I was so excited to dive into this book once I read the synopsis and I was overall pretty happy with the book. It had great descriptive imagery which made it so easy to visualize scenes as I read. The storyline was quite interesting. The way the human world and Fae world were co-existing in the modern times was well done. I did feel that sometimes the words from our FMC Avery were a little too “modern and casual” compared to the elegance and eloquent words from our MMC Riel. They had a cute flirty banter dynamic throughout which made the romance part nice to follow. I did feel as though the last 25% of the book had the most “intensity” and was the “climax” of the story with there being conflicts that needed to be resolved, but it felt like a nice slow build up to it only to be rushed through it, which I wasn’t a big fan of. I also found the POVs to be interesting. The book was mostly written from Avery’s first person POV, but then would occasionally switch to a third person POV or to a first person from Riel’s POV. Overall, It was a fast-paced adventure that I enjoyed reading.

Thank you to NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was my first ARC from NetGalley. Thank you for the chance to give it an early review!

The Treasured One felt similar to the Cruel Prince in that it takes place in modern times and the fae realm is beyond some veil in North America. However, the fae realm is known about and government regulated and magic exists in some “chosen” humans as well. There is also a prince who is not the crown prince who is tasked with taking care of the FMC. I like the banter between the two main characters, especially in the beginning. I also like that the prince is not 800 years old or whatever. It does have a bit of instalove happening, though.

I was very invested in the book as soon as they got to the fae realm, which was almost right away. The pacing felt a little off to me, though- there were certain points where the plot dragged on, and then in the end, it was very, very fast. I feel like the conflict needed more room to resolve, and although I liked the ending, it felt rushed. There were also a couple of things that never really got solved and kind of left me wanting.

I was kindly gifted an e-ARC by Aethon Books and The Nerd Fam so thank you for allowing me to read before release!

I wasn’t too sure what to expect because the world is set on modern day earth but has magical elements to it. The concept of the magic was interesting but the world building and detail wasn’t strong enough for me so it just didn’t feel like I was immersed in another world.

The main bulk of the plot didn’t happen until the last third of the book so the flow didn’t work for me. I didn’t feel any connection to the main characters and felt like they didn’t have much in common.

It's a shame because the initial concept seems promising.

This is an absolute incredible book. From the first page I was drawn into a world of rich and immersive storytelling full of magic and the fae.

The characters are incredibly well-developed, each with their own unique, relatable traits and compelling backstories. I found myself deeply invested in their journeys, rooting for them through every challenge and triumph. My favourite was Avery but Riel is a close second.

The plot is expertly crafted, with a perfect balance of suspense, drama, and heartfelt moments. The author weaves in unexpected twists and turns that keep you guessing, yet everything ties together seamlessly by the end. The themes explored in the novel—love, loss, resilience, and the search for one's true self—are universal and deeply resonant. I was gasping at parts and kicking my feet at others.

One of the standout aspects of The Treasured One is the vivid, atmospheric setting. The descriptions bring every scene to life, making you feel as though you are right there alongside the characters. This level of detail enhances the emotional impact of the story, making it a truly immersive reading experience. I absolutely loved it so much, it’s such an incredible story.

In conclusion, The Treasured One is a book that will stay with you long after you've finished the book. The author has crafted a timeless tale that is both thought-provoking and deeply moving. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone looking for a beautifully written, emotionally rich story

This book was a big disappointment to me. All aspects of the book felt under developed and poorly done.

The characters were very confusing to me. The FMC is supposed to 22-24 years old but acts like she is 13 with the way she acts and speaks. She says she is always on the internet and due to this knows so much about sex and is not shy about it but then is characterized as if she is a tween. And with this all the sex scenes felt icky to me. The MMC was fine, had no personality and was there to be so pretty and perfect.

The plot is also so boring. Nothing happens until the 75% mark, the betrayal mentioned in the synopsis doesn’t happen until the 80% mark. We are told about the training that they do and the time they spend with each other but not actually shown any of this.

The writing in general was very juvenile. The phrases and the slang used didn’t fit the story and the ages of the characters. It was also odd that the fae MMC, for who English is a second language, used slang that he wouldn’t have known.

The world was very underdeveloped. A rift opens on American soil to another world and they are so chill about it. I didn’t believe it for a second.

I started skimming around the halfway point and wished I DNF’ed this.

I thought this book had real promise. The premise sounded amazing, but it’s a DNF for me. The writing seemed choppy and didn’t flow well to me, which made it impossible to get into. I also struggled to connect to the main character

The premise was good, about a magical rift that appeared in the world that opened up a portal between the fae and human realms. I would have liked to see more of the politics and world building, something with a bit more depth, and not just a focus on the romance and magic, but the characters were good, and for a light, fun romance, it was a good read. I think this would be a good starter book for those interested in fae romance as a genre (and I do think that's it's own genre at the moment). I'm glad it did not end up called something like "A [blank] of [blank] and [blank]" - those are starting to feel like mad libbed titles and manufactured plots. This book at least stands alone, not trying to be something else.

