Scripted Fate

5⭐️2🌶

I've gotten a bit behind on my reading posts.  I finished Scripted Fate by Aeva Vox a few days ago.  This one is book 2 in the Bound Across Realms series.  I read the ARC of 3, loved it then read book 1.  I've been meaning to read this one and finally got to it.  It was good.  I liked it but not quite as much as the other two books.  I think the pacing was a little wonky or the storyline didn't resonate with me quite as strongly, or it was just me.  The perils of being a mood reader.  I still very much enjoyed it and it tied the gap between book one and three very well.  They are officially interconnected stand alone books but it really makes more sense to read them in order.  They are quick at about 250 pages per book, really the perfect weekend read.  All three are a cozy fun time.  

This one follows Abby and Khari.  Abby is a human living in the human realm, our realm, in California.  She works at a college producing small on campus TV programs.  Her passion is writing screen plays but she's very busy with her job so she doesn't write like she used to.  Khari is an elf.  He is the producer/writer of Westmore Women, which is an in-world show that was introduced in book one.  I'm assuming its a nod to Gilmore Girls, but I've never seen that show.  The in-world show is revolutionary as it showcases relationships among all species in Thyra.  Up until now all programs have been very elf-centric as all TV production and technology is controlled by the elves.  The entire world built in these books is very interesting to me.  I like the cultural differences between all the species and their interactions with each other.  Khari and Essa know each other from college.  Khari was introduced in book one.  Khari works for a studio that has ties to both the elf realm and the human realm.  The elves and witches pretty much run the human realm but we know nothing about it.  Revealing the magic and who he is while in the human realm is strictly forbidden, he's been using magic to disguise himself so Abby thinks he's a human.  They've been friends for years.  She begins to sense he may want more than friendship and is bold enough to make a move.  There are larger forces at work and he can't reveal what he is to her.  He doesn't want to lead her on because his human facade is all a lie.  Khari denies her advances and Abby takes it as rejection.  She ends up accidently following Khari through the portal to the elf realm and then the real adventure begins.  As I said it was another quick, cozy, fun read with a happy ending.  I recommend the series.