Thank you, NetGalley for the chance to listen to the audiobook for Rose Petal Graves by Olivia Wildenstein and narrated by Stephanie Fritz.

Rose Petal Graves is the third audiobook I've finished in my life, and the second one I haven't hated. It's the first book in the lost clan series with a very very stupid main character, who also has an incredibly stupid family. It's truly a marvel that she and her aunt and her mother survived as long as they did. Who reads a book and decides, I want to see if our ancestors are still alive under the ground after 200 years? At least in our mains case, she's 19, what excuse do the others have?!?!?!

It's also good for me in audiobook form, I don't have to pay too much attention, but I still get what's going on while I do things. Of course, I really do want the next book just to see who survives!

There are absolutely no words I can express that would give this book any justification on how brilliantly amazing it is!

I thought I had read all the stories there are about the Fae and went into this thinking I knew how it was going to be but was I wrong WAY wrong!

I listened to this through the Audiobook and it captivated me so much I had to continue to listen to it through my entire work day. I started this yesterday when I first got to work and nearly finished it in one day! It killed me to have to wait all night before I could listen again!

I'm onto book 2 NOW!

I received this via audiobook and wasn’t too enthralled with it. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone narrates a masculine or feminine tone when it’s opposite if there’s and butchers it, including accents. It read like the librarian from third grade trying to jump from different characters and make you laugh when she did the old granny or werewolf voice. Except this is for adults… or is it? Some of it came off more childish than For my liking, I love fantasy, just not that big on the teen version lol so for that, I give it 4 stars, it’s a great YA story, I’d recommend the book vs audiobook though, but I see that a lot of people like the narrator, so I may be biased, check it out for yourself

I listened to the audio book and really enjoyed the narrator. She was able to differentiate between the characters and express appropriate emotions keeping me engaged in the story.

This is the first book in a series. The story and writing have room to grow, but the story shows a lot of promise. I've already bought the next two books for my kindle to see where it goes. There are a few inconsistencies in the story and not everything always makes sense. The potential love interests are a bit of a head scratcher at times, but it will be interesting to see how they develop.

I enjoyed that the setting is in my home state, so I recognized some of the landmarks. I also like the intertwining of folklore and native American lore. I don't think any of it is historically accurate, but still entertaining.

Overall it was a moderately paced YA/NA novel about a 19 year old girl who loses her mother and discovers her ancestors were fairy hunters. It was an easy audiobook to listen to and follow while driving or doing housework. There's minimum character growth this novel, but sets up for more in the rest of the series.

I enjoyed this book and think the narrator did a great job.
I liked the folklore, the magic and the fae.
But I could have done without the love triangle and the main character feels a bit uneven one moment she is very adult to go back to childish a few minutes later.

3.5 stars

I received an ARC of this Audiobook in exchange for my free and honest review. #RosePetalGraves #NetGalley

This book was originally published in 2017. I listened to the new audiobook. I found the narrators voice pleasing. She kept a steady pace, although I always update the speed to about 1.2. Even with that it was very comprehendible. I am pretty picky about narrators doing a bunch of different voices because sometimes it can get incredibly confusing if there are several characters with similar voices. I did not find this was the case with this one. Overall, I would defiantly recommend this as an audio book.

As far as the story goes, I enjoyed it and I am very glad the rest of the series is already out and available on Kindle Unlimited. I already downloaded the next two books in the series. While I would not compare this book to the Vampire diaries personally, I found it was definitely in the category of Young Adult Fantasy Romance. The main character is 19 and love interest(s) in their early twenties. The book was fun, a little predictable but it was very original in its plot. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.

This books just wasn’t for me. I didn’t feel like the writing or characters were developed enough and the reader for the audio was very stilted in the way she read or that may just be the writing itself I’m not quite sure. The main story ideas were unique but again under developed and the characters made strange choices that often didn’t make sense. I didn’t feel like there was enough character development to make me understand who the characters were and why they did what they did and overall it fell flat for me. The cover art was gorgeous and definitely drew me in.

This was good! Very interesting to see a different look at the fairy world. I would definitely be interested in reading by the next, curious what path she will choose

Interesting story!! A great new take on fae. Very in depth plot with interesting twists. The characters were somewhat predictable and I can’t say I liked them very much but I am still excited to read more.

The story starts out with Catori who comes home for her mothers funeral. She doesn’t believe that her mother had a heart attack. A mysterious medical examiner and book arrive. Catori discovers secrets about ancestors and how her mother died.

I really wanted to like this but it just wasn’t for me. I really loved the cover and thought it was beautiful. The narrator was ok, if a little choppy. I didn’t like the main character at all, she just seemed very self centered and bland. None of the other characters really stuck out to me either. The story itself was convoluted and the character decisions just didn’t make sense. Overall this story wasn’t for me.

I love this series.
This book got me through Cruz. From then on, I was flying all the way though the next generation. It was a crazy ride but I love that all the beloved characters were explored.
I’m not sure if I’d classify this as enemies to lovers or friends to lovers. He definitely irritated her but he still protected her through it all. It was a great story of “not everything is black and white.” It simply isn’t just good and evil. Creatures are multifaceted. I hope more character’s stories are told.
If you’re planning to read this book, plan to buy the books from the rest of the series.

