"Empress of Fae" has easily become my favorite in the series, delivering sharp and detailed writing that adds a captivating layer to the narrative. This installment takes a darker and more twisted turn, propelling the plot forward with intensity. Morgan, now stuck in Camelot due to a regrettable choice, must confront her brother's chaotic reign and recover Excalibur and the grail before Arthur exploits their power. The dysfunctional sibling dynamic adds a thrilling element to the story. While Kaye and Morgan maintain their fantastic relationship, the stakes are high, and the chaos is escalating.

Draven and Morgan spend much of the story apart, only to reunite in a dreamlike world where their connection takes on a steamy dimension. While yearning for more Draven POV, I crave deeper conversations between them beyond the physical. The anticipation for book 4 is real – hoping for a continuation of the series' excellence. This dark and twisted journey has me hooked, and I can't wait to see what comes next!

YES! Everything I'd hoped would turn around in the second book did in the third!! Character arcs, self-reflection of the FMC and MMC, political involvement and world building. The list goes on. Super impressed with how the storyline is going! I feel like the ending really opened up a great door for the fourth book. I also liked how the author dropped subtle hints but you had to be reading closely and not skimming in order to get the subtle nuances and I LOVE when authors do that. It really helps me to engage with the novel and feel more connected to the plot. Did it get dark at points? Absolutely. If you have triggers, I'd read the warnings. STILL. Can't wait for book 4. I think my favorite characters right now are Morgan and Hawl. Their comments are hilarious. "Cockroaches can be very nutritional" had me laughing out loud.

Just a couple of nit-picky things: In chapter 40, it says that "A bottle of milk had been acquired from somewhere and he was feeding it to her." I'm confused how Arthurian times would have any other resources other than wet nurses? Only other thing was a repeated word in the same chapter when Morgan told Arthur "You are only The the Childslayer."

HOLY MOLY!!! Thank you NetGalley, Briar Boleyn and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

BRIAR BOLEYN HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!! COMPLETELY OBSESSED!! INCREDIBLE!! PERFECTION!! SPECTACULAR!! PHENOMENAL!! FABULOUS!! MASTERPIECE!! THIS SERIES JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER!! IF YOU LOVE ACOTAR AND BLOOD AND ASH THEN YOU NEED TO READ THIS SERIES!! EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT IN A BOOK/SERIES!! IT HAS YOUR BONDED MATES, STRONG FMC, TOUCH HER AND DIE/ONLY SOFT FOR HER MMC, MAGIC, MYSTICAL CREATURES, LOVE, ROMANCE, SPICE, BETRAYAL, FRIENDSHIPS, FOUND FAMILY, HEARTBREAK, SACRIFICE, ADVENTURE, ACTION, UNEXPECTED TWISTS AND A PROPHECY!! THE WORLD BUILDING, PLOT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ARE OUTSTANDING!! ALL THE EMOTIONS!! HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE ROMANTASY SERIES FOR 2023!!! 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️


Empress of Fae is the third book in the "Blood of a Fae" series which is a dark fantasy romance with a loosely inspired King Arthur retelling with a Fae twist! It picks right up from the cliffhanger in Court of Claws with Morgan vanishing through a portal and finding herself back in Camelot after fleeing the court of umbra flames. Upon arrival in Camelot, she quickly realizes that Arthur's rule of terror has left her younger brother and friends in mortal peril. Meanwhile, Draven won't allow his beloved to disappear from his life so easily. His bond with Morgan goes beyond blood, love, life and even time itself and neither one of them can relinquish its power or its pull.

Overall, I was completely immersed from start to finish! The ending was not a true cliffhanger but it does leave you wanting more!! I cannot wait to read book four in March 2024!! I cannot recommend enough and it deserves infinite stars!!! ♾️♾️♾️♾️♾️💫💫💫💫💫

✨Because of the nature of this being a dark and twisted fantasy story please check the trigger warnings before reading this book.✨

This author has me in a choke hold for real. The world is amazing! I loved the story so much. The spice was still awkward in places but easy to look past. I grew to love Morgan, tho she still has her stupid moments 🙄. Draven 🥵🥵. I need more in this series. What's going to happen with the baby?? Guinevere? All of them!!

This book was so amazing. It continued the series so well. The romance was my favorite part and it was so well done. I was hooked from the beginning.

OMG Empress of Fae is my favourite book yet! This series keeps getting better and better!! I am looking forward to book 4! Thank you NetGalley for the introduction to this great series!

I thought this would be the last book in the trilogy, but it isn't. That's great for people who love this story, I'm just not one of them. I had fun with most of book 1, I didn't really enjoy book 2, and this one felt slow for my taste. This is where I'm stopping with this series, it's just not for me, but I see a lot of people enjoying it, so I know it has its audience. I'm just not part of it.

