Cursed by a Druid millennia ago, Roan lives a bleak existence in the Shadowlands, desperately trying to retain his soul and not succumb to the goblin horde. When a beautiful human summons him to grant a wish, he sees a glimmer of hope. But will she ever agree to be his queen?
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Editorial Reviews
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"Husk constructs a unique mythology for the goblin hero in her paranormal debut.... romantic and intriguing. " - Publishers Weekly
"The characters were amazing, the story line brilliant, and the ending was beautiful." - Sexy Women Read
"The story line grabbed me right from the first paragraph and held me in it's spell through the last words. " - Yankee Romance Reviewers
"Shona Husk put together an amazing story about loss, love, redemption and discovery... A Night Owl Reviewer Top Pick" - Night Owl Reviews
"Steamy, sensual, and dangerous... Dark and delicious" - Fresh Ficiton
"A great fairy-tale feel to it. Dark, fresh and tantalizing." - Anna's Book Blog
"A magical world... The Goblin King is worth its weight in gold. " - Cheryl's Book Nook
"Unique... Intriguing... " - Manga Mania Cafe
"A gorgeous world..." - Bookaholics Romance Book Club
"Entertaining... A very interesting world and mythology. " - That's What I'm Talking About
"A dark and haunting adult fairy tale. The world building was fantastic." - Book of Secrets
"This series is so unlike anything I've read before and is so different that I found myself cleverly drawn into this incredible world filled with unusual creatures and compelling stories. I loved it. " - The Romance Studio
"An interesting and exciting paranormal world that has a distinct feeling of legends and fairy tales" - Heart to Heart: The B&N Romance Blog
"A good book that had me reading fast... I enjoyed the romance and the passion... " - Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
"For every person who has watched the movie, The Labyrinth, and dreamed of running away with David Bowie, The Goblin King is for you!" - Sizzling Hot Books
"The Goblin King didn't disappoint... sexy and irresistible. " - Once Upon A Chapter
"Dark and sinister... " - Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews
"A fairytale happy ever after with goblins, fights and the will to love. " - Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
"An original and dark fairy tale..." - Love Romance Passion
"Husk creates an engaging blend of dark atmosphere, goblin lore and romance, resulting in a unique Beauty and the Beast story" - BookLoons.com
"There were multiple layers woven throughout The Goblin King, and the emotional impact of the narrative as a whole made for a very good story. " - My House of Books
"The characters were amazing, the story line brilliant, and the ending was beautiful." - Sexy Women Read
"The story line grabbed me right from the first paragraph and held me in it's spell through the last words. " - Yankee Romance Reviewers
"Shona Husk put together an amazing story about loss, love, redemption and discovery... A Night Owl Reviewer Top Pick" - Night Owl Reviews
"Steamy, sensual, and dangerous... Dark and delicious" - Fresh Ficiton
"A great fairy-tale feel to it. Dark, fresh and tantalizing." - Anna's Book Blog
"A magical world... The Goblin King is worth its weight in gold. " - Cheryl's Book Nook
"Unique... Intriguing... " - Manga Mania Cafe
"A gorgeous world..." - Bookaholics Romance Book Club
"Entertaining... A very interesting world and mythology. " - That's What I'm Talking About
"A dark and haunting adult fairy tale. The world building was fantastic." - Book of Secrets
"This series is so unlike anything I've read before and is so different that I found myself cleverly drawn into this incredible world filled with unusual creatures and compelling stories. I loved it. " - The Romance Studio
"An interesting and exciting paranormal world that has a distinct feeling of legends and fairy tales" - Heart to Heart: The B&N Romance Blog
"A good book that had me reading fast... I enjoyed the romance and the passion... " - Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
"For every person who has watched the movie, The Labyrinth, and dreamed of running away with David Bowie, The Goblin King is for you!" - Sizzling Hot Books
"The Goblin King didn't disappoint... sexy and irresistible. " - Once Upon A Chapter
"Dark and sinister... " - Paranormal & Romantic Suspense Reviews
"A fairytale happy ever after with goblins, fights and the will to love. " - Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell
"An original and dark fairy tale..." - Love Romance Passion
"Husk creates an engaging blend of dark atmosphere, goblin lore and romance, resulting in a unique Beauty and the Beast story" - BookLoons.com
"There were multiple layers woven throughout The Goblin King, and the emotional impact of the narrative as a whole made for a very good story. " - My House of Books
About the Author
A civil designer by day and an author by night, Shona Husk lives in Western Australia at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Drawing on history, myth, and imagination, she writes about heroes who are armed and dangerous but have a heart of gold-sometimes literally.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Shona Husk knows how to write tortured heroes! Roan was a Celtic king, until he and his men were cursed by a Druid. He was turned into the Goblin King, forced to live in the desolate Shadowlands. For almost 2,000 years, he has been in limbo as part man and part goblin. It is a constant battle to hold on to his human soul, because once it's lost he becomes one of the goblin Hoard - a fate worse than death.