This had me hooked at the start as it is usually exactly my kind of book, folklore, magic and fae mixed in with real life. However it has a very young adult, twilight vibe to the writing style, which is something I would have definitely enjoyed when I was younger, but not so much these days.



The character and world building could have been better, more details and descriptions on where this is set and who Catori’s - the protagonist’s friends are etc. It did seem to improve as the book went on. The Narrator was good, using a variety of voices which helped to bring the tale to life.


A good premise, but not executed to its fullest potential.

I can't decide if I liked Rose Petal Graves or not. I loved Catori and her father and I liked the storyline. The side characters just didn't click for me.

I'm not sure if I'll continue the Lost Clan Series or not but I don't regret reading this one. I think this is best for those who enjoy contemporary fantasy rather than the high fantasy I gravitate towards.

TW: suicide

This book does a great job of showing the reality of overcoming the death of loved ones. It also does a great job of intertwining Native American legends with reality.

This book follows Catroi, a 19-year-old college student, just after her mother's death. Weird things start to happened around her small Michigan town of Rowan. A two-centuries dead Native American warrior awakens from her grave, a mysterious Medical Examiner comes knocking at her door, and local celebrities start showing up around her town. And that's only the beginning of Catori's tale.

This is the kind of book I probably would have loved while in high school. In fact, it reads exactly like the books I read in high school, 10 years ago, and frankly, I can't tell if I've simply grown out of stories like these and would be annoyed by reading any of my old paranormal YA romances I loved in high school, or if it's something about this story in particular that's doesn't do it for me. Either way, it wasn't for me. I do believe there's an audience of people who still enjoy the YA paranormal romance genre out there that will love it and I think that's great. It's got the Twilight immortal-esque getting it one with a teenage girl age gap (thankfully she's a legal adult in this book), a mysterious, magical setting, and some pretty serious desire for revenge, which is always fun. I imagine fans of Twilight, ACOTAR, House of Night, etc will feel right at home with this book.

As for me, I couldn't look past certain issues or times where the author played their hand a little too obviously. For example, something small but made me pause the audiobook in confusion is when the main character is comiserating on how she doesn't really have friends in college, this is obviously the author giving our MC motivation to stay in the town where she's connected to everyone, which is good for the story. Yet, the MC feels the need to show us how terrible her connections at school by pointing out that none of her college friends came to her mom's funeral, but the majority of her high school friends did. Crazy that, college students not having the ability to either A) drop classes for a week to drive 16 hours each way or B) the money to buy a plane ticket and stay in a town where they'd probably have to pay for a hotel room too, all for a woman they never met. Crazier still, that the people who grew up around our MC's mom and lived down the street from the funeral actually showed up! That little throwaway line really just was the epitome of why I didn't like this book, a lot of stuff didn't seem to be thought through super well and you just had to accept that and move on.

I listened to the audiobook and Stephanie Fritz is a brilliant narrator for this book. Rose Petal Graves was an interesting listen, I enjoyed the characters and I honestly believe I enjoyed this book more because I listened to it rather than reading it.

There were a few issues here. I would have liked to have seen some more world building as he fantasy aspect seemed to be lacking - from the summary I expected more fantasy - but the revelations and characters made up for the lack of world building. I wasn't a huge fan of the fae characters but I have hopes that they grow on my throughout the series.

My opinions of Rose Petal Graves were hard to translate to words. There were some issues which should have reflected my rating more, but some reason I loved it regardless. As soon as I sniff a hint of a love triangle in a book it's enough for me to put the book down. I am not a fan. That being said - I didn't mind it here. I wasn't a fan of the fae here but really liked our tattooed native hunk and I really want to see where things go.

I honestly loved this book, it’s dives you in to a world that isn’t good or evil but complicated, every thing has a counterbalance and consequence. How things you think are good may lead to something bad or what you perceive as bad may have been good and for the right reason. You have your normal love triangle, but that is a subtle part of the story. It’s fae and the hunters. The fae are normally selfish and the hunters over decades keep them in line, but that world isn’t always straight forward. There are some that want to do as they please and the most unlikely want a new way. Can the hunters trust the younger fae that want to change the world they live in.

I really enjoyed this book - there was a lot going on and to take in, setting it up perfectly for a series to follow. Listening to Kat’s story, I could feel all the emotions she was going through and was eager to keep listening. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to listen to the audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

3.5/5

This is like a "guilty pleasure" book if you believe in those. It's fun and hard to put down.

Our main character is Catori who goes by Cat. The book opens after the Cat's mother died and the medical examiner comes. By the next day (the day of her mother's funeral) they've kissed and found out they are supposed to be enemies. (Not a spoiler, it happens in the beginning and you kind of figure as such immediately.)

It gets more ridiculous from there but it's engaging. Don't go into this expecting literary art, expect messiness that reads a bit like fan fiction. It started to lose me at the end but overall, pretty good.

I want to say thank you for the opportunity to read this book. The narration was brilliant and the story really hooked me in. However, I have not listened to the end yet as I am struggling with the subject matter, (Loss of a loved one etc) and I have seen a spoiler (check TW) that I’m not sure I’m ready to read. This is definitely a book I will pick up again to finish at a different time in my life. I was so very intrigued with it, but not for me at this current time.