By: Kate King

Aurelia wants an adventure, preferably a dangerous one. She was raised by her mother’s lady in waiting, hidden away from father. No one was allowed to know who she was and very few even knew she existed. This was all in fear that she would be a threat to the throne.

Now that her father is dead, and her uncle is now the King, she has the freedom she has always longed for. She also is now surrounded by friends and a found family to call her own, and a situation-ship that keeps her wanting to stay around. She’s finding it harder to leave on her grand adventure. That is until she finds out that she may have family in a nearby Kingdom.

When Aurelia sneaks away in the early hours to head off to her grand adventure, she runs into a giant wolf in the woods that changes her whole grand adventure plan.

A Hunger in Every Heart is a mash up of Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood fairytale retelling. Its book four in the Enchanted Legacies series. This the books can be read as a stand-alone. However, to get the full range of the story and the tie in references I would read them in order. You do get a recap at the beginning, and the story does keep you well paced along in the timeline of the other books.

The banter in this book is top notch. You get the full Grumpy x Sunshine trope; however, this sunshine also comes with powerful magic and sword skills.

There is so much character development, and it’s done in such a way that it feels like natural progression in growth vs the need to move the plot along. The world building definitely progresses as well and builds on what we know from the other books. The plot moves at a steady pace. There are different points of conflict, with the big one being at the end. This book was very much about Aurelia and Fox both growing as individuals, but also together as well.

The ending gave us a bit of a glimpse at what may be in store for us for book five, and I can’t wait!