To celebrate the release of Forever Reign this month, we’re going back to the beginning! There’s still time to read Long Live but you better hurry!
Long Live: An Elemental Magic Fantasy Romance (The Elementals of Iona #1)
Publication Date: June 2023
Genre: Romantic Fantasy
✨Forced Proximity
✨Witty Banter
✨One Cave
✨Multiple POVs
✨Anxiety
✨No Spice Romance
✨Morally Grey Characters
✨Elemental Magic
✨Plot Twists
Isla Belthare lives an ordinary life in her small village of Lockhurt. Since losing both her mother and the man she loved two years ago, all she wants is stability and peace. But her world is forever changed when her family is attacked on a journey away from home and she must travel to the Aataran mountain range to find them.
Across the realm, four ancient beings who control the elements of nature are awakening.
After a civil war that tore the humans apart, the elementals entered a thousand year slumber. Now, they are being summoned to prevent a dark force that is greedy for power and threatening to overturn the balance of nature.
When Isla’s path crosses with one of these elementals, she finds her fate is more entangled with theirs than she had ever imagined. As she risks it all to follow the elementals on their journey to defeat the unknown foe, she discovers that not everything may be as it seems. Isla is torn between protecting her loved ones or following her heart down a dangerous path of power and magic, of truth and lies.
What will they sacrifice to stop the coming storm?
Long Live is the first book in the Elementals of Iona duology, an epic fantasy romance that follows the journey of a young woman overcoming loss and anxiety and four immortal beings learning how to forgive and love again after their dark past. This enemies-to-lovers series is full of morally grey characters, witty banter, unique elemental magic, romantic tension, and twists you won’t see coming. Long Live is perfect for lovers of epic quests and character-driven stories, especially fans of Carissa Broadbent, Elise Kova, and Sarah J Maas.
About the Author
V.B. Lacey is an office manager by day and an avid reader-turned-writer by night. She grew up on stories of magic, love, and sarcasm, and equips her writing with all three. She lives in Texas with her supportive husband and two rambunctious dogs. When she’s not writing about morally grey characters and far-off kingdoms, you can find her reading (mostly fantasy and contemporary romance), playing board games, or spending time with friends.
Follow on Instagram: @vblacey.books
My thoughts: I really liked Isla, she’s a determined, smart and despite feeling out of her depth, she tackles every new challenge and complication that comes her way. Not knowing that her ancestors were powerful and important, and not fully understanding the elementals history means she’s in the dark about quite a lot but gamely fights on, because her family are at risk and they matter the most to her. I also loved her friend Bri, who’s fierce and protective of Isla.
I found the elementals a bit less engaging, there’s a lot of back story there, and not knowing all the ins and outs of their history, puts the reader in the same place as Isla a lot of the time.
It starts off slow and then as the four elementals connect again, the plot really picks up, especially once they work out who the “dark god” is and what they’re hunting for.
It’s a fun, fast paced, complex fantasy, complete with confusing romantic options and mysterious plots and villains.
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*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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