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House of Fire and Magic

House of Fire and Magic, October 2024
Myths & Outlaws #1
by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Oliver-Heber Books
380 pages
ISBN: 1648396941
EAN: 9798331440046
Kindle: B0D9HVN65R
Hardcover / e-Book
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"A different look at Unicorns and Dragons."

Fresh Fiction Review

House of Fire and Magic
Sherrilyn Kenyon

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted April 4, 2025

Fantasy Magical Realism

All Tanis Dragomir plans to do is restore her family's honor after her brother and heir to the throne was killed. A human who dared to continue to flaunt his death. But, the HOUSE OF FIRE AND MAGIC would have their revenge, even if she has to deal with a Unicorn shapeshifter.
 
Deciel “Dash” Coeur de Noir is the High King of the Unicorn. Dash has his own mission but when he finds himself captured by Tanis he is intrigued. There was a reason the dragons and unicorns did not mix but that doesn’t matter when they find that they have much in common. Dash’s sister had been murdered and her horn taken. An item that could destroy the peace of the thirteen kingdoms and chance them destroying each other.
 
Tanis needs Dash to use his magic to turn her human so she can go find the humans who killed her brother and retrieve his skull. He agrees and together they begin the journey toward their missions, and both find an unexpected respect and a love that grows between them.
 
HOUSE OF FIRE AND MAGIC is a completely different take on Unicorns and Dragons. In many books, the unicorn is a magical being of good and right. Well, Dash proves that to be wrong but – yet not completely. There is good in him equal to the bad that he has had to become. The acceptance that Tanis received from Dash’s family and friends is heartwarming considering that she had been shunned by her kind.
 
Author Sherrilyn Kenyon is very talented in world-building which makes it all very realistic even in a paranormal realm. You are able to see everything clearly and feel what the characters are feeling. As with a number of Ms. Kenyon’s books interesting conversations and snarky humor find their way into the pages perfectly timed to break the danger and intrigue. The secrets and surprises just keep coming out leading to sadness or happiness, depending on what the secret holds.
 
The ending to HOUSE OF FIRE AND MAGIC will most likely catch readers by surprise. Though perhaps not as no matter whether you read paranormal or contemporary readers want a happily ever after. 

A feel-good read that shakes up with usual thoughts of the magical sweet unicorns and fire-breathing dragons. An amazingly fun touching read.
 

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SUMMARY

From #1 New York Times and international bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon comes an all-new world unlike anything ever seen before...

TAKE BACK YOUR KINGDOM

Unicorns and Dragons never mix. For centuries, they’ve been bitter enemies and their kingdoms at war. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Tanis’s beloved older brother and heir to their throne has been slain by a human who continues to flaunt her brother’s death.

To restore her family’s honor, she’s willing to make a deal with a Unicorn shapeshifter so that she can infiltrate the human kingdom and recapture what was so cruelly taken.

But Dash Coeur de Noir isn’t just any Unicorn, as the High King he’s the most hated and feared of his breed and he’s on his own mission when the Dragon, Tanis, crosses his path– to reclaim his sister’s horn that was brutally taken. In the wrong hands, that horn could destroy the fragile peace that has kept the Thirteen Kingdoms from destroying each other.

In a world built on magic, blood, and betrayal no one can trust anyone. With a bounty on their heads and assassins and enemies out to claim them both, they must somehow learn to trust each other or watch their kingdoms burn.


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