Hey all, Sam here.
I’m very excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Kickstarter Hype Team for a really beautiful special edition of a fantastic romantasy book/series, so I’m going to talk about the Kickstarter a bit today.
First off, if this isn’t something that I’ve talked about much before, I am in love with all things corvid. I have crow figures and plushies and art…and if a story mentions including crow shifters or raven shifters or whatever, my interest level grows a great deal. So when I first heard of a romantasy novella called Bound by Ravens, I was intrigued…and then I learned that it was going to be getting a spin-off series set in the same world, I knew I’d need to check it out.
There is a lot to talk about with this Kickstarter campaign today…but don’t worry because a lot of it is photo details. Oh, and this Kickstarter is already live, so you can go back it now (or save/follow it for later) if you’re interested.
SYNOPSIS
Some children dream of running away to join the Night Market. I did so to escape a nightmare.
Still, being forced into an overheated tent to read fortunes until sunrise has its trials—naturally. But when he visits me, I suffer for entirely different reasons.
Stars above, Rhylen Lonan is the most beautiful faerie I’ve ever known. A Raven shifter with long black hair, dark purple eyes, and magic that stirs my own. Each Night Market, in exchange for a generous slice of cake and a delicious morsel of gossip, I read him three cards. And before the gates open, he breaks my heart with the same question.
“Does my mate love me back?”
Every time, I’m taunted with visions of Rhylen in love . . . with her. His mate. Until tonight’s reading, that is, when Fate takes a sudden dark turn. I see a devastating fire. He will be forced to marry to save his tribe or face banishment. She will be hunted by other fae in a wedding game.
I do not see her face. I never have. Nor do I know her name.
But as Rhylen’s destiny continues to grip my Sight, I start to suspect it’s me. That I have always been his forbidden future. And I don’t know what terrifies me most—that I might be his downfall or that he might be mine.
THE NIGHT MARKET is a new adult standalone fae romantic fantasy set in the Bound by Ravens world and perfect for fans of:
- forbidden romance
- mutual pining
- cozy-ish vibes with high stakes
- fated mates
- witty banter
- courting rituals
- feral for her
- Irish meets Romani vibes
- a dash of slice-of-life
- grumpy fox familiars
- pocket hedgehogs
- magical comfort cake
And you can even add on other special editions for the books in the series!
I have already read Bound by Ravens, so I will have a review for that up in a couple of days, and I’m in the middle of reading The Night Market, so I will have a review for that up in about a week. And there’s a bunch of character art that has also been revealed already for this Kickstarter, so I will probably have another post here where I showcase all of that. Plus, I’ll be sprinkling these beautiful art pieces up on my Instagram, and maybe even trying to make a TikTok or two about this campaign.
A lot of artists have worked on this project, so I will go ahead and list them (and their Instagram handles) here. I love artists for helping to visually bring these characters and stories to life, and they definitely deserve all the credit and recognition for their work.
CHARACTER ART
Mageonduty — @mageonduty
Lauren Richelieu — @ghostinthegvarden
Chicklen Doodle — @chicklen.doodle
Hanna Sandvig — @hannasandvi
Alexandra Curte — @allexandracurte
Jenna Leo — @jenna.m.leo
MAP
Elle Madison — @ellemadisonauthor
NIGHT MARKET TICKET
Kelly Stepp — @stepintothepages
BOOK COVERS
THE NIGHT MARKET + THE HEARTBREAK SHOW — MoorBooks Design –@moorbooksdesign
BOUND BY RAVENS — Coverdungeonrabbit — @coverdungeonrabbit
All right, well that is all that I have time for today, but I will definitely be back soon enough to discuss this series. Please check out the Kickstarter. It ends August 31st.
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