Unseen
For fans of Vespertine and For the Throne, Unseen tells the story of a desperate young queen who travels to the kingdom of the dead to bargain with the lord of death himself, offering herself as his servant in exchange for her daughter's life, only to discover that he has far more sinister plans for her... Riona Ó Conchúir, the granddaughter of the last of the old gods of Éire, has known death her whole life. The mysterious lord of death has tormented her for years, stealing away the souls of all those she has loved since childhood, demanding that she come and serve him in his shadowy realm, but she has always resisted - until now.
When her daughter falls ills with an uncurable disease, Riona at last answers his call and ventures into the hidden realm of the sídhe and offers herself as a servant to the will of the dread lord of death in exchange for her daughter's life. But when he demands that she use the divine magic of her blood to find for him three legendary objects of power that were once forged and wielded by the gods themselves, Riona knows that there is something far more ominous at play, and Riona soon realizes that she will be forced to make an impossible choice -her daughter's life, or the entire realm of Éire itself.
- Pages
- 0
- First published
- August 26, 2025
- Language
- English
- Edition
- ISBN
- 9798992869842
Shelved by 1 Litcadian
Reviews
Finished July 29, 2025
I received this book as an ARC. Thank you to Tales & Teacups and Christy Heely for this opportunity. I have rounded up my review to 4 stars, but ultimately I rate this book as 3.75 stars. I am so interested in different mythologies, legends and fairytales. So the opportunity to read and review this was a no brainer. At the beginning, I was enraptured. The chapters just flew. Heely writes beautifully and really embodies the story. However the problems laid around the 60-90% mark. I feel the book was perhaps 100-150 pages too long. Once we caught up to "present day", I feel like the story dragged a touch. It felt like a chore to push on and I started losing interest in the characters. I felt the same conversations were being had over and over. Nonetheless, I still wanted to see it to the end, despite being able to predict the ending. Predictable does not always mean a bad thing and in this instance, I loved the ending. It wrapped up the story beautifully and has made me consider look further into Irish mythology. I did enjoy this book to a degree but felt it could've been shorter. I would recommend this book to people who also have an interest in mythology and grimdark fantasy.