The Goblin King can travel to the world of humans, also known as the Fixed Realm, through someone's nightmare or if he is summoned. Eliza had heard tales of the Goblin King as a child. Was he myth or real? She got her answer when she called to him for help as a teenager, and he appeared.
Roan sensed a special connection with Eliza, something he had never felt with his other summoners. Could she be the woman to become his queen and break the curse? When she calls for his help again many years later, he takes her to his bleak home in the Shadowlands, hoping she will agree to be his queen. But how could a cursed gray-skinned, part-goblin ever win her heart?
THE GOBLIN KING is a dark and haunting adult fairy tale. The world building was fantastic. The author's detailed descriptions of the dismal, gray world of the Shadowlands really drew me into the story. I could definitely share the anguish and desperation of Roan and his brother Dai, being cursed there for so many years. It was interesting how Roan was able to travel to the Fixed Realm through someone's nightmares and manipulate them while they slept.
I would consider this a paranormal romance, however the romance itself took a back seat for much of the book. There was actually two different stories going on: Eliza's battle with her conniving fiance Steve in the Fixed Realm, and Roan's battle against the Druid and the Hoard in the Shadowlands. The two stories eventually merged, but Roan and Eliza did spend a lot of time apart. It took me a while to warm up to Eliza's character, but I ended up loving her when she showed some backbone against Steve - what a weasel!
THE GOBLIN KING was an enjoyable read fans of dark PNR would enjoy, especially if you're into Celtic myths like I am. The next book in this series will feature Dai, Roan's brother, as the hero. I had a soft spot for Dai because he was the bookish type, and I want him to find his happily ever after too. I give THE GOBLIN KING 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The Goblin King can travel to the world of humans, also known as the Fixed Realm, through someone's nightmare or if he is summoned. Eliza had heard tales of the Goblin King as a child. Was he myth or real? She got her answer when she called to him for help as a teenager, and he appeared.
Roan sensed a special connection with Eliza, something he had never felt with his other summoners. Could she be the woman to become his queen and break the curse? When she calls for his help again many years later, he takes her to his bleak home in the Shadowlands, hoping she will agree to be his queen. But how could a cursed gray-skinned, part-goblin ever win her heart?
THE GOBLIN KING is a dark and haunting adult fairy tale. The world building was fantastic. The author's detailed descriptions of the dismal, gray world of the Shadowlands really drew me into the story. I could definitely share the anguish and desperation of Roan and his brother Dai, being cursed there for so many years. It was interesting how Roan was able to travel to the Fixed Realm through someone's nightmares and manipulate them while they slept.
I would consider this a paranormal romance, however the romance itself took a back seat for much of the book. There was actually two different stories going on: Eliza's battle with her conniving fiance Steve in the Fixed Realm, and Roan's battle against the Druid and the Hoard in the Shadowlands. The two stories eventually merged, but Roan and Eliza did spend a lot of time apart. It took me a while to warm up to Eliza's character, but I ended up loving her when she showed some backbone against Steve - what a weasel!
THE GOBLIN KING was an enjoyable read fans of dark PNR would enjoy, especially if you're into Celtic myths like I am. The next book in this series will feature Dai, Roan's brother, as the hero. I had a soft spot for Dai because he was the bookish type, and I want him to find his happily ever after too. I give THE GOBLIN KING 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I received my copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Alexis Riley
Format:Kindle Edition
I am sure that many of the people who consider buying this book are like me and feel like over the past couple of years they have run the gamut of the paranormal romance genre. Obviously there are vampires and werewolves and assorted other shape shifters, not to mention demons and angels and dragons, random assorted immortals of various explanation and the vampireish-but-not-vampire heroes (and many other kinds not listed here). So when I was in the book store and saw the Goblin King when I was feeling glutted on the genre in general I thought "Why the hell not? Somehow they made the wolfman work" and I picked up the book (despite the cover, which is just as bad as many others in the genre. I think this book deserved a darker more romantic kind of cover instead of studly-guy-with-sword <sigh>) .
