A solid read that I am possibly going to purchase a physical copy of. A great plot, and a really good slow burn with enough sparks to make you really root for them. My one caveat on the slow burn, it was so good that at the end I just wanted a bit more of them and their love and the book ends before you can get your fill.

I look forward to reading more titles by this author.

I was intrigued by the blurb for this book. The authors retelling of the story of Egyptian mythology.
The spicy, slow burn romance plot also lacked the tension and build-up to keep me focused.
It was really slow at times.. and honestly didn't think I would finish it but I'm glad I did!

Thank you Netgalley, the publisher and author for providing this ARC ❤️

The word "Kan" is mentioned approx. 230 times in this book. And the word "Soul" probably twice that.

The premise is something I love to read about but the writing style and execution unfortunately fell short. With better and more extensive editing I'm sure Moreau could write something amazing.

However, I am most likely not the target audience for books like this. If you love FBAA and Egyptian mythology then you will probably love this.

Thank you NetGalley and Pleasure & Power Publishing for the ARC of the book in exchange for an honest review.

The Fall of Souls is a fantastical, romantic take on Nubian mythology. Although slow at first, the book clearly sets the scene and transports the reader to Africa. Moreover, the dual narrative makes the story feel more dynamic, after the slow start it picks up the pace. This writing style makes the characters feel more rounded, more relatable, as one can see the two points of view.

As a mythology geek, this read has been very entertaining, allowing me to further discover Egypt’s mythology. Although this is an adult fantasy, and it gets spicy at times, it is an enjoyable read that will provide more insight into an already well known ancient civilisation.

the cover: GORGEOUS i love it so much
the FMC: Onia- we follow Onia as she discovers her lineage and the truth of the powers she's felt all along. she grows throughout the book while being strong, smart, and learning to find people she can trust
the MMC: Ra- the guardian who was sent to find and bring the next Empress to the Hall to help the flow of souls in the afterlife. things get complicated when he feels a pull to the person he's supposed to be protecting. we follow Ra through dealing with family dynamics, political intrigue, and the determination of his fate
POV: 1st person dual perspective
HEA: yes!
spice: there are several open-door spicy scenes and plenty of longing during the slow burn!
TWs: violence, murder, patricide, death of a parent, mental abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse
standalone?: 1st book in The Book of Kan series
final thoughts: this book was great- fast paced with a slow burn romance. lots of action, world building, and family dynamics kept the book very interesting and hard to put down. i loved reading the story from the FMC and MMCs POVs 😍 but i didn't love that it didn't follow a lot of common storyline of the house of Anubis. the family dynamics were hard to wrap my head around (parents, children, and partners that don't match with Egyptian Deities, physical embodiments that don't match with Egyptian Deities, and Anubis being depicted as the bad guy 😩😢) once i was able accept those things, i really enjoyed the book but i kept finding myself taken back when certain relationships were mentioned LOL

read this book if you love
🙏 Egyptian god retellings
💘 fated mates
🔮 powers/non-human elements
🌎 wonderful but not hard to follow world building
🔥 slow burn

I want to thank Netgalley and R.A.Moreau for this ARC. This is my honest opinion

I really liked this book. I loved the magic, the fantasy world, the secrets, the romance, and the mythology.

The first maybe 20% of the book was a little hard to understand sometimes, because the story begins immediately, without an introduction to this fantasy world.
But after that, we begin to understand this world with the gods, learn some secrets and the action starts.
The romance was sweet, I liked how the author introduced it and how it develops.

This end! I really need the next book like nooooooow please

Fantasy romance at its best

When she loses the only family she has, Onia decides not to try and find out why her mother abandonned her or why her kan is different. But when a handsome stranger rescues her from demons, she finds out that her questions are finally about to be answered. Leaving her mortal life behind, she follows Ra who seems hellbent on protecting her and whose spirit calls to hers. But where they're going, danger, power and secrets are the masters, and Onia will have to make sacrifices she never expected if she wants to survive and set things right.

I love fantasy romance. But when it's diverse AND adult? Count me all the way in. Let me tell you that this gorgeous baby was no exception. I dove right into it, and it exceeded my expectations easily. The characters were likeable from the start. I loved the darker side they both had and the secrets they held. Their relationship was really entertaining to follow, full of tension, mystery and pure devotion that had me swooning. The sexual tension was absolutely through the roof and the spice was worth the wait and perfectly balanced with everything. The world was truly amazing, easy to understand and filled with mythological references that I loved and with a magic system that was quite fascinating and beautiful. It was an absolute pleasure to journey across the land with our two protagonists, discovering more and more with each chapter. The revelations toward the end and the choices the characters made had me gasping and I can't wait to read the sequel to see what happens next.

I highly recommend if you're looking for an adult fantasy romance with mythology.

"What are you doing?" she yelped.
"Making sure you live... Even if I don't."

