Reviews
I absolutely love Amelia and her amazing world-building and alphahole romances lol. It's just...after waiting with bated breath for this book I felt kind of disappointed? I am not sure how else to describe it. I think there is a pattern in Amelia's books (I know I gave up on the fae chronicle series after book 5. IYKYK) where the main character just stops being good, fun, and entertaining characters. This is not to say there weren't some great moments in this book (I did give it 4 stars lol) But I just missed Aria and Knox's witty banter. And there were points that I wanted to scream at Aria to stop being so dumb and gullible and just think for a damn second. Also, there are a lot fewer of some other characters I grew to love (Brander, Greer, and Lore.) They make appearances but obviously, this book was a growing journey for Aria. First things first, if you loved the steamy scenes in the last 3 books you won't find them here. You get one good one towards the end and that is that. However, you do get quite a bit of funny banter between Aria and Ember which I loved from the other books and was happy that they continued in this one. You will also find out so much more about Aria, her parentage, and why things are the way they are. I didn't devour this book like I did the others but I think this book was needed. You get most if not all of your burning questions answered. This book does end on a bit of a cliffhanger so I hope we won't be waiting long for the next one. Also, this is much heavier than the other books. There is absolutely no happy ending in this book lol so brace yourself. There is betrayal after betrayal and at times I had to put the book down so that I could get out of my slump. From the way this book ended I do not see it getting better in the next book but I want to see what happens to Aria and Knox and the Nine Realms.
This book is definitely the best one in the series. There are still grammatical issues abound, she still doesn’t not inform the reader of half the the things that are happening, and her prose is still confusing in the best of times. But there is a bit more actual plot and the evolution of the main characters and their romance helped massively in this book. I actually found myself wanting to read it at times. We shall see if she can continue this momentum.
This series really starts to pick up about halfway through Book 3 and continues on nicely into book four *crown of chaos*!