I am very glad that I did.
I have never read a book by Shona Husk but I will definitely be picking up the sequel to this book. I will not go into the plot details as they are given, but I would like to comment on the caliber of writing the Ms. Husk displays, which is not always a given in the genre. She writes beautifully. Her words are rich and resonant and more than once I found myself rereading a line. I agree with other reviewers that the hero and the heroine did spend quite a bit of time apart but I felt that made the time they were together better and allowed them to grow individually (in ways that they both needed to before the end of the book could happen). I was actually crying by the end of the book, which I don't do very frequently at all.
I would really suggest this book if you are looking for something fresh, original, and well written. I will be looking forward to the sequel The Goblin Prince.
I am very glad that I did.
I have never read a book by Shona Husk but I will definitely be picking up the sequel to this book. I will not go into the plot details as they are given, but I would like to comment on the caliber of writing the Ms. Husk displays, which is not always a given in the genre. She writes beautifully. Her words are rich and resonant and more than once I found myself rereading a line. I agree with other reviewers that the hero and the heroine did spend quite a bit of time apart but I felt that made the time they were together better and allowed them to grow individually (in ways that they both needed to before the end of the book could happen). I was actually crying by the end of the book, which I don't do very frequently at all.
I would really suggest this book if you are looking for something fresh, original, and well written. I will be looking forward to the sequel The Goblin Prince.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Nursemommy
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I was really intrigued by the prequel, and I really wanted to LOVE this book. However, that is not what happened. I enjoyed the story of Roan and his brother Dai but, the chemistry between the two main characters, Eliza and Roan, was lukewarm at best. I really wanted more steam and romance. Hopefully the next book in this series will not be such a let down.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
A modern Fairy Tale
Escape from an evil man lets a young woman marry her king.
Her love for him allows him to escape a thousands year old curse. Yes, a modern Fairy tale.
Her love for him allows him to escape a thousands year old curse. Yes, a modern Fairy tale.
Published 16 days ago by K. P. Ginther
3.0 out of 5 stars
Love the author's style
The short story that lead me to read this book didn't oversell it. I really liked this book. The only thing that held me back from loving it was the bad editing.
Published 19 days ago by Carrie Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars
My oh my....
I very rarely buy books because well, I'm broke. But an exception had to be made in this case. I read the preview novella and that was. What a unique and HOT story. Read more
Published 25 days ago by kristy henderson
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea, but poorly executed
I really wanted to like these books! I actually read the sequel to this before I read this book. The dialogue is boring, the "steamy" scenes are lacking, and the action is... Read more
Published 1 month ago by islandbrat
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quick and cute
Paranormal, sweet and romantic. I love Husk bc she doesn't drag her hero and heroine thru unnecessary danger to make a point. Read more
Published 1 month ago by T. Satnet
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvelous
Loved this book could not put it down it was so good can't wait to read the others I'm so mesmerized by the story!!! Loved it
Published 1 month ago by MacKenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars
love it
I absolutely love this entire series and am constantly on the look out for the next book. I highly recommend the entire series to everyone. I have them ALL on my kindle.
Published 2 months ago by Brandy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it
There were moments of course when I got frustrated with the female lead but overall I enjoyed reading this novel. I would definitely recommend it.
Published 2 months ago by D. Howell
2.0 out of 5 stars
Goblin King
I liked the characters in the book but I felt the story dragged on for to long without the much needed excitement of the plot.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars
So good
I loved this book! It was a good story to read on a long car ride and it made the time pass almost too quickly b/c the book was over and left me wanting more. Read more
Published 2 months ago by AvidReader
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More About the Author
A civil designer by day and an author by night, Shona Husk lives in Western Australia at the edge of the Indian Ocean. Blessed with a lively imagination she spent most of her childhood making up stories. As an adult she discovered romance novels and hasn't looked back. Drawing on history and myth, she writes about heroes who are armed and dangerous but have a heart of gold--sometimes literally.
With stories ranging from sensual to scorching, she is published with Ellora's Cave, Samhain Publishing, Carina Press and Sourcebooks. You can find out more at www.shonahusk.com
www.twitter.com/ShonaHusk
www.facebook.com/shonahusk
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With stories ranging from sensual to scorching, she is published with Ellora's Cave, Samhain Publishing, Carina Press and Sourcebooks. You can find out more at www.shonahusk.com
www.twitter.com/ShonaHusk
www.facebook.com/shonahusk
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/lySiD
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