Bunny's Reviews: Wings of Starless Night Review Spotlight

We're celebrating the release of Sadie Sterling's debut novel, Wings of Starless Night. Read on for more details!

Wings of Starless Night is a gripping romantasy novel that is going to quickly draw you in and keep you coming back for more. Settle in for a good book, because this one...you're going to want more when you reach the final page.

Wings of Starless Night starts off with Princess Allina Kingsdaughter. She's off being a rebel concerning the king's edicts. What are his edicts exactly? Stay close to the palace and don't be going off on random flights. But Allina doesn't wish to be tamed. However, it's not long before danger reaches out and tries to grip her in it's dangerous grasp. What could that be? Well, you better go grab yourself a copy! LOL!

While she escapes with her life this time, the clock is ticking on her safety. You'd think her being a princess within her own kingdom would guarantee her safety. However, her safety is being threatened, even at home. But it's not an outside source that threatens her.

Allina has a special talent thanks to her fae heritage and while it has been frowned upon when she has used it for sneaking around...this time...it is going to benefit her. Because with this last usage...it will reveal a truth that will be what keeps her just a step ahead to staying alive.

This course of action will lead her to make "rogue" choices that will have her labeled a "traitor" and "threat" to her court, but the truth is much deeper than that. So when Allina steps in to rescue and save someone who should be her sworn enemy, it makes the choice to mark her for death...all the easier.

Wings of Starless Night is an engaging novel that will keep you coming back for more. Allina and Cohrven must now be on the run to get him back home to his own people. It won't be easy because Allina's uncle will be aided by the plant life itself. However, when he sees just how truly dangerous Cohrven is and how close death he comes...it shifts the dynamics.

Allina is an interesting character. She's flawed, but that just makes her all the more engaging. She is struggling with the truth of her situation and when she's able to get Cohrven she sees something that breaks her even further. While he appears to have a happy family, she never truly was allowed to experience that. That's not to say that she was neglected, simply her family was ripped away from her when she was still just a child.

Allina is going to be along for the "ride" per say as Cohrven embarks on a dangerous journey to achieve something that many would say should be left alone. However, it's a journey he will not turn away from. At first you'll believe him selfish, but once you learn of his reasons...it puts things in a different light.

Hidden in this story is another story, and another story. Each character has their own secrets, secrets hidden from them and pasts that could define them should all be told. But the future is unwritten and only time will tell where it goes.

The romance angle is subtle but that is to be expected and it's nice to watch things develop between the two characters. Allina is fighting it the hardest, but that's what we see as this story is told from her perspective. Cohrven has his moments as well where we are allowed to see, but those are few and far between. It will be interesting to see where things go from here though.

We look forward to what comes next in book two. The book ends on an interesting note, and so what the fall out will be...we'll have to be patient and wait for the time being.

5 out of 5 stars

Thank you to the author, Sadie Sterling, and R&R Book Tours for the opportunity to read and review this book. We look forward to what comes next!

Wings of Starless Night (Kingsdaughter Book 1)

Publication Date: February 20, 2024

Genre: Romantic Fantasy

💕Enemies-to-lovers
🔥Slow burn (with so much tension)
👑Fae royalty
🦋Winged fae
🔪Knife to the throat (or knives...)
💥Touch *him* and you die
🏃Forced proximity (on the run together)
👏Morally grey MMC

To the fae of the Sorcen Court, Princess Allina Kingsdaughter is a traitor and a fugitive, inevitably claimed by the same madness that cost her father his crown and his life. Ensnared by the lies of her uncle, the reigning Sorcen King, they will never know the truth of her betrayal.

A traitor princess.

After the tragic deaths of Allina’s parents when she was five, her uncle ascended to the throne in the ensuing chaos, bringing peace and prosperity to Sorcen for the following fourteen years. Allina has always considered him her true father—until the day he orders her death and starts a war by kidnapping Prince Cohrven Nightheart, heir to the Liral Court, a wicked realm Allina’s only heard of in whispers.

A captured prince.

Everyone fears the Nightheart. When he was twelve, he earned his name and his dark reputation as a monster without mercy—or remorse. Since then, rumours of his unrivalled cruelty have only grown.

An evil that has been waiting…

When Cohrven is tortured by her uncle in a gruesome spectacle, Allina uses her hidden illusory magic to save him and escape, but not before his wings are shredded. As her uncle hunts them, time is running short before Liral retaliates in a devastating attack that Cohrven assures will annihilate Sorcen and everyone Allina loves along with it. To survive and preserve the Court that has forsaken her, Allina has to trust the Nightheart, even when he leads her to an ancient evil that could be their destruction.

Wings of Starless Night is an enemies-to-lovers, slow burn, romantasy debut that will captivate you all the way to its breathtaking conclusion.

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About the Author

Sadie Sterling grew up in Ontario, Canada, with three younger siblings who have always been her best friends. In university, while studying an entirely-unrelated field, she began to follow her dreams and started writing Wings of Starless Night, which would become her debut novel years later. When she isn't writing, she loves reading, playing videogames, and spending time with her husband and their hilarious dog.

Sadie Sterling