For fans of:
- the Bonded Nightmare

"The Treasured One" follows a young American woman with healing powers. Her powers were a result of a rip in the universe uniting a Fae world with our modern world, yet despite the bridge between their worlds, the humans and the Fae are weary of each other. Still, when the young woman becomes ill and unable to access her powers, she is allowed into the Fae universe in her such of a cure.

This book includes:
- a clash between the modern world and fae fantasy
- healing abilities
- magic bourne from a Goddess and her Mana
- mages of PTSD and anxiety

The concept of a fantasy universe coming into contact with our modern world is interesting. However, the clumsy character-building and millennial writing style were not for me, and I was unable to enjoy this book.

I received this eBook as an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley, Hannah Levin, and Aethon Books for the opportunity to review this book. This review is also available on my GoodReads - check out my profile https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/62314863

Thank you Netgalley and author Hannah Levin for the e-copy of this book in exchange for a review.

"Forced to choose between loyalty and love.

Avery is a Golden Child with the ability to heal any illness or injury. She lives a sheltered life, dutifully healing hopefuls from around the globe. Although she dreams of freedom, she fears disrupting the status quo—that is, until her powers go on the fritz, threatening her health and her relationship with her government caretakers.

In search of answers, Avery travels through The Rift to the realm of the fae, intimidatingly beautiful beings with powers humans don’t understand. Their prince, Riel, has motivations of his own when he agrees to teach her about her rare magic. But as they work together, the two are drawn to each other.

Just as Avery manages to unlock the full potential of her powers, a betrayal shakes Riel’s House, putting pressure on the already tenuous relationship between humans and the fae. Caught in the middle, Avery and Riel will have to decide what matters most to them: loyalty to their respective nations, or their feelings for one another."

A great read. I enjoy every second of it.

"The Treasured One" by Hannah Levin is an intriguing dive into a world where magic and reality intertwine. As a fan of fantasy romance, I found Avery's journey a pleasant read.

After a rift between the human and fae realm has opened, magic started to occur in the human world.
Avery is a Golden Child affected by this magic, blessed with healing powers. She is used to living a sheltered life in the White House until her abilities falter, propelling her into the mysterious realm of the fae to heal.

The contrast between Avery's modern world and the fae's ancient, magical domain is striking and well-executed. I enjoyed how Levin crafted this difference and how we learned about the world along with Avery.

The fae prince Riel agrees to teach her and this is where the romance begins
Avery's relationship with Riel, the fae prince, is a highlight. The two main characters were great, especially Riel!

The romance is sweet and slow burn, avoiding the trap of feeling rushed or forced for the most part. The touch of spice in their relationship was slight, enhancing their connection without overshadowing the main plot. I can imagine that fans of a lot of spice would prefer to have more of it.

However, there are moments where the plot can feel a bit predictable, and some readers might find certain tropes familiar.
Despite this, Levin’s execution is strong enough to keep these elements from detracting significantly from the overall experience.

The pacing could be improved at the end even though I liked it throughout the biggest part of the book.
I also would have loved a bit more background information.

Overall, a nice accessible book with not the most complex plot and world building. I would love to read more from this author! Thank you for the opportunity to review!

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book. This book was a really good modern day fae fantasy romance! It didn't wow me but I definitely enjoyed reading it!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of The Treasured One in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed reading this book, I got through it very quickly. I love the idea for the story with two different worlds colliding, human and fae.
Main character Avery has an ability to heal other people and with Riel’s help she is getting to learn more about her ability and becomes even stronger.
I enjoyed seeing the main characters falling for each other knowing it won’t be easy for them to be together.
I would definitely recommend reading this book if you love romance that’s not very spicy.

I was pleasantly surprised by this one! Although it didn't do anything particularly groundbreaking, the almost dystopian opening setting was completely unexpected and added a really interesting layer to the story.
Instead of being immediately thrust into a fantastical world, we first spend some time in the White House - and the descriptions of the people waiting outside the gates to be healed definitely had an apocalypse-style feel to me. As we continued from this into the fantasy aspects, I was cautious at first. We were introduced to two princes right off the bat and I had a horrible feeling we were setting up for a 'vying for her love' situation. Once I realised that wasn't the direction this book was going to head in, I was able to relax and actually found that the majority of these characters had some real depth to them.
One love-hate aspect of this novel for me was all the cultural references. I loved Riel's general confusion and demonstration of how fluency in a language doesn't equal full understanding of a culture, but also so many of the phrases and expressions in here already felt a little forced and dated - as is the nature of internet-based discourse.

This was a cute, fun, easy to read fae romance.

The premise was good, about a magical rift that appeared in the world that opened up a portal between the fae and human realms, which allowed magic to enter into the human realm, allowing certain humans to be born with magic.

I would have loved to see more of the politics play out, and not just a focus on the romance and magic, but the characters were good, and for a light, fun romance, it was a good read.