I was so excited for the third book to come out. It was a great continuation of the series.
I feel like Morgan is becoming more mature and is growing more and becoming more wholesome. The political games that she has to play are so well written and adds to the conflict that was already presented in book 1 & 2.
Draven as expected was PERFECT! The way he prioritizes Morgan and what he is doing for her is just WOW. I also loved their communication and this is all I’ll say about it as I don’t want to give any spoilers!
I cannot wait for the next book to be back into this world and read more of these characters ❤️
A huge thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC! All thoughts in this review are honest and my own.

Thank you yet again to this amazing author and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read the 3rd book in this series it truly means a lot! I have fallen in love with these characters over and over again and I'm still in love! This book was set up a little different than the others, it didn't bother me all that much. It did seem a little slow paced at first, but I get the author was trying to set the groundwork for so much that was going on all over to be able to bring us to the climax and than the conclusion. There's so much that goes on or is going on, or has been going on throughout the last two books, that is brought up to bring the reader online with Morgan finding it all out, and it's done in a fantastic way so you feel as though you're actually Morgan herself. Once you can get back to the now it's fine. Yes certain parts and people when you assumed what you did about them and find out you are correct, isn't done like in the previous books, but it wasn't done in a way a lot of books do where you get annoyed because you were right and you felt like you wasted your time reading the book to see if you were right. No you were treated as though you were the main character the whole time, a person who thinks like you, feels like you and assumes like you do so it feels completely cohesive and perfect. I honestly can not think of any book series that has that ability to actually pull you in and allow you to feel as though you are the character yourself and I love it! I've been raving about this book series all over my book groups and I really wish it was more widely available. Thank you also for an amazing ending that I really really wanted and needed, you knew the perfect way to end this book and frankly you did with all of them, and I know there's a fourth coming out, and well the ending ends the way it does. It still sets this book up to fall right into that fourth one in the happiest ways possible! When funds aren't too tight, I will be purchasing my own physical copies of these books and I will be buying the fourth one as soon as it comes out. I have a rule about my books. If I read it and I feel I will read it again, and again, only then will I keep it. If I don't feel that way after reading it I donate it to others so they can enjoy it (it doesn't mean I don't enjoy it, it just means that I didn't love it enough to live without it). I can't live without these books, these are books I will read over and over and over again because they bring me such joy even though I know how they'll turn out. So when I get a chance these will all come home to me to love forever! Thank you for the privilege to be introduced to this wonderful world!

Arc review!! Empress of Fae in the Blood of a fae series by @briarboleynauthor. Thank you @netgalley for providing me with a copy for review!
The next installment was a great one! I loved all of the court politics and secrets/betrayals, and when Draven and his partner finally reunite, blood is spilt (or boiled I should say).
This book was actually my favourite so far, gaining insight to a lot of characters, my heart breaking for Arthur (never thought I'd say that), and some nice spicy scenes with my favourite couple
Would have loved to know more about Javer's movements in the story but ultimately thought he was well written.

4 stars for me!! Cannot wait for the next in the series

Please read the books in order & hold up there’s a 4th one coming too. Whoop.

Really enjoyed these books and getting lost in the travels and fantasy off these worlds.
Very good to follow along and like & dislike characters. A good book gives you both!
Cmon 4!

I really loved the first two books in the series, and I enjoyed this one too. But I must confess, it was my least favorite of the three. The main reason is that the two main characters are apart a good 85% of the book and that MY favorite part in books is the interactions between the main characters. Especially those two, because they have such great banter together.
Putting that aside, the story itself develops nicely and there are some very unexpected twists and turns to the plot, which I enjoyed greatly. We also get the learn a bit more about Morgan's heritage along the way.
I will definitely be reading the fourth book!

WOW. When I say I want a King Arthur retelling with a little bit of romance, a touch of Fae, and amazing character development, THIS is what I want!

The third book in the series, this one ABSOLUTELY does not disappoint, and each book has been better than the one before it. This story picks up right where Court of Claws left off--Morgan has escaped from Draven and found her way back home and is reunited with Merlin and Lancelet. While she tries to sort out her feelings and emotions surrounding Draven and the choices he made for her, she's also tasked with stopping her brother and the war that he has thrown the kingdom into, saving Kaye, and figuring out her own place in the world. No big deal.

I absolutely loved the character development Morgan and Draven both went through in this book, and the growth they both had. After recently finishing a 7 book series where it felt like NO character had any sort of growth, this was SO refreshing and made me so happy.

