The North Wind

By: Alexandria Warwick

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Travis Tonn

Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and the myth of Hades and Persephone, this lush and enchanting enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Scarlett St. Clair.

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it’s Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer.

For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride.

When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her—even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight…

The North Wind is a stand-alone, enemies-to-lovers slow-burn fantasy romance, the first in a series sprinkled with Greek mythology.

similar to Acotar

this is similar to acotar but more god mythology invoked. But all in all i liked it, a good slow burn, and not too much smut. pretty decent world building.

Great writing

But could have been a few chapters shorter. The narration was good, but I still feel a single narrator for every character is distracting.

This was underwhelming

This was sadly underwhelming :/ there was a lot of themes that I found interesting but I wanted more from this

Pretty good

The male narrator only speaks in the epilogue. Pretty good story. Was hoping for more believable enemies before lovers.

Narrator and character development or lack thereof

The female narrator, Carlotta, is not enjoyable to listen to especially when she voices the male character. Ugh it’s awful. During the story the MMC must have said “I’m a God” like 50 times. The FMC was overly naive, narrow minded, and refused to adjust her mention to the changing story line so much so that while reading it I had to roll my eyes like okay enough already. I will not read book 2.