A rift has opened connecting the human realm to the fae realm, and through that rift magic has seeped into the human world causing some humans to be born with magic. The main character, Avery, is one of those humans. At age 8, she is brought to the White House and sequestered there for her safety. The US government trots her out once a month in couture dresses that she thinks are hideous to heal the lucky terminally ill who manage to make the trek there and also make it to the front of the gates. Suddenly in her early 20's, Avery's magic stops working during a healing event and she passes out. Turns out, her organs are all failing and the doctors have no idea why. She is taken to the fae realm under the protection of their royal family to heal and learn about her magic.
Despite the two realms being at least accessible to each other for many years, Avery knows nothing about them due to her near imprisonment.

Avery is up against a clock set entirely by her government caretakers who are clear that they want her to come back as quickly as possible so that they can resume her healing events. The government official in charge of those events is the absolute worst and clearly does NOT care about Avery, only about getting her back to do more events. And poor Avery believes that she has to get back as soon as possible-to her life of healing, internet, and video games-because she feels like she owes it to the government because they have fed and housed her for all these years.

I really enjoyed the plot and worldbuilding of this book, and I really enjoyed that Avery was learning the world right along with us. Riel was a very great and lovable MMC, and it was interesting watching him and Avery attempt to navigate a relationship with a bit of a culture barrier between them. There were only two complaints I had about this book. The first is that I have no idea how much time actually passed during the duration of the book. The only time a timeframe is ever stated is between the last chapter and the epilogue. There are several times where it is stated that Avery has been in the fae realm for a while, but then there are also times later on where she says she has not known Riel that long, so it is too soon for love, and that confused me a bit because I was thinking she had been there like close to a year or something at that point. The other thing is that the dialogue could be cringey at times, particularly when Avery had to explain modern sayings to Riel. The one that stands out the most is after they have sex she says something like he could be a "daddy" and then not long after says "mama" has it covered when talking about her healing herself and Riel asks her if it is commonplace to talk about parents in sexual conversations. There are several other references and things too that would have been funny just on their own as the musings of a 20-something girl who doesn't get out much, but explaining it made it weird.

Overall, great book!

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC. This was.. very hard to get through. There were many times that I considered DNF'ing it. The FMC wasn't very relatable imo, and while she was an adult, she spoke and acted like a teenager. I also never felt any true chemistry between her and the MMC. I wasn't captivated by the story, and I kept waiting for something exciting to happen, but it didn't. This read like a YA book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn't for me. I think my expectations were just a tad bit too high.

First off, thank you Hannah Levin, Aethon Books, and NetGalley for providing this eARC and allowing me to read this book for an honest review.

Things I enjoyed: the story concept was unique and had a lot of promise. The pacing was on point for this type of story and I’m intrigued with where this is going since it’s said to be the first book.

Things I didn’t enjoyed: character development was lacking. Avery felt more like a YA character and it was hard to relate to her. It just felt kind of flat compared to some of fae books I’ve read so far.

I think there is huge promise for this series, but as it stands I didn’t love this as much as I wished I had. I’m excited for where Hannah goes as an author because I feel that her skills are totally there. I’ll definitely continue to support.

I read this as an arc from Netgalley in exchange for a review.

First off, I appreciate the pronunciation guide at the beginning of the book. It gives me the impression that it was a well-written story. There was some decent research into the language variation when I read it. Lists of characters are always fun to have and reference back.

The first scene in the prologue had the elements of a proper European/medieval fantasy read. But then comes the funny language usage such as; "Iron hardware" which to me sounded like a hardware store, "head cocked" which cheapens the writing, and many more throughout the story that disturbed my reading experience. A seer character in that prologue meant to talk in a riddling manner, but I find them very childish instead. I saw the vision, but the execution was not it.

The first chapter had a good fantasy chapter name, "The Golden Child". Aside from that, I couldn't find anything else to like from the first chapter. The writing was blunt in a way that annoyed me. Avery, the main character annoyed me at times. Not a single thing from her character stood out as unique or memorable to me.

I stopped reading at the 4% mark to this book and I don't feel like reading more into it.
I figure I was not the target market for this book. The cover was really beautiful, the premise was alright, but the end result is not for me.

3.75⭐️
I received this book as an ARC, and I enjoyed it! I really liked the concept of this book. The modern day America with a Rift to the Fae world was a cool and unique concept. The love story was fun and I enjoyed the FMC learning about the Fae world while she was there. This was a bit slow for a lot of the middle of the book and I wished we were able to see a little bit more action in the story, but overall I had a good time. There is some spice so be aware of that when going into the book. I did find Avery, the FMC, a little bit childish at times but Riel (the MMC) absolutely made up for it. It’s nice reading a quick, standalone fantasy book that I would recommend if it sounds up your alley!

This is a solid 4 ⭐️ book for me.

Urban fantasy may not be for everyone but the way our modern day world and the Fae realm were intertwined was just so beautifully done!
Our FMC is extremely relatable and actually realistic for once. I think this book is a fantastic example that you don’t need a annoyingly weak main character to make for some good growth in their power and self.
The MMC is simply lovable.

While I really enjoyed this book, my only con is the end as it felt way too rushed. The pacing is great through the story but everything quickly wraps up with the last few pages which I wish the author had taken a little more time with.

Overall, however, this is a great read and a lovely story!