Indigo Dusk (The Aetherial Embrace Trilogy #1)
Kristy Nicolle
Reader Reviews
4.0
1 rating
Beth .
Mar 15, 2026
A book-loving FMC with Ehlers-Danlos & dragon riders…
Nope, it’s not THAT series, it’s one that came out 3 years before that one. One that I’d never heard of, but luckily stumbled upon when asked to read this 9 book saga before the author’s 10th and final tie-in novel.
Indigo Dusk is the first book of Kristy Nicolle’s third trilogy, the Aethereal Embrace. It follows the Tidal Kiss and Ashen Touch trilogies, and will conclude just before the big conclusion, which should release this summer.
Indigo Dusk features Kairi Freemont, a 23 year old human woman who was diagnosed with EDS a year or so ago, and watched her life basically crumble. From a competitive figure skater, to basically home-bound bookworm, she’s stuck and struggling.
The rest of this review could be considered spoilers so read at your own risk…
One day, while reading by her pond on her property in Tennessee, she meets a handsome stranger, who happens to be a Sephilim (kindred of Zeus,) who whisks her off to Aetherea, the realm he lives in, where the sun heals mortals and makes her EDS symptoms disappear. After spending a day there being wowed by Aro, she’s returned to Tennessee with an offer of going back with him the next night for a longer trip. She agrees, only to find out that Aro is no hero, he’s a narcissist and an abuser, who only wants her because she’s got the “heirbound†mark, which means she has the ability to determine the next king of Aetherea. Like Tamlin but worse.
After being rescued by an unlikely hero, who happens to be a cinnamon roll and an all-around good dude, not to mention a dragon rider, she’s harbored in Drakos Vale until Aro finds out her location and wages war on the Draconians. This novel follows her progress through different realms of Aetherea and concludes with a showdown between Kairi and Aro, and following Kristy’s footprint for this saga, her eventual death and rebirth as an immortal.
I’m looking forward to the next two books in this series- it immediately hooked my attention and sucked me in. Easily my favorite trilogy of the saga thus far.
Nope, it’s not THAT series, it’s one that came out 3 years before that one. One that I’d never heard of, but luckily stumbled upon when asked to read this 9 book saga before the author’s 10th and final tie-in novel.
Indigo Dusk is the first book of Kristy Nicolle’s third trilogy, the Aethereal Embrace. It follows the Tidal Kiss and Ashen Touch trilogies, and will conclude just before the big conclusion, which should release this summer.
Indigo Dusk features Kairi Freemont, a 23 year old human woman who was diagnosed with EDS a year or so ago, and watched her life basically crumble. From a competitive figure skater, to basically home-bound bookworm, she’s stuck and struggling.
The rest of this review could be considered spoilers so read at your own risk…
One day, while reading by her pond on her property in Tennessee, she meets a handsome stranger, who happens to be a Sephilim (kindred of Zeus,) who whisks her off to Aetherea, the realm he lives in, where the sun heals mortals and makes her EDS symptoms disappear. After spending a day there being wowed by Aro, she’s returned to Tennessee with an offer of going back with him the next night for a longer trip. She agrees, only to find out that Aro is no hero, he’s a narcissist and an abuser, who only wants her because she’s got the “heirbound†mark, which means she has the ability to determine the next king of Aetherea. Like Tamlin but worse.
After being rescued by an unlikely hero, who happens to be a cinnamon roll and an all-around good dude, not to mention a dragon rider, she’s harbored in Drakos Vale until Aro finds out her location and wages war on the Draconians. This novel follows her progress through different realms of Aetherea and concludes with a showdown between Kairi and Aro, and following Kristy’s footprint for this saga, her eventual death and rebirth as an immortal.
I’m looking forward to the next two books in this series- it immediately hooked my attention and sucked me in. Easily my favorite trilogy of the saga thus far.