Hi hello and welcome to the Fate Awakened by Jocelyn Montana blog tour, hosted by the always fantastic Rockstar Book Tours! Today, I have the pleasure of sharing my review as well as an awesome giveaway where you could win a signed finished copy of Fate Awakened. Be sure to stick around to the end of my review for the giveaway, and for a tour schedule with all of the other stops for this blog tour. Let's get started!
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Title: Fate Awakened
Author: Jocelyn Montana
Pages: 330
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Release Date: 24 July 2022
From Goodreads: "A MONSTER TO EVERYONE BUT HER
Hans lives only for vengeance. No more Pack. No friends. Only the dark void inside him tormenting him about his past. Yet when he meets a dark-haired beauty, desire tears through him and changes everything. But werewolves never take mates, and to claim her would doom him and ensure the rising evil wins.
Hans lives only for vengeance. No more Pack. No friends. Only the dark void inside him tormenting him about his past. Yet when he meets a dark-haired beauty, desire tears through him and changes everything. But werewolves never take mates, and to claim her would doom him and ensure the rising evil wins.
AN ORDINARY HUMAN TO EVERYONE BUT HIM
One moment Briony’s eating in the tavern, and the next a necromancer has her tied up in a cave as bait for a werewolf. Stuck in the middle of a centuries-old battle, she needs to escape. Now. Except when the werewolf arrives and she gets her chance, she doesn’t run. No—she helps him and decides to join him to face a formidable enemy who will do anything to kill her. And with each day that passes, every gentle touch, every silky purr, the werewolf claws his way further into her heart.
BOUND TOGETHER AGAINST AN ANCIENT EVIL
They have one month to work together to take down a sorceress. One month to decide to remain together forever. Everyone in Briony’s life has left her, and she doesn’t believe in love anymore. Secrets in Hans’s past prevent him from making Briony his. They may save the world, but will they save each other?"
Thank you to Jocelyn Montana and Rockstar Book Tours for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
As long as I can remember, I've never been a fan of werewolf books. Vampires have always been my monster of choice. But monster romance? Now that's something entirely different! I've been trying to branch out more with my reading this spooky season and when I saw the cover for Fate Awakened I was immediately intrigued. I'm so happy that I took a chance on this monster romance book, oh my gosh!
Fate Awakened follows Briony (a human) and Hans (a vulk; think werewolf but he doesn't need the moon to change and instead is just always in his monster form), two individuals from very different worlds. Their paths collide when Briony is taken by a group claiming to be the King's Guard one night, but it turns out they're actually planning to make her werewolf bait. Instead of running like you'd imagine, Briony decides to stay and help Hans fight. With only one month to take down a sorceress, will Briony and Hans learn to let go of the past, save the world, and save each other before it's too late?
This actually turned out to be so much more than I thought it would be, and I mean that in the best way possible! I was thinking this would just be a monster romance book but it has a really cool magic system, a magical war, and so much more than what you would expect from a PNR book. This is definitely more on the fantasy side and even had a beautiful map and a whole glossary to help you understand some of the terms that the author uses throughout the book. This is also a book that takes place out in nature and in some beautiful environments which is a refreshing change from what you might imagine the setting to be. It went above and beyond to really bring you into the world and it really kept me hooked while I was reading!
The romance between Briony and Hans was really cute and definitely spicy. I love spicy monster romances so I knew I would enjoy it, but I didn't realize that I would end up liking so much more than just those two! This book definitely set up the world and characters for future installments so I'm really excited to see where the next book goes from here. I'm so fascinated by just how big this world seems and how many cool creatures reside within it. There is so much more exploration that can happen and I'm eager to find out what else this world has to offer.
With a wonderfully spicy romance, loveable characters that you'll get instantly hooked on, and a lush and beautiful fantasy world, Fate Awakened is a fantastic start to a series that is sure to keep you reading until the early hours of the morning!
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Tour Schedule
Week One:
10-03-2022 Writer of Wrongs Excerpt
10-04-2022 A Dream Within A Dream Excerpt/IG Post
10-05-2022 Beers Books Boos Review/IG Post
10-05-2022 Rajiv's Reviews Review/IG Post
10-06-2022 Jeff_of_allmedia Review/IG Post
10-07-2022 Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf Review/IG Post
10-07-2022 Sadie's Spotlight Excerpt
10-04-2022 A Dream Within A Dream Excerpt/IG Post
10-05-2022 Beers Books Boos Review/IG Post
10-05-2022 Rajiv's Reviews Review/IG Post
10-06-2022 Jeff_of_allmedia Review/IG Post
10-07-2022 Nagma | TakeALookAtMyBookshelf Review/IG Post
10-07-2022 Sadie's Spotlight Excerpt
Week Two:
10-10-2022 See Sadie Read Review/IG Post
10-11-2022 @jacleomik33 Review/IG Post
10-12-2022 Under the Book Cover Review/IG Post <-- You are here!
10-12-2022 Two Chicks on Books Excerpt/IG Post
10-13-2022 @bookishreviews_byalison IG Review
10-14-2022 The Momma Spot Review/IG Post
10-14-2022 Fire and Ice Review/IG Post
10-11-2022 @jacleomik33 Review/IG Post
10-12-2022 Under the Book Cover Review/IG Post <-- You are here!
10-12-2022 Two Chicks on Books Excerpt/IG Post
10-13-2022 @bookishreviews_byalison IG Review
10-14-2022 The Momma Spot Review/IG Post
10-14-2022 Fire and Ice Review/IG Post
About the Author:
Jocelyn Montana is a fantasy and paranormal romance author focusing on her two series featuring the world of Ulterra. She lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with her boyfriend of ten years and her chiweenie Marcus, also known as The Dog Who Will Do Anything for Ham. She loves werewolves, and demons, and all sorts of fun supernatural beings. She’d like to thank Disney and their movies: Beauty and the Beast, and Robinhood (animated version) for showing her that handsome heroes don’t always look like men.
