Release date - 11th February 2020
Book length - 576 pages Publisher - Harlequin (Mira) BUY LINKS: Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com UK - www.amazon.co.uk US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Justine from www.harlequin.com for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour and for providing me with an e-copy of this book for review via Netgalley. ABOUT THIS BOOK The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival...and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle walls. Elban--a lord as mighty as he is cruel--has his own plans for her, for all of them. She is a mere pawn to him, and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. But outside the walls, in the starving, desperate city, a magus, a healer with his own secret power unlike anything Highfall has seen in years, is newly arrived from the provinces. He, too, has plans for the empire, and at the heart of those plans lies Judah... The girl who started life with no name and no history will soon uncover more to her story than she ever imagined. An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, this deeply immersive novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down. MY REVIEW THE UNWILLING by Kelly Braffet is a dark and twisted tale of abuse, power, and treachery set in a magical world. Judah and Gavin were born on the same night and have a connection that cannot be explained but they live very different lives. Lord Elban, Gavin's father, is a deeply cruel and vicious man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants, and Judah is the perfect pawn. Outside the castle walls, there is someone searching for Judah and the power that she does not know she has, as she is the centre of everything and could bring about change like no other. THE UNWILLING by Kelly Braffet was a lot darker and emotionally disturbing then I expected it to be and for that reason may not suit all readers as there are a lot of graphic moments throughout. It is a long book but that didn't bother me at all as I enjoyed getting to know most of the characters and getting a feel for the setting. There is a wonderful bond between some of the characters that felt real and pure and I enjoyed those moments that shone a light over the hardships that Judah and others endured regularly, and the ending was definitely unexpected. Overall, not what I expected but gripping in it's own way. AUTHOR BIO Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels Save Yourself, Josie and Jack and Last Seen Leaving. Her writing has been published in the New York Times and Vulture.com, as well as The Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and several anthologies. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University and currently lives in upstate New York. For more information: Website - www.kellybraffet.com Twitter - twitter.com/KellyBraffet Facebook - www.facebook.com/kellybraffetfiction/
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