Savage Lands (Savage Lands, #1) by Stacey Marie Brown Pages: 423
on October 20, 2020
Series: Savage Lands #1
Genres: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance
Source: ecopy from Author
Almost twenty years after the barrier between Earth and the Otherworld fell in the Fae Wars, Budapest is balancing on the precipice. A battle for dominance is brewing between the elite fae and the privileged humans in Eastern Europe. The prejudice between the sides is bubbling with hate and violence.
Nineteen-year-old human, Brexley, has grown up in privilege, but not without heartbreak. After being orphaned, she is taken in by General Markos, living in a walled city rife with power grabs and ruthless political games. Then one night the course of her life changes, and Brexley is thrown into the most feared prison in the east. Halalhaz, the House of Death—where you go in but don’t come out.
She must learn to live with the worst of fae and human criminals. The rule of hierarchy puts humans on the bottom, where the only way to survive each day is to make alliances with the fae.
Here she meets the sexy, vicious legend, Warwick Farkas. A myth among man and fae. He is as brutal, cruel, arrogant, and as lethal as the lore says he is, ruling the prison with unchallenged authority. Brexley can’t deny an intense draw to him, one that might cost her life.
If The Games don’t take her out first—A fight to the death where only one survives.
Savage Lands is the first book in the Savage Lands series, which is a gritty dark fantasy romance by Stacey Marie Brown. I love Stacey’s books, and I cannot believe it has taken me so long to get to this series. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, and the ending had me gasping for more (and screaming NOOOOO!)
I know I should have expected savagery from the title alone, but this book was dark. Darker than I was expecting it to be, but I loved it! And I am totally desperate for more! I can’t wait to binge read the rest of the series.
Our main character is Brexley, who is a pampered elite on the Human side of this inter-species war between the Fae and humans. This world had a dystopian/mad max vibe going on and it is very dangerous. Brexley gets taken to one of the most vicious prisons when she is caught stealing, and there she meets all kinds of fae and humans alike- who all seem to have it out for her. She also meets the mysterious Wolf- Warwick Farkas who is top of the prison food chain because he kills everyone who comes up against him in the prison games arena- where they fight to the death.
Savage Lands did a great job setting the scene for this bleak world at war, and also gave us tantalizing hints of a spicy romance to come- there wasn’t a ton of romance in this one, but the tension was amazing! and left me salivating for more.
When you are reading, you just know that there are so many mysteries that we have yet to uncover about Farkas, Brexley and the world. This installment left me with more questions than answers and I am so eager to keep reading and find out just what is going on. I can already tell this is going to be a series that I will fall in love with. I loved this first book, and I think it is only going to get better from here!
If you are a fan of dark fantasies with sizzling tension, epic fight scenes, and immersive storytelling and world building, you need to check out the Savage Lands series!
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