Aisling Elizabeth Tanner is now the leader of the Faerie rebellion. Facing the end of the world, she will have to find the strength to lead the Fae to victory against the threat they face, or risk losing everything, including Finn, whom she’s come to love more than life. Warrior Finn O’Connell wants nothing more than to fight by Elizabeth’s side. But an ancient Celtic goddess threatens to take … threatens to take charge of his soul, and he will have to wage a war within himself to save the rebellion from disintegrating into chaos.
Betrayal leads them into the Fae Underworld, where Finn discovers his greatest sacrifice might be letting Elizabeth go–forever.
The Aisling Chronicles are best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Through The Veil
Book #2 Children of the Veil
Book #3 Echoes from the Veil
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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.
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.