#BookReview What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods @torbooks #WhatLiesBeyondTheVeil #OfFlesh&BoneSeries #HarperLWoods #torbooks Title: What Lies Beyond the Veil

Author: Harper L. Woods

Series: Of Flesh & Bone #1

Published by: Bramble on Feb. 11, 2025

Genres: Fantasy

Pages: 400

Format: Paperback

Source: Tor Publishing

Book Rating: 8/10

Once, we’d worshipped them as Gods.

For nearly 400 years, the Veil has protected us from the Fae of Alfheimr. In their absence, our lives have shifted from decadence and sin to survival and virtue under the guidance of the New Gods. I’ve spent my entire life tending to the gardens next to the boundary between our worlds, drawn to the shimmering magic like a moth to the flame.

Then, we died on their swords.

All of that changes the day the Veil shatters, unleashing the fae upon our world once again. The magic of faerie marks those of us they mean to take, but the Mist Guard protecting Nothrek will kill us all before they let the fae have us. There’s no choice but to flee everything I’ve ever known, not if I want to live to see my twenty-first birthday as a free woman.

Now, they’ll claim what’s theirs.

But before they capture me, Caelum saves me from the Wild Hunt. Fae-marked and on the run, he is able to fight back in ways I only dream of. From tentative alliance to all-consuming passion, our bond strengthens as the fae close in and evil lurks ever nearer. With my life on the line, he is everything I shouldn’t dare to want and a distraction I can’t afford. I can’t seem to stay away, not even with something greater on the line.

My heart.


Review:

Complex, adventurous, and seductive!

What Lies Beyond the Veil is a suspenseful, action-packed tale that takes us into the life of Estrella Barlowe of Mistfell, who after the veil protecting the land from the Fae of Alfheimr shatters, and her skin becomes marked by the magic of Faerie, embarks on a treacherous journey with the help of a mysterious marked stranger, Callum, to flee to a haven of safety before she can be captured by her fated mate.

The prose is brisk and tight. The characters are multilayered, dependable, and fearless. And the plot is a riveting tale full of twists, turns, angst, loyalty, duty, heartbreak, danger, deception, family, friendship, sizzling tension, tormented pasts, and supernatural abilities.

Overall, What Lies Beyond the Veil is an imaginative, passionate, epic, fantastical first novel in the Of Flesh & Bones series by Woods that is bursting with soul-searching dilemmas, ancient prophecies, sizzling romance, dangerous quests, unforeseen twists, and complex, intriguing characters.

 

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Thank you to Tor Publishing for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

 

About Harper L. Woods

Harper L. Woods is the USA Today bestselling fantasy romance alter ego for Adelaide Forrest. Raised in small-town Vermont, her passion for reading was born during long winters spent with her face buried between the pages of a book. She began to pass the time by writing short stories that quickly turned into full-length fiction. Since that time, she has published over 15 books and has plans for many more. When she isn't writing, Harper can be found spending time with her two young kids, curled up with her dog, dreaming about travel to distant lands, or designing book covers she'll never have enough time to use.