CRYSTAL BLOODS, my new Upper YA Romantasy with the wonderful Elsewhen Press, is available from the usual book sellers, but here’s a link to help you: http://books2read.com/CrystalBloods
Crystals mean power, Crystal Blood means death.
“Stop toying with me. We can never be together, and this, whatever this is, is too painful. It has to stop before we hurt each other anymore.”
Within the island kingdom of the Starlight Order, Princess Sorsha must protect her life’s blood at all costs, for when shed, her blood produces magical Blood Crystals. If knowledge of her existence escapes, there are those that would covet her blood and even kill her for the Crystals she would shed, including the Emperor Taliesin of Merribor.
Sorsha is about to be Pledged to an unknown Prince of the Celestial Isles, when she is sent with Prince Etienne of the Sun Order to find out why the isle of the neighbouring Moon Order has fallen silent. Etienne is also to Pledged, to one of the Seven Starlight Princesses of Sorsha’s home island, but despite this, the two grow close.
Discovering Taliesin is raiding the Celestial Isles for their artworks, and consequently their Blood Crystals, Sorsha and Etienne set out to stop him. Even as Sorsha struggles to keep her secret safe, their forbidden love grows, and when Etienne reveals his own secrets, he changes their relationship forever.
They attempt to outwit Taliesin, but can they thwart his plans before he can use their blood, and their Blood Crystals, to conquer the world? Or will they die trying?
REVIEWS
“Aerin’s writing style is amazing! You can perfectly picture all the places they travel and that’s especially important in a fantasy book. And it also had me hooked, right from the start… I loved following Sorsha who’s spent her life hiding to protect her secret as she’s sent on what ends up becoming a bigger and bigger quest to protect the Orders, their way of life and people… She’s such a loveable character and can hold her own, but she has a strong group of friends around and doesn’t do everything by herself… I loved their whole group, all excellent characters that are nicely fleshed out with stories to make you love each of them. But especially Etienne… Their love for each other was so beautiful, the way they understood each other and helped each other through their hardest moments was so cute. I love them so much! Aerin’s books are amazing and will forever be my favourite romantasies! If fantasy/romance is your thing, and maybe even if it’s not… you seriously need to pick this up! *****”
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“I had so much fun diving into this unique fantasy world Aerin created! I loved reading her series ‘The Cursed Weapons’ and knew I could rely on this novel to be just as enthralling. It focuses on a concept that certain people of magical blood shed crystals rather than blood when wounded (what a creative concept I’d love to know the thought process behind this lol). These crystals each have different magical qualities dependant on the colour. As you can imagine there’s always people who want to steal this power for themselves – so our MC Sorsha is determined to find a way to find and destroy all the crystals. Along the way in this complicated adventure, she meets loads of gorgeous characters – including Etienne – and whilst they are both promised to another, they can’t help but slowly fall for each other. I’m really hoping there’s a sequel to this as I still have SO many questions… and that old man in the cell? I just know you’re gonna think of a clever backstory for him and I cannot wait x ****”
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