Storm Front by Iris Foxglove

This book is going to tear you apart and put you back together again. It did me.

Storm Front is the first book in the Immortals Descending series. Set in the same world we've come to know and love through The Starian Cycle, though many ages before, it tells the tale of Azaiah and Nyx, and their almost cursed love. In it we traverse lifetimes as Azaiah and Nyx's happily ever after is always just out of reach.

Richly detailed, Storm Front evokes sorrow and longing so well your soul aches alongside our star-crossed lovers as they snatch little pieces of happiness that come in brief moments that are nigh on accidental. There is an almost tangible feeling of not yet that fills the pages and keeps them turning in the hopes that soon, soon they will be together, only to find out it's not time. Not yet. Soon, though. Soon.

Their love is eternal and stronger than even the fiercest storm, but there are wounds that require healing before they can truly be together. And even in the final moments of the story I found myself holding my breath, fearful that happily ever after was but a far distant promise hanging on the precipice of the past to become a memory in the future.

But it wouldn't be a romance without a happily ever after, and I am very happy to say that the Lord of Storms and his chosen companion get their happily ever after, and boy is it hard won and well deserved.

So, if you want your heart plucked out of your chest, get yourself a copy of this beautifully written, richly detailed book!