Such a cool book!!!
A Happy Beginning by B.A. Richards is a masterpiece! Such a cool book. The plot and characters are so cool! I loved reading this story.

I loved this book. The writing is impeccable. The author writes in a way that's both accessible and thoughtful. The story flows well, and there are no slow parts. The chemistry between Alard and Raz is excellent. Each has his own voice and personality that make you believe they're real.

The author in spots gets caught overdescribing, but it didn't affect pacing that much. Aspects of the world building weren't fleshed out (such as the vampires and werewolves), so that caused the story to suffer. The story could have done with a fewer side characters. That would have allowed the author to tighten the writing more.

I really enjoyed how the story arc split itself between the two realms. The introduction of Meyda gave new energy to the story that helped balance the unlikable parents.

Overall, this is a fun book. I hope the author gives more stories of Alard, Raz, and Meyda. Even with the book's shortcomings, it still deserves five stars.

This is an ambitious book that I thought needed more work. I'm rounding up to four stars because it had a lot of good, interesting ingredients (three cheers for ace representation!). I hope a lot of the misspellings (lay lines for ley lines and parlay for parley are two that spring to mind) and punctuation errors (I love semicolons, but they need to be used correctly) will get caught before publication. I'm definitely side-eyeing some minor choices (using the Salvation Army as an example of goodness; getting a kitten from a pet store rather than a shelter), too. But my main issue is that I'm not persuaded the story made sense. I'm not sure I ever bought the insta-love, for starters. Then, as the story progressed, there was just too much going on, and the MCs seemed to alternate between being easily overpowered and being close to omnipotent. Moreover, I'd like to have learned more about Ray's background, in particular, in a more elegant way (we got a few doses, but they verged on info dumps). And finally, we occasionally jumped into another character's POV (I think we got Catherine at one point?), which was odd and seemed like taking the easy way out.

So, yeah, I liked the concept, but I thought the story needed a lot more editing (developmental and otherwise) before it was ready to go out into the world.

My thanks to the publisher/NetGalley for an advance copy of this book.

Ok so I made it to 10% into this book. I really wanted to love it, and I think it's well-written and romantasy lovers will enjoy this one.

I have realized I am not a huge smut lover or romantasy lover in general, so this book just was not for me. The smut is basically immediate, so if that is what you want, this is amazing!! I should have probably known from the title "A Happy Beginning" ;) LOL.

If you enjoy romantasy, I heavily recommend picking this one up!

Fantastic take on the myths and legends on New Orleans
With vampires werewolves and fae this will be great for any fantasy readers

This book will suit people looking for a urban fantasy romance, with creatures of legend. Set in New Orleans, we follow our two heros as they meet and accidentely ends up married. They need to find a way to break the bond, because one of them is supposed to get married back home, in fairy land.

It's a fun book. Not something I would pick again, not because it is bad or anything, but simply because it isn't for me anymore. It feels like I've read the story many times, with the "villains" being a little too flat for me, but working good enough for the story the author wanted to tell. Similarly, the worldbuilding is quite common, or at least I get that feeling. Classical fairy realm, hidden creatures in our world and such.

That being said, the romance is cute, though quick. The characters are your typical urban fantasy romance, overly very nice and good, a little sexy and fun. The supporting characters are present, with their quirks. Highlight to the aroace rep !

This was such a great take on fantasy. New Orleans, full of creatures many don't know exist outside of legends. Razi is pulled in so deep after what he thinks is just a one night stand, but it becomes so much more.

This is a fantasy book that has for the most part Fae but also vampires, werewolves, and fairy godmothers. The conflict is very cute, very oh no we got married in Las Vegas vibes. The poly relationship along with the ace side of it was very cool, I enjoyed it. Overall I 100% enjoy this read and will be recommending it.