Wendy Higgins

Wendy Higgins, the author of the New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series, reimagines a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale with The Great Hunt, a dramatic, romance-filled fantasy with rugged hunters, romantic tension, and a princess willing to risk all to save her kingdom. When a monstrous beast attacks in Eurona, desperate measures must be taken. The king sends a proclamation to the best and bravest hunters: whoever kills the creature will win the hand of his daughter Princess Aerity as a reward. The princess recognizes her duty but cannot bear the idea of marrying a stranger—she was meant to marry for love—until a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention. And while there’s no denying the fiery chemistry between them, Princess Aerity feels that Paxton’s mysteriousness is foreboding, maybe even dangerous. Paxton is not the marrying type. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He is determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast—but the princess continues to surprise him, and the secrets he’s buried begin to surface against his wishes.

The Great Hunt

Lila Harrison

cliche and fluffy, but it was what i needed to begin to pull me out of this slump

Ciska van Bokhorst

Ik had er meer van verwacht omdat het geïnspireerd is op een duister Grimm sprookje. Maar de focus lag op het liefdesverhaal.. je weet wel... Insta love... Had ook niet echt een klik met de hoofdpersonages. Jammer.

Celia Adams

I thoroughly enjoyed the premise of this book, mostly because I'm a sucker for fairytales with a good princess and a dark, brooding love interest(in this case, Paxton "skirt-raiser" Seabolt). Plus, who doesn't love a fantasy including a competition for the princess' hand in marriage? Wendy Higgins did a wonderful job of world-building for her first high fantasy, which I applaud, but in the end the story really just didn't grip me like I'd hoped it would. Still looking forward to the sequel so I can get more of the amazing characters and hopefully a happy resolve to the love story ;)

Gretchen Gomez

I have a lot of feelings towards this book.

For some reason I don't know if I should place my dislikes of this book on Wendy Higgins or the publishing team. Why? Because Wendy is one of my favorite authors and she does not drag her books like she has dragged this one.

I liked the story, I like how fast paced it is. I liked the different point of views although they were told in 3rd person. I liked the characters. I liked pretty much everything but it really dragged. While reading it, I kept asking myself "Wendy did your team tell you to write this unnecessary paragraph so it can be a duology and that way they can make more money off it?"

I felt like Wendy had this amazing story to tell but then unnecessary pages, paragraphs, and chapters were added to give the book length.

And although it dragged, it was never boring to me because I enjoyed the story and the characters. I found myself wanting to read the book every little chance I had because the story was building.

I certainly look forward to the second book and hope it's not as dragged as this one.

In The Great Pursuit, the dramatic sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins delivers another thrilling fantasy filled with dangerous enemies, political intrigue, searing romance, and a princess who is willing to do everything to protect her kingdom. One hunt has ended, but the pursuit for love and justice continues. The kingdom of Lochlanach has traded the great beast that once terrorized the realm of Eurona for something far more dangerous: the ire of powerful Lashed woman Rosaria Rocato. Rosaria demands that Eurona overturn the laws prohibiting magic, or an innocent will be killed each day. Despite the king’s resistance, Princess Aerity believes they must make peace with the Lashed, and though she’s accepted a betrothal to the man who took down the beast, she cannot help thinking about Paxton, the Lashed man who stole her heart and disappeared. Aerity soon discovers that Paxton has joined Rosaria’s army in the war against her family. Though her feelings for him are still strong, her duty to her kingdom and her family is stronger—especially when her parents are kidnapped and she has to step up to the throne and once again put aside what’s best for her in order to do what’s best for her people. Paxton and Princess Aerity must fight to see what is more powerful: their love or the impending war between the magical Lashed and the non-magic humans.

The Great Pursuit

Fatima Zahra

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Megan During

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Allison Garrett

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Now available in paperback from Wendy Higgins, author of the Sweet Evil series, the New York Times bestselling The Great Hunt reimagines the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Singing Bone” in a dramatic, romance-filled fantasy with rugged hunters, romantic tension, and a princess willing to risk all to save her kingdom. When a monstrous beast attacks in Eurona, desperate measures must be taken. The king sends a proclamation to the best and bravest hunters: whoever kills the creature will win the hand of his daughter Princess Aerity. The princess recognizes her duty but cannot bear the idea of marrying a stranger—she was meant to marry for love—until a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention. And while there’s no denying the fiery chemistry between them, Princess Aerity feels that Paxton’s mysteriousness is foreboding, maybe even dangerous. Paxton is not the marrying type. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He is determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast—but the princess continues to surprise him, and the secrets he’s buried begin to surface against his wishes.

The Great Hunt

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