Court of Claws

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🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

Thank you to NetGalley, Starwater Press, and Briar Boleyn for an ARC of the second book in the Blood of A Fae Series!

In this sequel, Morgan finds herself in a dangerous new court where enemies surround her and her only protection is a man she despises. Desperate to return to Camelot, Morgan must learn how to survive the cutthroat Siabra court while honing her magic in the chance that she will be able to escape to return to her own kingdom. As time goes on and Morgan finds friendship and love in the darkest places, the question on her mind is: does she even want to escape?

This was a stunning sequel to the first book, Queen of Roses, and I DEVOURED it in a day! The author does such a fantastic job weaving in mystery, treachery, action, tension, and danger that no portion of this book dragged for me.

Like the first book, I really enjoyed watching Morgan’s journey as she learns more about her heritage and powers. In many ways she was like a child when she left Camelot and had to grow up very fast in a short amount of time so I really felt for her in this book when she was back in a place where she had no control over what happened to her. She has such potential to be an epic independent badass and I can’t wait to read the rest of her journey.

I absolutely love the character of Kairos Draven as he is the legit definition of morally grey. He’s so dark, mysterious, and deadly that I was literally swooning every time he was on page. I admire how much he wants to protect everyone, especially Morgan, and and all the little things he does to ensure that made me absolutely melt. The miscommunication is strong between him and Morgan and normally I’m not a fan of that trope but I get it after knowing more about both of their characters and I’m really looking forward to the point where they can be more open with each other.

I could go on for ages about how much I was loving the side characters in this book but I don’t want to spoil any of them! I will say that they’re so beautiful and complex and I hope to see more of all of them in the next book.

The ending of this book had me REELING. Like MAAM my heart is already weak enough and you throw this at me haha needless to say I will FOR SURE be binging the next book the second it comes out!!

Read if you like:
Enemies to Lovers
Slow burn romance with spice
Forced proximity
One Bed
Morally Grey MMC
Touch her and die
Powerful FMC

REVIEW •

I was able to get copies of the ARCs in Netgally and I am so grateful! These are also free on KU. 😉 I believe a book 3 is coming soon as well. 🖤

Blood of Fae Book 1- Queen of Roses ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Slow to start lots of world building in first 1/4 of book then boom 💥 the plot, the characters, the cruel betrayals and all the lies. I hated the King and his cruel intentions with Morgan and his people. Morgan has been through a lot of trauma at such a young age into adulthood. You want revenge for her! Draven decides during their journey that she’s worth fighting with and vows to protect her. The way Queen of Roses ends is mind blowing 🤯 have book 2 ready!!

Blood of Fae book 2- Court of Claws ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
From the beginning you are thrown into a high stake competition. Draven has hopes to win and together with Morgan take over their kingdoms to make a better world. This has action, magic and unusual fantastic beasts. There is hidden power that surfaces, Morgan needs to get familiar and gain control of what has been stored within herself for so long. Draven reveals his past with Morgan. What a journey! This one is action- packed, lots of gore, deceptive games and double crossing.

The spice is woah 🥵🔥🔥🔥


🥀 Arthurian retelling with Fae twist✨
🥀 Gore and action-packed 🩸
🥀 Enemies to Lovers 🖤 💔
🥀 Slow burn 🔥
🥀 Forced Proximity 😅
🥀 Touch her and .. ☠️
🥀 Morally grey FMC and MMC 🩶
🥀 Deadly competition 💥

ARC Review of Court of Claws by Briar Boleyn
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The second installment has you gripping tighter onto your kindle as this romance takes on a whole new world, faces bloody massacres, unravels secrets and takes on more creepy monsters.

Morgan's last memory before she woke up was filled with betrayal, carnage and the loss of a friend. Now, she is stuck with Draven, who has been lying to her from the beginning and now has her under his protection...in his homeland...in his kingdom...on another contenant!
Talk about issues.
Now, our heroine is thrown into a court with different rules and desires, where Draven has been hiding his past deeper than she realised she would have to dig. There is also the issue of the plague infecting the children of the lands, leading to more loss and disturbance.
With more on the line, and more of her heart to lose, how can Morgan get home to save her own people when Draven will not let her go?

Things got wild in the book! More friends, more drama, more enemies, more loses, more surprises!
The chemistry is finally starting to spark up between Morgan and Draven, and that poor guy has been through so much in his lifetime. Like, my dude! You poor sod! Now this craziness with Morgan and her need to save her little brother and her kingdom while trying to deal with the nastiness you pulled on her. Excited to see how you deal with it next. Loved how the author gave us different pieces of his past too along the book and not all at once. Draven did this to them, then this is why, and in addition...there is that too! Like, I wanna hug the guy!
I cannot wait for the third book especially after left with that cliffhanger and additional epilogue as we are given a long awaited character!

🛡️Court of Claws 🛡️

⭐️5
🌶️3 1/2
💧4

Guys I’m shook!
This is the second book in the Blood of Fae series by Briar Boleyn. This book is even better than the first!

✨This series is incredible! ✨

It’s such a unique and mind blowing series it’s full of court machinations, fae and monstrous characters as well as the morally grey male you just can’t help but love.

It’s emotionally charged … yes I snot bubble cried a few times because man does Briar Boleyn know how to write emotive scenes that grip you in the guts.

The characters are complex and trying to predict the twists and turns just ain’t possible, so be prepared to be slapped silly with some stunning twists and they aren’t just at the end of the book but all the way through!

I love Beks 💙 - when y’all have read this I need to talk about this adventurous little miscreant

Draven, oh Draven how I love you but want to also stab you with a letter opener! 🗡️

Move over cassian/ rhysand/ Knox and all my other book loves because a new dark and brooding man is moving in 🥵

Oh and he has one wickedly divine mouth.. and don’t we know it but o hope you’re ready for the fire that will be stoked with the slow burn Briar has gifted us. 🌶️🔥


✨Tropes✨
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❇️Slow Burn that burns!
❇️Praise kink
❇️Spicy
❇️court machinations
❇️King Arthur retelling
❇️Fae

✨Favourite quotes✨
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“Be a good fking boy and maybe you'll find out,”

“I will never apologize for saving you. I will never f^king regret coming for you. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. So don’t ask me to say sorry. Don’t expect me to. And don’t you ever, ever f^king say you didn’t deserve to be saved again, do you hear me? Listen to me clearly, you are worthy. You deserved saving. You deserved much more.”

“They might say one of my ancestors had f^ked a cat”

Thank you Briar Boleyn, publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this. ❤️

Review has also been submitted to Amazon and shared in Facebook book groups.

Briar Boleyn has definitely captured my attention with this series!!

While I enjoyed reading Queen of Roses, I absolutely loved Court of Claws. It was giving me all the ACOTAR feelings. I haven't found another book that emulated ACOTAR quite so well while still keeping me guessing with the interesting twists.

I am still having a hard time with Morgan's character. While she definitely experiences character development in Court of Claws beyond that of Queen of Roses, her personally borders on schizophrenic. It was difficult to follow her constant personality changes and I felt bad for Draven numerous times throughout the story. However, I still think she has the potential to be a badass heroine once she gets her emotions and loyalties together.

I can't wait to find out what occurs in the third installment of the Blood of a Fae.

I received a free copy for my honest review.