TW: violence, blood, assault, death, abuse, sexually explicit scenes

The Fall of Souls is a steamy fantasy romance involving Nubian gods and goddesses. I might not be the target audience for these types of novels because I found the amount of thirst and horniness in this novel astounding in a negative way. I know that there's a reason for their horniness, but it still annoyed me a bit. For most of the book, before the MC and ML finally had sex, it felt like the MC and the ML got aroused in almost every encounter, and every skin contact caused tingles. After a while, it started to get tiring.

Setting aside the horniness, the story is ok. I enjoyed the character interactions, and the setting with the Nubian gods and goddesses is interesting. The author managed to incorporate the mythological aspect pretty well. Although I'm not very familiar with Nubian mythology, I didn't experience information overload or struggle to understand which mythological character is which. However, the murder mystery aspect of the story is lackluster, and the main conflicts could have been made more compelling. I thought that more could have been done with it, but clearly, the romance subplot was the main focus of the book.

Though let me just say that I have a bias against plots where the struggles in the middle of the novel mainly serve to further the romance plot, and the main conflict is resolved somehow at the end unrelated to what the main characters have been doing.

In short, this novel has been hitting things that don't work for me, but it's a feel-good novel with a happy ending, so I can't really dislike it that much.

Thank you to Netgalley and Pleasure & Power Publishing for the free copy. This is my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is such an intriguing premise, even if the cover isn't much to look at. I'll be honest, this one took me a while to get through. But I loved that instead of another romance featuring Greek or Roman gods, we actually got one that explored Nubian gods and goddesses.

But again. Stephanie. Why are you picking up these slow burn plotted books? While the relationship was kind of insta-lovey and features soulmates, it took a while for Onia and Ra to get to where I wanted them. I love my books where they're boning and in love by 30% so these slow burns are killing me. But this book was also angsty and the plot was intriguing. I just felt myself needing to google Nubian gods and goddesses and learning how to pronounce some of the names. This wasn't going to be an ACOTAR situation where it took me three years to figure out how to say the names correctly LOL.

*ARC provided by NetGalley in return for an honest review*

Look... It's not bad, but I was raised on Rick Riordan so my expectations were high to say the least (Does anyone else remember The Red Pyramid?).

The book has some minor writing scuffs, but outside of the scuff marks I found it to be enjoyable. It offers a fun tale, an interesting MC, and a lot of spice. But the drama just felt overdone and made the story a tad bit bland in the end.

Oh my god… where do I start with this review.

5 stars. It was amazing, I couldn’t put it down.

At first I thought the pace felt a bit slow, but the author has a point and they’re getting you there. Every detail is so thought out and vital to the intricate plot line.

The world building!!? I couldn’t get over how amazingly each single setting is explained, as if you could be there yourself. But it never distracts from the storyline, only adds to it.

The characters!! I loved both Ra and Onia. They are both so well written. The dual narrative is a firm favourite of mine, and the enemies to friends to lovers is the greatest trope. Honestly I can’t stress enough how beautifully done the transition is. Both the main characters are so relatable, they are flawed but lovable beings. I know some people don’t enjoy the strong feisty heroine and the “I’d kill you you” moody morally grey hero, but I can’t get enough. I feel like there are so many books that do a similar thing but this book is firmly in my top favourites.

My ONLY problem with the book is that we don’t get a little longer seeing Onia and Ra live their happily ever after. But that’s mostly just because I’m a sucker for the love scenes!

Highly recommend this book, I’ll be rereading in the near future.

This story was excellent. The characters were deep and real while also being so fun to read about. I love the body guard protector trope and the Egyptian mythology just tied it all up into one of my fave reads

It is always great to dive head first into a new fantasy world, so when I got a copy of this book from NetGalley I knew I was in for a ride.
This adult fantasy romance hand-crafted by an amazing new voice in the field, R.A Moreau, delivers everything I am always looking for in this genre. Beautiful world building, a strong heroine, a swoon worthy hero, a despicable villain, a background in Nubian gods and goddesses that I didn’t know I was missing from fantasy and some good old steam between the main characters.

Onia is all alone in this world, reading people’s spirit for a living. That is when she meets Ra, a fierce guardian descended from Anubis who informs her that she is the daughter of the (murdered) Goddess Ma’at and she must take her place in the Hall where the souls of the dead pass through. Oh and because of that her life is in danger of course. The pair travels together to the Hall and let the romance begin!

I must say that I have loved Egyptian mythology since I was a kid. The author does an amazing job presenting them in a way that explains both their disposition as characters and powers at the same time, leading us towards liking or not liking them.

The world they live in is unique and it is easy to find yourself imagining you are there even if you are not familiar with the specific mythology or the magic system (Kan and its manipulation is explained early on).

