{"id":4777,"date":"2020-03-07T16:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T00:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2020-03-07T16:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T00:50:17","slug":"review-a-veil-is-parted-anela-deen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/review-a-veil-is-parted-anela-deen\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: A Veil is Parted &#8211; Anela Deen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/49079582._SX318_.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: A Veil is Parted &#8211; Anela Deen\" title=\"Review: A Veil is Parted &#8211; Anela Deen\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>Hidden Magic<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/anela-deen\/\">Anela Deen<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/series\/magic-underground-anthologies\/\">Magic Underground Anthologies #1<\/a> <br><strong>Also in this series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/04\/13\/review-when-day-fades-into-night-anela-deen\/\">Wayward Magic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/05\/13\/review-through-a-valley-of-white-mist-anela-deen\/\">Forgotten Magic<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/magical-mayhem-books\/\">Magical Mayhem Books<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> March 10, 2020 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/publisher\/\">Publisher<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Simith of Drifthorn is tired of war. After years of battle between the Thistle Court and the troll kingdom, even a pixie knight known for his bloodlust longs for peace. Meeting with the troll king in secret is the only hope for a ceasefire. When the trolls ambush him instead, Simith flees through a doorway hidden by magic into another world. Wounded, he\u2019ll need to defeat his pursuers and get home before anyone realizes he's gone. If his commanders find out what he's been up to, the trolls will be the least of his worries.<\/p>\n<p>In Skylark, Michigan, Jessa leaves a party after some devastating news. Cutting through her neighbor\u2019s sunflower farm, she runs into a fight between creatures straight out of a fantasy novel \u2013 only the blood is very real. When one of them falls to his attackers, Jessa decides to intervene. She\u2019s known too much death to stand idly by, but what does a poet like her know about fighting? 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