ARC Review: The Fallen Kingdom (The Falconer #3) by Elizabeth May
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Series: The Falconer #3
Author: Elizabeth May
Published June 15th 2017 by Gollancz
Goodreads Synopsis
My name is Lady Aileana Kameron.
First the fae murdered my mother. Then they destroyed my world.
Then one of them killed me.
Now I'm fighting for more than revenge.
The long-awaited final book in the Falconer trilogy is an imaginative tour-de-force that will thrill fans of the series.
Aileana Kameron, resurrected by ancient fae magic, returns to the world she once knew with no memory of her past and with dangerous powers she struggles to control. Desperate to break the curse that pits two factions of the fae against, her only hope is hidden in an ancient book guarded by the legendary Morrigan, a faery of immense power and cruelty. To save the world and the people she loves, Aileana must learn to harness her dark new powers even as they are slowly destroying her.
Packed with immersive detail, action, romance, and fae lore, The Fallen Kingdom brings the Falconer's story to an epic and unforgettable conclusion.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
This series will always be a favourite of mine, and for some reason I've put off reviewing the final book, even though I devoured it when my copy arrived. Well, here goes. Now that Aileana has been reborn, and has powers, she needs to learn to rediscover her true self, and overcome her power, before it destroys her and the world around her. For most of the final instalment in the series, we see Aileana's internal battle between her past and her future. Her own struggles were nothing compared to the fight between Kiaran and Kadamach, between the light and the darkness. These two are one of my OTP's and I loved to see both sides to each character. No one in this series is can be described in the case of black or white, there are a lot of grey areas that we definitely see explored in this book. Derrick was as fantastic as always, and he will always improve the books, if that's even needed.
The plot was extremely fast paced in this book, which helped me fly through reading it, but sometimes my head seemed a bit battered all over the place with how fast it was. Even so, this was the best ending/finale to this series I could ever ask for, and whenever I go to Edinburgh, I always have an urge to revisit these books, so I definitely won't be parting from them any time soon. If you're a fanasty/fae book lover, and you haven't started this series yet, get a copy asap!
Dates Read:
June 15-19, 2017Rating
5 Stars
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