The Crown of Myth Bundle (Part I & II)

The Fae Queens #1

by Mira Crest

A girl chosen to save a fae kingdom from the curse of eternal night. A handsome and mysterious fae prince who has long awaited her coming. A terrifying dark secret behind a seemingly perfect fairy tale.

Myth decides to end her life when a horrible prank makes her the laughing stock of the whole school. But a desperate wish calls upon a mysterious fae, one who has come for Myth, the princess foretold to end the darkness that threatens the fae kingdom of Yearning.

At Yearning, Myth meets Prince Vesper, the handsome and perfect fae prince who gives Myth the happiness she yearns for. All she needs to do is be his princess and use her power to defeat the darkness.

Once every full moon for three mortal days, Myth gets to live the life of a fairy tale princess and have all her dreams come true. But behind all that bliss, Myth feels something is amiss. Despite all the love Prince Vesper showers her with, she knows he isn’t telling her everything. Is Vesper the perfect prince she thought out to be? What dark secrets lie behind Yearning? Will Myth unravel them before it’s too late?

--The story is set in a modern world and a fairy tale world, a cross between a fae paranormal romance mystery and dark fairy tale.

--The Crown of Myth is the first book in The Fae Queens series, comprising 2 parts.

Genres: Fantasy

171 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2018

About the author

Since young, Mira loves fantasy romance with strong female protagonists and perilous adventures to magical realms and parallel universes to visit dragons, witches, shifters, and fairy tale creatures, bringing heroes and heroines together and aiding their epic fantasy battles against dark enemies so they can have the happily-ever-afters they deserve.
When she grew up, she takes a liking to young adult stories, which explains her passion writing in the young adult fantasy romance genre. Her books are clean romance with character development as the prime focus. Even now, she still journeys to fantasy realms whenever she's not writing.

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Reviews

[Brianna Belbin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Myth is destined to save the fae kingdom of Yearn and Prince Vesper has waited for her arrival for a long time. She doesn’t have the clearest mind since she just tried to commit suicide, but now she’s swept away to Yearning to become a princess. Vesper has promised to give her love and happiness as long as she agrees to help and things seem to go well for her until something doesn’t feel right. Myth has had a pretty rough life and I feel for her, but can you instantly trust someone who promises you the world? This book had plenty of emotion, darkness, and magic. The world building was done well and I felt like I was in Yearning while reading this story. I’ve enjoyed previous books by Mira and although this isn’t my favorite, I was entertained throughout the whole story.
Matt did a good job with this narration. I enjoyed the different voices he used for each character and his voice has a steady flow between them.
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

[Kerstin · Rating 4 out of 5]

German review: In "The Crown of Myth" geht es um Myth, die am Anfang des Buches in einer ziemlich schlechten mentalen Verfassung steckt; sie wird in der Schule gemobbt, wurde vor allen gedemütigt und ist deshalb entschlossen, sich das Leben zunehmen. Zugleich hofft sie jedoch, dass sie jemand retten wird - und ihr Wunsch geht in Erfüllung, als die Fae auftauchen und sie in ein geheimnisvolles Königreich bringen, dessen Prinz sie zu seiner Prinzessin machen möchte.

Der Leser wird zu Beginn direkt in die Geschichte geworfen und die Handlung schreitet schnell voran. Auch später folgen die Ereignisse rasch aufeinander und den Charakteren wird auf den vergleichsweise wenigen Seiten sehr viel zugemutet. Die Entscheidungen, die die Protagonistin dabei am Anfang trifft, wirkten für mich zunächst ein wenig übereilt, vor allem, da das Reich Yearning ihr völlig fremd ist, doch in Anbetracht ihrer Situation war ihr Verhalten auch irgendwie verständlich und da ich das Buch wirklich fesselnd fand, hat dieser Punkt mich nicht wirklich gestört. Gut gefallen hat mir vor allem, wie die Autorin die Geschichte von diesem Moment an weiter erzählt hat; die Wendungen waren überraschend, aber vor allem rückblickend stimmig und die ganzen kleinen Anhaltspunkte wurden sehr geschickt integriert.

