The Island - S. Usher Evans

The Island

By S. Usher Evans

  • Release Date: 2016-04-28
  • Genre: Paranormal Romance
Score: 4.5
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Description

From award-winning author S. Usher Evans comes a luscious tale of forbidden love, survival, and overcoming the odds. Fans of Mary Pearson's Kiss of Deception and Marie Rutkowski's The Winner's Curse will fall in love with this magicless fantasy romance, featuring a prince and pilot from warring nations who become stranded on an island. 

A prince with something to prove
A pilot who just wants to be free

Prince Galian thought he could escape the gruesome Madion War by enrolling in medical school. But when his elder brother is killed in battle, the king demands his youngest son hang up his stethoscope and fight for the just cause of reclaiming their rebellious colony.

Across the Great Madion Sea, Captain Theophilia Kallistrate just wants to stay alive. Bombarded daily by the ruthless oppressors across the sea, she has only her skill as a fighter pilot to keep herself and her fledgling country safe.

But when an air skirmish goes wrong, Galian and Theo are marooned thousands of miles from either country, and must rely on each other to survive a harsh and unforgiving terrain. But with a fifty-year war hanging above their heads, overcoming their differences may be harder than surviving the island itself.

The Island is the first book in the Madion War Trilogy, a new adult fantasy romance series. Content warnings for adult situations and violence.

Praise for The Madion War Trilogy:

Hello hotness: a doctor prince who is forced into the military by his dictatorial father? Um, yeah, doesn't that just grab you? Anyhow, this is a new trilogy not to be missed!! - Meradeth Houston, author of An Absence of Light

I've always known S. Usher-Evans is an author to watch. In The Island, she delivers with the richly woven tapestry of the Raven & Kylaen worlds set against fast-paced action, forbidden romance, and uncertain outcomes. Looking forward to more! - Deirdre Riordan Hall, author of Pearl and Sugar

The Island has everything; romance, action, the ethical dilemma of war, morality, morals, and despite the horrors, there's hope (and not just Galian's unwavering optimism). - Liz Konkel, Reader's Favorite

Reviews

  • The story I couldn't put down.

    5
    By bunkie68
    I was introduced to the work of S. Usher Evans when my husband bought me the first three books in her Razia series as a Christmas gift. So when I had a chance to support her Kickstarter for The Island, I jumped all over that. It was just the icing on the cake that I got a copy of the book ahead of time! So I took The Island with me to my son's doctor's appointment, figuring I'd get a good start on it while we waited. We waited for two hours and a little more, and I finished the book because I could.not.stop.reading.it. The story of two warring countries, Rave/David versus Kylae/Goliath, pulled me right in. Theo is a pilot for Rave, and she's gunning for some Kylaens. When she learns that Prince Galian will be flying, she's gunning for him in particular. Galian wouldn't be flying at all, were it left up to him. He'd prefer to use his medical training , but joins the military at his father's strongly worded request. In the air battle, Theo does indeed shoot down the princeling's plane, but crashes her own in the process. So there they are, from two enemy nations, stranded on a deserted island...together. How would you like to be stuck on an island with someone who represents what you hate the most? Theo's none too crazy about it, to put it mildly. But she's injured, and Galian doesn't know a whole lot about survival, and neither of them has a way off the island since both planes went down, and it becomes clear fairly quickly that they're going to need to rely on each other if they make it out of this alive. Action? Check. A battle with the deck stacked against one nation? Yep. Characters that make you laugh and cry and want to reach into the pages and shake them? Oh, yes. And maybe some romance, too, and some intrigue, and, oh, just go get a copy!

  • An Unexpected Delight

    5
    By Bayy245
    4.5/5 I’m not going to lie when I looked at the back for this book I was not exactly enthused. I thought I was going to get a book filled with cliches but I was pleasantly wrong. Now dont get me wrong there were a few cliches and tropes but I didn’t really mind them that much. Im happy to report there is no love triangle!! The dual POVs are a help and not a jarring hendrance like they can easily become. It was great to see into both of their minds, to see how similar and different they are. The culture of the Raven people is exquisite and I really loved the unique language and how much we learned about the people. Theo was a refreshing character with her own personality. She wasn’t another Katniss. She wasnt the chosen one or born for it, she quite literally crash landed into it. The worldbuilding was incredible, you can almost taste the sea when you read it. They both has a unique journey to go through and though theyre not done with it, they grew emensly. PICK THIS BOOK UP! You wont regret it.

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