Raven Unveiled

Grace Draven — 2022

A woman with the gift to speak to the dead--and the assassin pursuing her--may be the only chance a crumbling empire has of holding back true evil, in this electrifying fantasy romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Radiance. Siora has been on the run for longer than she cares to remember, from her past and her gift. Born with the ability to see and speak to ghosts, she has heard their desperate pleas as an otherworldly predator stalks the dead amid the fertile killing fields of the collapsing Krael Empire. The creature's power and reach are growing with every soul it consumes, but Siora is preoccupied with her own troubles: namely an assassin who has sworn an oath of vengeance against her. Gharek of Cabast was once the right-hand man of the reviled empress but is now a wanted fugitive. Although his reasons for hunting Siora are viscerally personal, what Gharek can't anticipate is that when he finally does find her, she will hold the key to saving his world, or what's left of it. To make good on old debts and protect the vulnerable dead from a malevolent force, Gharek and Siora will both need to make an ally out of an enemy--and trust that will be enough to save each other.

Reviews

Lover of Romance @addictedtoromance

Jan 1, 2023

Raven Unveiled is the third installment in the "Fallen Empire" series and it's been SO long since we got an installment into this series, and I can't tell you the excitement that I had that the author was returning to the series. The second book just ended in such a way that you just knew that there was so much more to be had within the story and she definitely delivered on much of that. I will say that I decided to pick this one up in audiobook, as the series has been hard for me to get into pacing-wise. I did enjoy this one, it wasn't a perfect read, but it was quite entertaining in every way. Raven Unveiled is a story of betrayal, a blend of enemies to lovers, and a fatherly love. It's a story that is packed with adventure, forced proximity, and learning to forgive. Both the hero and heroine are at odds with each other and have betrayed each other in different ways. But when they are captured and forced to work together in order to save the life of a little girl, they join forces. But what they discover is a threat so evil it threatens the souls of the dead. Raven Unveiled definitely entertains from beginning to end. The only aspect of the story was the audiobook, I didn't understand why the narrator was chosen to use an accent. It did throw me off a bit as I didn't expect it, but eventually, I grew to admire it and it did pull me in. I will say with the narrator chosen, it will be hard to listen to this any more than 1.75, just due to her thicker accent. I did prefer to listen to this at 1.5x though. I was really entertained by the enemies-to-lovers aspect of the story, and I felt like there was something more that we were missing in the relationship. I will be honest while I adored the plot and world-building, and individual growth of the characters, I didn't quite feel the romance or the relationship between our protagonists. So I definitely wish that there was more focus on that. Overall I found Raven Unveiled to be a spectacular win of a story and definitely kept me on the edge of my seat and eager to see if we get more to the series.