of the faerie characters we will meet and what part they will play.
Overall this was a very charming and fun book to read and obviously I'll be continuing with the series, and I would like to read more from this author in general as I very much enjoyed their writing style.
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