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Down comes the Night
Allison Saft
Narrator Saskia Maarleveld
Approx. 13 hours
Published Mar 1, 2021 by MacMillan Audio
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About the Book:
Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves. So when a letter arrives from a reclusive lord, asking Wren to come to his estate, Colwick Hall, to cure his servant from a mysterious illness, she seizes her chance to redeem herself.
The mansion is crumbling, icy winds haunt the caved-in halls, and her eccentric host forbids her from leaving her room after dark. Worse, Wren’s patient isn’t a servant at all but Hal Cavendish, the infamous Reaper of Vesria and her kingdom’s sworn enemy. Hal also came to Colwick Hall for redemption, but the secrets in the estate may lead to both of their deaths.
With sinister forces at work, Wren and Hal realize they’ll have to join together if they have any hope of saving their kingdoms. But as Wren circles closer to the nefarious truth behind Hal’s illness, they realize they have no escape from the monsters within the mansion. All they have is each other, and a startling desire that could be their downfall.
Allison Saft’s Down Comes the Night is a snow-drenched romantic fantasy that keeps you racing through the pages long into the night.
My Review:
I have to say that this Narrator was AMAZING! I will gladly listen to any Audiobook that she narrates for!
This romantic fantasy was full of suspense and intrigue. There is reference to the wars between different kingdoms and the story actually begins in the battlefield but it does not focus heavily on war.
It is a story of relationships, knowing who to trust and deciding what kind of person you will be, standing up for what you know is right, even at the expense of everything you love. It’s an enemies to lovers trope, with just a hint of a love triangle, that will have you rooting for love to win out in the end.
I really enjoyed the story, the characters were well written and easy to connect with. I’d love to see this become a series with Wren as the central character.
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