It was great seeing Morgan and Draven actually communicate and work together to solve their problems, plus their dream meetings were SO cute. Lancelet's character development? Amazing. THE VILIANS?? Oh my gosh Arthur and his general are just the absolute WORST, and I honestly don't know how Morgan was able to show any sort of restraint at all. They were definitely some of the best written villains I've read in awhile. I'm so happy this isn't the last book--the pacing in this one was great, and if anything had been cut to make room for more action/added to rush an ending, it wouldn't have worked or been nearly as enjoyable.

My only criticism is that this was set up as a dual POV novel, but we randomly get one chapter from the POV of another character, and that's it. I LOVED that chapter, and I wish we had gotten to see more of her POV.

I HIGHLY recommend this one (And the entire series!) to anyone who enjoys:
~Fated Mates
~Magical Creatures
~Court Politics
~Legend of King Arthur
~Morally Gray MMC
~Dual POV

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book! I can't wait for the next one!

Fantastic series which retells Arthur and the Sword but with Fae, magical creatures, mating bond and the continuation of enemies to lovers. The books are easy reading and hard to put down. Had many a late night the last week while i read all three books!

I am thoroughly enjoying the series, and cannot wait for the next book!

I am so happy for book #3. Thank you Netgalley and Briar Boleyn for allowing me to read and review again. I am so grateful, this has been a great series to read and I can't wait for the final book to come out next year.

Spoilers ahead!

Empress of fae is book three in the blood of a fae series, sp make sure to read Queen of Rosses, and Court of Claws before jumping into this one.

We left off with Morgan Pendragon, now Le Fay/Venator, escaping Siabra and the Court of Umbral Flames angrily through a portal back to Camelot, where she's meeted with her friends to bring down Arthur's reign. Kairos Draven takes care of some business at home and then leaves to find his wife. Their mating bond grows more everyday and they can't be apart from each other long.

In this third installment, Morgan discovers her true heritage, she accepts her bond, her mate, her new empress title, and becomes spy on her brother, King Arthur.

Final thoughts. I just have to say.. Fenyx, GAH. The man got what he deserved, I was counting down the chapters for Morgan to melt him. And also, my assumption for the man who keeps popping in her dreams is the same who 'spelled' Arthur, could it be her father??

Can't wait for book 4!

Thank you NetGalley for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review!

So… I’ve been mislead and I’m not even mad about it😂. I was lead to believe this would be a trilogy… I got to the end of this book to find out that there is in fact a fourth book coming!

I love the dual POV in this book, it really helps you stay connected to Draven and Morgan.

I also love the relationship between Morgan and her sister! As a big sister, this relationship made me so happy!

I honestly cannot stop recommending this series to people. All the books are fantastically written and doesn’t drag on at all!

I will admit that I was very scared at first. I am not the biggest fan of multiple POVs, but I can handle 2 and sometimes I love seeing the other POV. However, when this book started and we went through 4 different POVs I thought that was how the whole book was going to be and I almost put it down. I am SO glad that I didn't though. We have continued to build in this world and I was on the edge of my seat following the action. I cannot wait to see what book 4 has in store!

I was not able to start this book as I decided not to finish reading book 2.

I am very grateful for the opportunity to have been given the ARC by netgalley, the author and publisher.
I wish the author every success in the future as I think she is a great writer, the plot just didn't suit me.

Empress of Fae by Briar Boleyn is the third book in the Blood of a Fae series and is a fantasy romance story based on Arthurian legends, set in a Fae and human world. This book three is definitely darker than the first two books so please do check content warnings. Tropes include bonded mates, found family, hurt/comfort and I’d cross the world for you.

The Lovely: I loved the plot and tension in this book. It was much darker than the first two (I love dark fantasy) and while not full of constant action scenes or battles, the tension was well-maintained over the course of the book. And, of course, the real test - I finished it in one day because I couldn’t put it down.

The Mundane: I feel like this book was more about the plot than the characters. We didn’t really see the development in the characters here like we did in the first two books. I missed the feeling of watching the characters grow and how their relationships changed. That said, still love the Draven and a Morgan relationship, especially him just comforting her.

Also Mundane: Going into this book I was nervous because I don’t love when main characters are separated for long periods of time. The way the author dealt with it was effective and somewhat unique, but never really explained how it was possible. In addition, I don’t feel like we got the payoff of a sweet reunion scene.

Rating: 4/5 Stars 3/5 Flames

Recommendation: I received an advance review copy for free from Net Galley and I am leaving this review voluntarily. I loved how this book twisted up the traditional Arthurian retellings and had unique characters. The fourth (and I believe final) book is due for release in March 2024. If you like fantasy romance with a strong FMC and gods and myths, I think you would like this book.

Empress of Fae 3.5⭐️ 3🌶️

Fantasy Romance
Arthur Reimagining
Multi POV
War
🏳️‍🌈 Side Characters
Morally Grey MMC
Intrigue
Politics
Kidnapping
Dreams

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.