Ra is everything a male lead should be. A tortured hero, plenty handsome, brooding and he guards Onia’s life with a heated passion (Enter here that two of my favourite tropes are the Bodyguard and “Touch her and you die” so check and check). Also… male characters who fit in this category of extremely powerful but tormented? chef’s kiss…

Onia is a strong female character, she needs help sometimes but can clearly hold her own in many situations and she continuously surprises many male characters with her adaptability, ingenuity and smart mouth. I kept rooting for her throughout the book. Go girl!

Their romance developed quite slowly so a treat for all us slow burn romance types but had all the little treats here and there to satisfy our steam thirst. However, when the steam comes… let’s just say it doesn’t disappoint!

The only drawbacks I will comment on are some repeated words that threw me off balance while reading because I kept noticing them and certain dislikeable secondary characters that didn’t have enough of an arc so I couldn’t really understand their attitude and actions like Ra’s sister Ananiah (I really don’t like her) and Ammit. Maybe they will unfold in the sequel though it was a nice complete story which could easily be a standalone. Other than those I had an amazing time reading this book!

Title: The Fall of Souls
Author: R.A. Moreau
Genre: Romance/Fantasy
Age Rating: 18+
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

I was intrigued by both cover and blurb. Binge-worthy. Can’t wait for book 2

Trigger warning: mentions of abuse, kidnapping, violence, grief

I really fancied this book so much, but unfortunately it fell a little flat for me. I will definitely check out more books, but I do admit I DNF this after a quarter read as it just didn’t pick up for me. Good world building and the chemistry was there, but not enough for me to keep reading sadly.

The Egyptian inspiration really intrigued me and I have to say this was a unique idea that was well presented, and it had some good steam to it. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Not mad at all at this Egyptian mythology! A retelling with some modern wording sprinkled in here and there! The slow burn, the drama, the romance! This book had it all! I enjoyed Onia very much! She was determined headstrong and passionate! Ra was a lovely compliment to her and I loved seeing their romance blossom through their interactions! I’m not gon hold you Ra’s jackal was giving wattpad wolf mate vibes lol but it wasnt nauseating at all! I was sold by their story and wanted more! I wish we had an epilogue but Im certain we will get more in the next book(actually is there a next book lol). Overall, it was a good novel and I had a good time! It was well written and engaging throughout! Highly recommend! Cant wait to see what Moreau has install for us!!

This is an Egyptian Myth retelling, I love retellings and I've never read any about Egyptian myths. So I was excited to read this one! Ra and Onia are soulmates sothe story does have a little insta-love feel. Also very slow burn! Their story is intense and heartbreaking but its so beautiful. Moreau wrote their story beautifully, their were so many different characters and aspects but it was very easy to follow and the story flowed perfectly.

It has been a 3.5 star read, but my heart gives it 4. I can't be very objective as I am totally passionate about Egyptian mythology 🙈.

We find ourselves with a representation of Egyptian mythology, more specifically, the myth of the judgment of souls. The world building and the setting are beautiful, as are the costumes and the representation of ancient life in Egypt. I have loved meeting the gods, especially the house of Anubis, but I would have liked to see more gods like Isis, Osiris and Horus, Set and Sejmet or Hathor.

The book is addictive from the start - you get hooked very quickly. And it's very interesting to see and learn new things at the pace that the FMC does. But the second part falls quite a bit. It gets slower and I've been missing a bit of development, adventure and excitement. I would have liked to see more scenes of Onia's training, both physical and the kan. Although the first and only scene we see is spectacular (that duel with Nejeri 🔥).

One of the highlights are the protagonists: Ra and Onia are everything that is right.
Onia is a strong, brave and warrior woman who recognizes that she has a vulnerable side and that only makes her stronger.
Ra, what to say about Ra, other than that he has conquered me. He is loyal to the core, strong and willing to do anything for those he loves: he is a protector from head to toe.
I love his relationship with Onia and his development. The tension was cut with a knife and I couldn't have liked it more (who doesn't like a good slow burn 🤭).
Although I would have liked to know a little more about him and his past.

Finally, let's talk about the end: that reunion between Ma'at and Onia has been beautiful, and necessary. I would have been upset if they hadn't had the chance to see each other. And Onia being reborn from her ashes... 😍 I can't wait to see what will happen.

Thanks to NetGallery and R. A. Moreau for the ARC. It has been an incredible experience, being this my first ARC.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was an average read for me. I would say that the worldbuilding was amazing and the story was well-written and poetic. Except for the eternally repeating word "draped"... Writer should have looked for the synonyms.

The beginning of the book was also very attractive which made me start the book as soon as I read the first sentence.
The characters were well-described, albeit a bit from lustful gaze, but I guess this might be up to taste.
I thought it took too long for the main events to start and felt a bit dragged in the middle. However, the story was solid.

Egypt mythology is one of my favorites, but I also felt that the reader wouldn't get enough information to understand the story without knowing the mythology beforehand.
Overall it wasn't a bad book at all, but could be much much better with a few adjustments.

Thanks to NetGalley and R.A.Moreau for the book!
I also published the review in my Goodreads account.