Given: An Epic Romantasy (The Giving Chronicles, 1)

Given

Author: Elayna R. Gallea

Genre: Romantasy / Fantasy Romance

Book Rating: ⭐ 9/10

Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️ 2/5

Description

Wren has always known her fate.

Marked by the gods as a Given, she has spent her life believing that when she turns twenty, she'll serve them in exchange for their protection of the kingdom. It's an honor she's never thought to question.

Until she secretly watches her best friend's Giving Ceremony—and sees Amelia brutally killed.

Everything Wren believed was a lie.

Terrified and determined not to suffer the same fate, she flees her village in the middle of the night with one goal: escape the kingdom before they find her.

Then she discovers an injured stranger in the woods.

Unable to leave him to die, Wren uses her abilities to heal the handsome stranger. But when he wakes, she discovers exactly who she saved.

Gabriel Moreau is a Hunter. And Wren is his prey.

His duty is simple: capture Marked Ones who run and return them to the gods. But Wren saved his life, leaving Gabriel caught between his oath and an unexpected connection to the woman he's supposed to hunt.

So he gives her the only mercy he can afford:

A one-day head start.

Now Wren must run while Gabriel follows, knowing that eventually he'll catch her. Yet with every encounter, their attraction grows and the line between sworn enemies and something more becomes increasingly difficult to ignore.

Suspenseful and filled with delicious slow-burn tension, Given begins a romantasy story about forbidden attraction, dangerous secrets, and falling for the one man you should be running from.

Tropes

Enemies to Lovers • Hunter × Hunted • Slow Burn • Forbidden Attraction • He Hunts Her • Forced Proximity • Cat & Mouse • Forbidden Magic • Morally Conflicted MMC • Runaway FMC • He Gives Her a Head Start • Dangerous Secrets • Gods & Sacrifices • Fantasy Romance