Das World Building fand ich ebenfalls gelungen; die Idee, dass Myth Yearning nur zur Zeit des Vollmonds aufsuchen konnte, war originell und der Kontrast zu ihrem eigentlichen Leben war klar herausgearbeitet. Es war interessant, gemeinsam mit ihr nach und nach mehr über diese faszinierende Parallelwelt zu erfahren und die Balance von märchenhaften Szenen und den Andeutungen über die düstere Bedrohung hat gut funktioniert. Auch die Charaktere selbst waren gut ausgearbeitet und es war leicht, sich in Myth hineinzuversetzen und mit ihr zu fühlen. Ihre Entwicklung im Laufe der Handlung hat mir sehr gefallen. Die Liebesgeschichte hat mich zunächst nicht hundertprozentig überzeugt, doch später fand ich die Dynamik zwischen den beiden auf jeden Fall interessant und es gibt ein paar schöne Momente zwischen ihnen.
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"The Crown of Myth" is about Myth, a young woman who is in a rather bad state of mind at the beginning of the book; she is bullied at school, was humiliated in front of everyone and is determined to end her own life because of this. At the same time, she hopes that someone will save her - and her wish comes true when the Fae show up and take her to a mysterious kingdom whose prince wants to make her his princess.

The reader is thrown directly into the story and the plot progresses rapidly right from the start. The events follow each other in quick succession and the characters are going through a lot on the comparatively few pages. The decisions that the protagonist made in the beginning initially seemed a little rash to me, especially since the kingdom of Yearning is completely alien to her, but given her situation, her behavior was somehow understandable. The book was really captivating either way and therefore it did not really bother me. I especially liked the way the author continued to tell the story from that moment on; the twists were surprising, but in retrospect everything is consistent and the little clues were integrated into the plot very cleverly.

I also enjoyed the world building; the idea that Myth could only visit Yearning at the time of the full moon was original and the contrast to her real life was shown clearly. It was interesting to learn more about this fascinating parallel world alongside her and the balance of fairytale scenes and allusions to the threat she must somehow defeat worked well. The characters themselves were well written and it was easy to empathize with Myth. I really liked her development in the course of the book. The love story did not totally convince me at first, but their dynamic became really interesting with time and there are some very nice moments between them.
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I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Samantha Wisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ummm weird

Okay I have to be honest I was 35% of the book when I decided I was done and I wasn’t going to finish it but I wanted to leave a review so I skimmed through it till the end. Spoilers ahead, be warned. Let me just say first off I get that she was sad so she didn’t think anyone would miss her so she agree to get in the carriage, which for one is weird whatever. Then she gets there meets the prince and in her head says of he is cute so when he asked if she will marry him, mind you this is like 10 seconds after meeting. She does what any sane girl would do and agrees... like what she doesn’t think it is a little strange that they just meant and he is asking her to be his princess idk kinda weird to me. But the thing that kinda bugs me the most is when he presents her “his gift to her” and it’s the people who were mean to her and she is just like oh ya have your scary guard person take them to your dungeon, like whatttt. I get that they were mean to you but you are going to question that. Ugghhh I don’t know, it’s not a bad book just a couple of things kinda irritated me.

[Nina Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Fae's Queen as part of YA Fantasy Romance Series Bundle by Mira Crest is a great package deal. This offering is a group of four different books are all the first book in their respective series. The books included are as follows: 1) Soul Mates: This is a reverse harem fantasy where four guardians end up as forever mates. 2) Mermaid’s Destiny: This is the Meragon series’ first book where a imprisoned mermaid and dragon must work together to save each other. 3) Fae’s Queen: This book is a modern retelling of a fairy tale that includes wishing and moving between this world and another alternate world. 4) Rebirth: A human girl learns that she is in danger from paranormal creatures that she didn’t even know were real. Each book in this set is an entertaining read. I can’t pick just one as my favorite because I loved all of them for different reasons. Reading this set is an excellent way to find a new favorite series. Fae’s Queen is a wish come true.

[Susana Duarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Myth, our heroine, starts this story with a suicide attempt because of school bulling. Not a great start.
She is saved by a fae prince that takes her to his world and gives her love and meaning for the first time. The problem is the prince is not telling her the truth and reality is an horror story that will put an end to the short dream.
I've listen to the audiobook and the narrator is ok. I would expect it to be a female because of the main character, though the story is told in the 3rd person.
The story ends with a happy ending for now, but there is more to the serie.

[Marsha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting

This was a very interesting book. It has sadness, joy, despair, love, fear, hatred and anger. It also has hope. Most people will empathize with the girl in this story. And most will be happy for her when she finds love, but is it real? The author did a great job in expressing all the emotions above and maybe even a few I did not mention. Very descriptive. I enjoyed reading the book.

[Myla L A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely

What a lovely short story. I normally dislike short stories because they jump to fast through all but this one was different and kept my attention. Yes some things happened to quickly but still was a good read. I hope the author makes a part 2 because the ending left you there waiting for more.

[Lynne Tilley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant Imagination

Loved the storyline with the goodies and baddies along with are they aren’t they. I just wanted the story to go on forever.
Absolutely loved it, I want more 🙃