It’s one we’ve heard before, but not like this! Heart of the Fae is a wonderful and beautifully-written retelling of Beauty and the Beast, interlaced with Irish mythology. It’s a story of a woman who ventures to find a cure for a plague that is devastating her village and finds herself on a remote island lorded over by a rude, angry, and disfigured exiled Prince of the Fae. They must learn to depend on each other in order to save both her family and his rightful place on the throne.

It is a tale of determination and compassion and the significance of opening your heart to another, no matter how painful it may be to do so. Hamm has created a dazzling, magical world filled with stunning characters that feel very familiar, yet fresh, and while the polishing isn’t perfect, it’s easy to look past the errors because you get so deeply immersed in a such a wondrous story. The book contains one of the most naturally-developed, slow burn romances I’ve read over the past few years and the legend of Sorcha and Eammon is one that will surely stick with me. Book one ends with a cliffhanger, but I immediate purchased and tore through book two - I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

Warning: There is one sexually explicit scene within.