In the human world, Roan can only appear as a Goblin, in the Shadowlands, Eliza is under constant threat, the only way they an be together safely is to break the curse, but it seems that not even love is enough.ORDER A COPY: Kiss of the Goblin Prince: Shadowlands series The story was a little heavy on the romance for more tastes, not unexpected given it is a paranormal romance, but I really liked that there were good reasons for Roan and Eliza to be kept apart. Eliza was just a little to self pitying and martyr like for me to be satisfied with her as a heroine. To be fair Steve, Eliza’s fiance, is an intimidating jerk but I didn’t really buy into the helplessness of her situation, especially as she has the resources to save herself. When she calls on Roan in The Goblin King she is trying to escape a situation where she is being blackmailed into marrying a man she does not love. It is not the first time our hero and heroine have met, in the The Summons: A Goblin King Prequel, Eliza called on Roan for help as a teenager when she panics fending off the unwanted attentions of a drunken party goer and wants to escape. While I quickly grew to like Roan, and his brother Dai, I never really warmed up to Eliza a great deal. There are lots of other interesting touches, like Roans ability with magic, the travel between worlds and the nightmare visions of the Shadowlands. I really like the world-building in this novel, the lore that supports the curse is something a little different, the relationship between the Shadowlands and The Fixed World is creative and the idea of goblins as hero’s is intriguing. As their will begins to fade, Roan is summoned to the Fixed World (our modern world) to save Eliza Coulter, but Eliza may be the one who saves them. After 2000 years only Roan and his brother Dai have survived the pull of the curse that threatens to strip them of their humanity and force them to live as mindless, gold greedy goblins. The Goblin King introduces Roan, once a Celtic King in Roman times, cursed to the Shadowlands, along with several of his loyal men, by a druid, now at the beck and call of whomever may summon them. I’ve been wanting to read this paranormal series by Australian author Shona Husk for a while and with the imminent release of the third book, For the Love of a Goblin Warrior I decided to read all of them, one after another.

Status: Read from January 16 to 17, 2013 - I own a copy When a beautiful human summons him to grant a wish, he sees a glimmer of hope. Synopsis: Cursed by a Druid millennia ago, Roan lives a bleak existence in the Shadowlands, desperately trying to retain his soul and not succumb to the goblin horde.

The Goblin King by Shona Husk