It’s not everyday a girl wakes up only to discover her memories have vanished.Crysta’s past is one huge question mark, but a handsome faerie prince by the name of Kheelan is more than happy to fill in the blanks. He swears Crysta is his one true love, and she’s hard-pressed to argue the point, especially since she’s trying to play catch-up to the social and political upheaval within the Fae realm … within the Fae realm while avoiding an assassin bent on her destruction, Kheelan’s very own brother, Jareth.
With a magical plague attacking every race in the realm and a mad king dabbling in the Dark Arts, Crysta, her fiancé Kheelan, and her father Rodri, must face the impossible task of convincing the royals of the Unseelie Court to wage war against King Moridan before it’s too late.
But Crysta’s heart and thoughts are somewhere else. Brief flashes of a faerie prince with silver hair and deep, blue eyes continually haunt her.
Who is this mystery man, and why isn’t he Kheelan?
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Third times a charm as they say. This books shows this for sure! Not that there was anything wrong with the first two books. I really liked them, but for every book I read in this series it just keeps getting better and better and way more intense!
The memory loss and the confusion, fear and deceit that came with it for Crysta and was absolutely beautifully written. I couldn’t have asked for it to be better. Her coping with it all pulled on my emotions and I loved how it shaped and reformed her relationship with Jareth. It was exciting seeing how the drama and push and pull between them played out with her amnesia. It was also very realistic just for the fact that her mixed emotions, trust issues and mental disarray was so complex and well thought out by the author.
As amazingly written the tumult was, the turn around was somewhat disappointing. One second she found it difficult to trust or believe in the people around her, which is completely fair considering what she had been through. But the next second she suddenly trusts her uncle and Jareth. Not full heartedly perhaps, but still. Just a few pretty words from Jareth and she is pudding in his arms? I found it almost anticlimactic since I excepted perhaps a bigger gesture from him to prove he was trustworthy. The same scenario happened at the delegation as well and it annoyed me even more. A fancy speech, some (cringy) applause and racism was no more. Forget the fact that the faeries had been believing and breathing these prejudices for centuries. A five minute speech from Crysta and all is equal and right in the world again. Racism isn’t cured in a day. If it truly was that easy, then it wouldn’t even exist in the first place.
Although I was against it at first, not being much of a fan of love triangles, Crysta’s amnesia built up her “fake” relationship with Kheelan wonderfully, with the growing feelings that made the betrayal really heartfelt. Then again, as much as Crysta felt betrayed it was also disappointing how little she showed it when she finally confronted Kheelan. It actually bugged me to no end how friendly, supportive and understanding she acted instead. Fore shame really. She had no reason to treat him that way and all the reason in the world to despite him. It was just so unsatisfying and out of nowhere.
Also, speaking of unsatisfying and out of nowhere, “flaming hobgoblins” please someone remove that from the book. It was so overused and not even good the first time around.
Overall I really enjoyed My Fair Impostor. Sure, I had some issues with it but it was nothing compared to all the suspense, drama and toe curling romance I got in bucketload instead. I hope fourth time will be a charm as well and My Fair Invader is even more intense!
I am voluntarily reviewing a complimentary review copy of this book
If you like fairies and other unique beings and love a story with strong characters, full of action, adventure, betrayal and romance, then do read this adventure!