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A review by booksalacarte
Empress of Fae by Briar Boleyn
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Empress of Fae 3.5⭐️ 3🌶️
Fantasy Romance
Arthur Reimagining
Multi POV
War
🏳️🌈 Side Characters
Morally Grey MMC
It has been about 2 months since I read the first 2 books and I have to say that going into this book I remembered nothing other than the series being a Morgan/Arthur reimagining and I enjoyed the first 2 books. It wasn’t until chapter 6 when I started remembering the plot from the first 2 books.
The book starts off immediately after book 2 ended. All of a sudden the FMC is back in Camelot and having to hide everything to spy on her brother Arthur.
I’m not sure the number of days this book takes place. More than the 4 it feels like… but while it’s seems like that would make it fast paced… it wasn’t. It felt like a series slump before things really take off. Although where the series will go from here, who’s to say. This was a book to set up to the finale, that’s for sure.
Im so glad that the FMC had grown so much. She isn’t as immature and selfish as in the previous books. She finally seems to see that she has to play a little politics. Thank goodness.
That ending was very low stakes. When I finished it, it felt like a HEA, but I know there has to be at least or more book because the big bad is revealed, but not seen. But I’m excited for book 4!
Thank you NetGalley and Starwater Press for the Advanced eReader Copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Fantasy Romance
Arthur Reimagining
Multi POV
War
🏳️🌈 Side Characters
Morally Grey MMC
It has been about 2 months since I read the first 2 books and I have to say that going into this book I remembered nothing other than the series being a Morgan/Arthur reimagining and I enjoyed the first 2 books. It wasn’t until chapter 6 when I started remembering the plot from the first 2 books.
The book starts off immediately after book 2 ended. All of a sudden the FMC is back in Camelot and having to hide everything to spy on her brother Arthur.
I’m not sure the number of days this book takes place. More than the 4 it feels like… but while it’s seems like that would make it fast paced… it wasn’t. It felt like a series slump before things really take off. Although where the series will go from here, who’s to say. This was a book to set up to the finale, that’s for sure.
Im so glad that the FMC had grown so much. She isn’t as immature and selfish as in the previous books. She finally seems to see that she has to play a little politics. Thank goodness.
That ending was very low stakes. When I finished it, it felt like a HEA, but I know there has to be at least or more book because the big bad is revealed, but not seen. But I’m excited for book 4!
Thank you NetGalley and Starwater Press for the Advanced eReader Copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism