The Scarecrow’s Queen by Naomi Lucas

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Once, I was feared by all who gazed upon me.

For the past century, I have served, defending my crops in solitude, baring my scythe as an omen.

But when the crops aren’t seeded, I find myself standing over a field of dirt and weeds.

It is her fault.

The female who has inherited the farm. She might be the new queen of these lands, but in her wake, she brings only ruin.

So, I will scare her away. I will claim these fields, and she will learn to fear me!

Until one evening, she is attacked by the crows. She cowers behind me for protection, begging them to spare her life.

Her terror and desperation stir me into action…

Nobody, not even a god, is allowed to frighten what is mine.

The Scarecrow’s Queen

A scarecrow without a heart!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🩵🖤❤️💚💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: ☹️☺️😍😄
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The Hero: Hollowstalk (a.k.a. Jack) – he is a very old scarecrow god. He lives on a farm in the midwest that has a pact with the Crow King. The owner is always a woman (a queen) who has a blessing on her farm from the crows who make sure the soil stays fertile, but in return they want a portion of the crops each harvest to feed them through the winter. Hollowstalk keeps the crows from overrunning the farm during the summer.

The heroine: Delilah – she works at a private health club in California. She inherits the farm from her aunt. To get the most out of the sale of the farm, she needs to spend a few months at the farm fixing it up. Though she was never told about the pact and the paranormal aspect of her farm. She is a bit freaked out by the eerie scarecrow, that is tied up on a platform in the field of dead corn. She throws the scarecrow away, but when it shows up again, she brings it to town and throws it away.

The Story: Hollowstalk can sort of come to life, though he is still a scarecrow in many ways. After being tossed in the trash for a second time, he steals some clothes from a drunk hobo and shows up at the farm as Jack Hollow and asks Delilah for work on the farm. She agrees to let him plant the fields for her, while she works on making improvements to the house and farm.

This was a very strange paranormal romance, with an even stranger monster. Though I quite liked it. The intimate scenes are pretty steamy, which was even weirder since Hollowstalk did not have a very important appendage until halfway through the story. Though I must admit that I love the fact that he learned what to do in bed by reading one of Delilah’s cowboy romances. I have thought many times that if more men learned how to please a woman by reading romance, then there wouldn’t be nearly as many women faking the big O.

This was a kind of creepy story at times, I definitely got some vibes of a Supernatural episode I once saw where a scarecrow god came to life. Though in that one, he was killing people as part of a pact he had with the town to keep the land fertile. I did end up really enjoying this one, it was so original and unpredictable.



This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Addison Barnes and Tyler Darby. I liked both narrators, though they both sound a bit older than the characters were supposed to be. I liked Tyler Darby’s deep, gravelly voice which sounded great for Jack. Addison Barnes has a nice voice as well and the narration was terrific.

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