Declarations of a Fangirl: Review Tour: The Power of Five by Alex Lidell

Author: Alex Lidell
Narrator: Victoria Mei
Length: 5 hours and 27 minutes
Serie: Power of Five Book Series, Book 1
Publisher: Alex Lidell
Released: Apr. 29, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Fantasy

Four elite fae warriors. One mortal female. A magical bond they can't allow - or resist. Orphaned and sold to a harsh master, Lera's life is about mucking stalls, avoiding her master's advances, and steering clear of the mystical forest separating the mortal and fae worlds. Only fools venture into the immortal realms, and only dark rumors come out... Until four powerful fae warriors appear at Lera's barn. River, Coal, Tye, and Shade have waited a decade for their new fifth to be chosen, the wounds from their quint brother's loss still raw. But the magic has played a cruel trick, bonding the four immortal warriors to... a female. A mortal female. Distractingly beautiful and dangerously frail, Lera can only be one thing - a mistake. Yet as the males bring Lera back to the fae lands to sever the bond, they discover that she holds more power over their souls than is safe for anyone... especially for Lera herself. Power of Five is a full-length reverse-harem fantasy novel.

Alex Lidell is the author of Amazon best sellers AIR AND ASH and WAR AND WIND (Danger Bearing Press, 2017) and an Amazon Breakout Novel Awards finalist author of THE CADET OF TILDOR (Penguin, 2013). She is an avid horseback rider, a (bad) hockey player, and an ice-cream addict. Born in Russia, Alex learned English in elementary school, where a thoughtful librarian placed a copy of Tamora Pierce’s ALANNA in Alex’s hands. In addition to becoming the first English book Alex read for fun, ALANNA started Alex’s life long love for YA fantasy books.

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I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Alex Lidell. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

4.5 STARS

I loved this audiobook. The narrator, Victoria Mei, was phenomenal. She had a different voice for each character and it helped immensely in keeping track of who was who. Anyone who can perform as many different accents as she did is a superhero in my book.

This was my first venture into the reverse harem genre and I.am.hooked. Lera had a different relationship with each of the guys and it was refreshing how none of them were jealous. I was curious as to how all of that would work out and was pleasantly surprised that these four alpha males could share this woman and not have any conflict.

And speaking of the men. Ohhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyy goodnessssssssssss! I don't think I could pick a favorite even if I tried. That is a sign of an amazing author. Alex Lidell has mad skills! She created four different men with four distinct personalities that you can't help but love. Did I mention that they're all fae and smokin' hot too?

I only have 2 complaints about the book.

1- Shade kept calling Lera "cub" and it squicked me out. To me, "cub" is the same as "baby" in the way a parent would refer to their child, but Shade calls Lera "cub" when he is all up in her lady business and it was weird.

2- I wanted more! The book was too short. More. More. MORE!

Book 2 just came out and I am so excited to get my grubby little hands on it. I had planned on waiting for the audiobook, but I'm not sure if I'm that patient. Patience has never been my strong suit. I need to know what happens next! I need to see how Lera is going to handle these 4 overwhelmingly alpha men. It's going to be freaking epic!