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I just loved this book. It was so easy to get lost in and I just loved meeting these characters. I look forward to seeing what’s next from this author.

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Elizabeth and Finn’s story continues! I found that you can read this book as a stand alone but better to read the others first! Can Finn and Elizabeth save the Fae world and prevent evil from separating the Fae world and earth forever? What does a girl have to do to get her man.


I read and reviewed this advanced complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley

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Not only is Colleen Halverson a new to me author, but Echoes from the Veil is my very first book about the Fae. It's been said that you can read this story as a standalone, but it makes it slow going at first if you don't because I haven't developed along side these characters. Aisling Elizabeth Tanner is the new leader of the Faerie Rebellion, with love of her life, Finn, at her side. However, as the new leader, it's very possible that she may have to sacrifice losing Finn for the greater good of all. There is so much betrayal going on that I stayed on the edge of my seat dropping f-bomb after f-bomb (yes I did end up very deep in the story despite not knowing all the backstories). Colleen Halverson has some serious descriptive genius, because by the time I was done, I was ready to go outside to search for Fae of my own, as her world was so big, bright, and beautiful despite all the chaos. And I'm happy to say that I'm in love with these Faeries, which means, now I HAVE to go back & read all the previous books, and that's thanks to this amazing author! Now, if you want to know all the happenings further, you'll have to hit that one click button, as I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

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The third book of the series takes over the torch continuing the adventure of Elizabeth, Finn & Friends.

Not reading the first two volumes will reduce your experience, but one could still enjoy the Echoes. The necessary details are offered with a dexterity that allows the normal flow of the story.

Colleen Halverson artfully mixed almost everything you could think when dealing with paranormal romance/fantasy (PRF): impossible love, natural and supernatural, mortal and immortal, present and past, death and life, different dimensions and of course the danger of their destruction. Playing with all these and more, the author added new obstacles and challenges in the characters' path forcing them to make difficult choices. And all that happens whilst maintaining a logical relation and flow from one into another. Everything that a PRF reader would want!

Even if the tagline is Love is Always Worth Fighting For, the Echoes From the Veil is so much more.
Enjoy!

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Having not read bk 2, (I DID read bk 1 though) as I was told that Echoes from the Veil can be read as a standalone, but there is better enjoyment having read the first 2 books in the series. Needless to say, that latter is more true. I was lost and felt disconnected with the characters. So I will say to read these books in order. The action scenes were pretty good though. I will still check out more work from this author because the others sound interesting.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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She is facing the end of the world and to save it from destruction, Aisling Elizabeth Tanner, new leader of the Faerie Rebellion is faced with making the ultimate sacrifice and losing the love of her life, Finn.

Betrayal runs deep, the threats are real and the past will come back to haunt Finn, but to keep Elizabeth safe, he must choose, is it better to have loved and lost to save his world?

ECHOES FROM THE VEIL by Colleen Halverson, although not the first in the series, gives enough brief background interspersed throughout to give the essence of how things have come to the point they are at now. A wonderful romance, threats from all around and the desire to do what is best for their people, these two lovers are forced into battles of the mind, heart and body.

Well written, with wonderful descriptions and characters that are flawed, but realistic, I enjoyed every page of this escape into another world. I would suggest that reading the previous books in the series will raise the enjoyment level another notch!

I was invited to receive an ARC edition from Entangled: Amara! This is my honest and voluntary review.

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I kid you not that ever since I read the first two books in 2016, I often checked the author's Goodreads account to check if she had published the last book of this series. Like I also said in the review of "Children of the Veil", I sensed that the story wasn't over even though it didn't end badly, so imagine my excitement when this book appeared on the "request" section. I was like, "Finally!". The fact that I kept on checking and that I remembered most of the details even after four years says a lot.

You need to read "Through the Veil" and "Children of the Veil" first before reading this one, because you would miss pieces of the story if you don't.

We are back in the faerie world where Elizabeth is preparing to take Teamhair, that should technically be hers since she's the nephew of the faerie queen. But it's not easy, because the Fir Bolgs are armed to the teeth and they want Elizabeth and her Aisling powers in order to conquer the magic world. Despite being in this parallel dimension for just a few months, we see that Elizabeth has gathered an army who trusts her to win this war, but it's not enough. She still has the support of Finn, who is still her boyfriend and her best warrior, Eamonn, Grainne and Malachy, but she needs more alliances.

Elizabeth doesn't take a break as she fights battle after battle, until she and her friends find a device that could possibly destroy their world. So Elizabeth's quest is not only take back her realm, but also destroy this thing that threatens to ruin the already fragile order of that place.

This book was filled with not only battles, but also adventures. Things are not easy for Elizabeth and at times she has to make tough choices, but in the end everything is going to be alright.

In the previous two books I loved the dynamics between Elizabeth and Finn, and I was pleased that they were like I remembered them in this last book. Their bickering is cute and their relationship is believable.

I hope that the author will write more paranormal fantasy like this one, maybe with another type of fantasy heroine.

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This was such a good book.
The only problem for me was I should have read the first two books. I felt a little lost, cause I wasn't familiar with the some of the back story. I definitely recommend these books be read in order.

Elizabeth is now the leader of the Faerie rebellion. She has to be strong to lead the Fae against the threat they face or risk losing everything, especially Finn the love of her life.
Finn fights by her side, there's nowhere else he'd be. An ancient Celtic goddess threatens to take him away from Elizabeth.

Those last scenes had me holding my breath. And I may have gotten a little teary-eyed.

Now I need to go back and read this series from the beginning.

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This book was so good. I haven't read the other books in the series but man I need to now. I will say that I was somewhat lost through this story but I suffered through it and made it out on the other end. I loved the characters and the story and it was just totally magical!

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Echoes from the Veil
Colleen Halverson
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Aisling Elizabeth Tanner is the leader of the Faerie rebellion, but she can't figure out why she is the leader. Now that she's facing the end of the world, she's got to figure out how the heck she's going to lead the Fae to victory. If she doesn't she will lose everything and when I say everything that includes the love of her life Finn.

Finn O'Conell wants nothing more then to fight right beside Elizabeth and make sure that nothing happens to her, but when an ancient Celtic goddess wants to take over his body and soul, he will have an internal fight within himself if he wants to save the rebellion.

Betrayal will lead them deep into the Fae Underworld, where Finn finds out that he might have to let Elizabeth go forever.

Colleen Halverson is brilliant. I say this honestly because she would have to have the most brilliant imagination to write a five star book like this. There is never a dull moment and you never know what's going to come around the next corner. It's a definite nail biter as far as I'm concerned. I have always loved the fae, but have never really read a book this intense. This is one of those books that you pick up and life around you melts away and next thing you know it's hours later and you still can't stop reading. Elizabeth and Finn are absolutely perfect together. They compliment eachother in the best way possible. Ms. Halverson you have outdone yourself and written the perfect book.

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I really loved the first 2 books, so I was kind of disapointed to read this one.

Don't get me wrong. It's not bad. It's actually pretty good. Let me start by listing what I didn't like.

I had high hopes for this one and unfortunately, the author didn't deliver.

I didn't recongnize the personnality of Finn for half the book and
there was too many things happening to really concentrate on the storyline.

But overall, it wasn't bad like I said. I think that the next time, I'm gonna lower my expectations.

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