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It is the twilight of mankind Depleted by generations of war with a dark race, the human kingdoms and their ancient alliance stand on the brink of extinction The outlands are soaked with the blood of the fallen The midlands are rotting with decadence and despair.Elfkind, estranged by past crimes, watches and waits for nature to run its course.And then the two collide.Ayden s life has long been guided by two emotions love for his sister, and hatred of all things human When he s captured in battle, he must for his sister s sake swallow his pride and endure slavery in the service of a human prince, Freyrik Farr.Freyrik s always known elves to be beautiful and dangerous, but never has one affected him as deeply as Ayden Can his life of service to his people leave room for this attraction Dancing on a dagger s edge between duty and high treason, Freyrik discovers that some choices can change a life, and some an entire world.Between prejudice, politics, pride, and survival, Ayden and Freyrik must carve a new path, no matter how daunting For nothing less than the fate of both their peoples rests on the power of their perseverance and their love.Note This edition is a re release of the same novel first published in 2010 by Guiltless Pleasure Publishing.This title is 1 of the Song of the Fallen series Warning, this title contains the following sensitive themes explicit violence Download Counterpoint – kino-fada.fr Audio 4 starsStory 4 starsNot as dark as I thought an enemies to lovers, captive enslaved story would be Ayden is an elf He and his sister are captured by humans and taken to Prince Freyrik As far as captors go, Freyrik is very accommodating Ayden is resentful and insolent I loved him He had me laughing up a storm It takes a long while, but Freyrik eventually wins him over Even so, their love is forbidden, and they can t consider a life long relationship.Enjoyable story There s good Audio 4 starsStory 4 starsNot as dark as I thought an enemies to lovers, captive enslaved story would be Ayden is an elf He and his s...Might Contain Spoilers The book centers around human Crown Prince of Farr, Freyr k R k Farr 29 and elfkind, Ayden Vaska 800 When Ayden gets captured in battle, he becomes Freyrik s slave But for his sister s sake, Ayden must endure his slavery and hide his hatred for the humans Freyr k plans to use Ayden in the Surge, what he did not plan however, was to actually start to care for the elf Overall, the book wasn t bad per se, though the ending scenes view spoiler the w Mi...I ve read various reviews of this book and had mixed feelings about reading it On the plus side is the fact that I like fantasy stories, and I also like master slave or captor captured stories no comments about what this says about me as a person, please On the minus side, I often find it difficult to read stories where one character is so wholly under the power of another to the extent that they are completely helpless In the end, after reading another book by this author, I decided to gi I ve read various reviews of this book and had mixed feelings about reading it On the plus side is the fact that I like fantasy stories, and I also like master slave or captor captured stories no comments about what this says about me as a person, please On the minus side, I often find it difficult to read stories where one character is so wholly under the power of another to the extent that they are completely helpless In the end, after reading another book by this author, I decided to give this a go and see whether I would have the same reaction as my fellow reviewers.The story is a high fantasy set in a fictional country where the land is divided between men and elves There is enmity between the two peoples stretching back about 300 years and as a result elves are viewed with deep hatred and suspicion by men The story begins as we meet elf Ayden who ventures into human territory t...Lent to me KindleDearest Rachel Hmmm lets see it is late right now I could not put the book down I had to know how the story unfolded as I was unable to plot its course while reading Therefore, I may not make complete coherent sense So let me try 1 I was deep into the story and the characters I hated them, I loved them, I wanted to scratch their eyes out, I wanted to hold them I am a character driven reader I need to know and feel who they are or the story is just a story and to me Lent to me KindleDearest Rachel Hmmm lets see it is late right now I could not put the book down I had to know how the story unfolded as I was unable to plot its course while reading Therefore, I may not make complete coherent sense So let me try 1 I was deep into the story and the characters I hated them, I loved them, I wanted to scratch their eyes out...The first kiss Bloody fucking swoon Review edited 16 4 2013I know that this review is going to be a huge jump from my previous review and rating which started off from a perfect 5 till I weaned it down to 4, now 3.5.I think that previously, I was a worried and perhaps a bit scared about having a different review amongst what seemed to be the raving masses Nowadays however, it bugs me every time I see this review So now I ve just decided to adopt a fuck this att The first kiss Bloody fucking swoon R...The begin of the book is soooooooo great and I adore this first part, when you will be introduced to the elf Adyden.With his uncontrollable hair and wild spirit Ayden is perfect I love this character, and was astonished by his bravery Trying to save his sister from humans he will be captured, finishing in the hands of the king s brother, the Prince Freyrik.Freyrik is desperate fighting against ferals, and will see in Ayden the weapon against those magical perverted animals Indeed the elf is t The begin of the book is soooooooo great and I adore this first part, when you will be introduced to the elf Adyden.With his uncontrollable hair and wild spirit Ayden is perfect I love this character, and was astonished by his bravery Trying to save ...I have mixed feelings about this book it takes place in a world where humans are at odds with elfkind every other species it seems Ayden and his sister are captured by humans and Ayden is then made into a slave for Prince Freyrik Farr, who is running the kingdom in his brother s absence The good in the book is the character of Ayden He s defiant, funny, snarky gives the book most of its energy Freyrik is immediately attracted to him and keeps him as his slave The two of them I have mixed feelings about this book it takes place in a world where humans are at odds with elfkind every other species it seems Ayden and his sister are captured by humans and Ayden is then made into a slave for Prince Freyrik Farr, who is running the kingdom in his brother s absence The good in the book is the character of Ayden He s defiant, funny, snarky gives the book most of its energy Freyrik is immediately...3.5 starsI enjoyed this audio Ayden and Freyrik had a lot of tension, but Freyik eventually wore Ayden down.Ayden and his sister are elves who were captured by humans all the humans in the book were terrible and Ayden was so worried that his sister would be raped that he consented to be a sex partner for the prince.Prince Freyrick was ruling the country in his brother s absence but he was a much kinder ruler.Ayden was so distrustful of humans, but prince Frey eventually earned his trust How 3.5 starsI enjoyed this audio Ayden and Freyrik had a lot of tension, but Freyik eventually wore Ayden down.Ayden and his sister are elves who were captured by humans all the humans in th...A POINT WELL EFFIN MADE Counterpoint is one of those epic love stories, that completely engages the reader and makes you fall in love I was completely caught up in the characters, and the world created I will say honestly that I wanted to read this book, because the cover is just so impressive It drew my eye, and it turned out that this book isthan just a pretty cover pffft, pretty cover,like a sexy cover.This book as I said before is epic, epic fantasy that is Its pure fi A POINT WELL EFFIN MADE Counterpoint is one of those epic love stories, that completely engages the reader and makes you fall in love I was completely caught up in the characters, and the world created I will say honestly that I wanted to read this book, because the cover is just so impressive It drew my eye, and it turned out that this book isthan just a...OH.MY.GODS I loved this book This book was picked for me to read as a challenge and I dove in without reading the blurb or any reviews I really didn t know what to expect other than that this was m m fantasy and it had a cliffhanger It also has one of the most beautiful covers I have ever seen.I found the World very interesting with the song and abilities of the elven people, the barbarism and prejudices of the humans, and the madness of the Ferals Darkers There was a bit of world buildi OH.MY.GODS I loved this book Thi...

Counterpoint
  • English
  • 03 December 2018
  • ebook
  • 414 pages
  • Rachel Haimowitz
  • Counterpoint