The Fae have Fallen.
Our world isn’t what it used to be. Fae were once revered as saviors and now? Hated doesn’t even begin to describe it.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the elites no longer hold the power in Ancetol, the guy I love is in prison for life and my best friend? She disappeared without a trace—kidnapped—and I’ve made it my personal mission to save her.
To call my life complicated … to save her.
To call my life complicated would be an understatement, but it gets worse when an old enemy resurfaces and threatens to slaughter the already tenuous peace in our city.
The strong have to rise, before life as we know it is stolen.
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This Upper YA/NA series is intended for mature audiences. It contains cursing, sexual situations, bullying, and violence.
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God I really wanted to like this third book but i just couldn’t. I mean, I can understand that the author was building relatable characters and emotional connections the first two books but I had expected all the drama keeping the main characters from being together would get resolved. At roughly 50% through the last book, the main characters just have even more crap piled on that keeps them apart and it just makes you want to give up on them and finishing the book. I’m literally just skimming the rest of the book… I had so much hope and it just got shattered.
Male MC Rating: 3 Stars
Female MC rating: 3 Stars
Side Character Ratings: 5 Stars
Romance Rating : 2 Stars
Plot rating: 3 Stars
Dialogue rating: 3 Stars
Storytelling rating: 3 Stars
End/Epilogue rating: 2 Stars
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Overall rating : 3 Stars
This is a bittersweet conclusion to a fantastic series. You know an author has a gift when you mourn the loss of a book or series and that is the case with this book and the series. You instantly love the characters and the storyline and get drawn into their world. This book and the series is a must read.
Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Brittni Chenelle for this free copy. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication.
We get to see some old favorite in this novel, and learn about some new people that are on the journey as well. The interactions between everyone was comical, and I loved it so much. Sometimes it would get really intense, and other times it seemed like a few young adults just loving life. I enjoyed that balance that Chenelle gave us. This was the perfect ending to a great trilogy, and I can’t wait to read more from Chenelle in the future.
This book was an excellent concluding book to the trilogy. It was well written and the story and characters were well developed. I loved the character dynamics and watching the relationships evolve and develop through the books. The story was excellent, it was action packed and full of twists and turns. It had suspense, intrigue, emotion, hot chemistry and romance. It provided the happy ever after ending and was concluded well!! An excellent trilogy that I’d highly recommend!!
I received an arc for a voluntary review.
I supposed more than anything I wanted them to know that the gifts we were given didn’t define us. A person’s worth comes not from their superhuman abilities but from their human ones. Our will to help and protect others is what makes us strong. It’s true that some people are born with extraordinary gifts, but we’re all capable of heroic deeds. I know that things won’t sort themselves out overnight, but one act of kindness at a time is all it will take to heal Ancetol.
After the ending of the last book, I was super excited to start this one, so I opened it and this is what I see…
Two years later… So, you want to tell me that now that I finally don’t hate Kai, he has been in prison for 2 years and knows nothing about the outside?! 2 “[bleep]” years?
I was mad, but I still wanted to know what happened, so after pouting a few minutes I took my book back and kept reading.
Everything went to hell. Bri was kidnapped and Kaito was sentenced to prison for life. The Fae had officially fallen and were even losing their gifts for a weird epidemic. Most of them fled from Ancetol, leaving in on the hands of Yemoja Roux, but even she was getting old.
Reina wasn’t ready to help Yemoja, and had all her focus on finding Bri. She had the help of Oden and Miranda, and a group of search that was getting everyday smaller, as they didn’t seem to get any closer to find her.
Without a moment of hesitation, Yemoja scrambled for her phone.
“Wh-what are you doing?”
She ignored me, holding the phone far too close to her face and typing into it. A minute or two later, she looked up. “Done.”
“What did you do?”
“Only you can make a decision like that, but either way we’re going to need ice cream.”
Like things were not bad enough, DT is alive, and he’s acting like a Serf and trying to get the Chairman place to control the whole city, that loves him by the way. The city was happy as they lose the fear of touch, almost every Gifted was gone.
Now Reina needs to find a way to stop DT, without Kaito’s help…
The darkness hid the silent tears that fell as I realized I’d made a horrible mistake. For a few minutes, I’d allowed a parasite back into my body, one that had nearly destroyed me years ago. A parasite called hope.
I don’t know how to begin to describe my feelings with this book. I give it all the stars, but I know that is not the best book I’ve read, and had the typical problem that I find in some endings that is the secondary characters seem to have gotten stuck while the life of the MC resolves. But then, why do I give it all the stars? Simple my friends, because this is MY blog and I CAN . But loving a book doesn’t mean you are blind to it’s “mistakes” and as they may be fatal for some people I feel obliged to point them out. Also, if you need a scientific explanation for everything, this is not your book. Gifts simple exists, and you can have them or not as simply as a mole, which is perfectly fine for me .
I truly loved this saga. The first book was entertaining at the begging but had a bad ending (bad for the characters, not for the reader). The second book had a lot more action and things got even worse. But in this one everything was truly messed up. All the system of the city collapsed, and Reina found herself trying to save a city that now hated her. All while trying to not get broken as her search wasn’t working. And tried to make peace with the fact she would never see Kai again.
The only thing left for me and Kaito was a goodbye. Now or after years, it all ended in heartbreak…
It had been us against the world since we’d met. Why wouldn’t the universe cooperate?
I got the opportunity to hear the audiobook and read the book at the same time, which I absolutely recommend. Matthew H. Longoria did a great job as Kaito, but Lessa Lamb as Reina truly was the star. This is the first time I understood the importance of the narrator.
Love may be over, but it’s not dead.
Even though I’d never see him again, each memory was vividly etched into me…
My strength broke. I didn’t have enough time with him. No amount would have been enough, but at least I know that it was real. Otherwise, it wouldn’t hurt this badly.
As the other ones, this book is full of amazing descriptions and characters. Every emotion felt so real, everyone was so real. Miranda wasn’t as bad since last book but in this one she proved to be an extremely loyal friend and a good person deep inside. Her Gift, visions, was an important part of this book and I think Brittni did an amazing job playing with them and the development of the story.
I completely forgot about the political game in this book. It has a pretty interesting game of powers in the background. Showing how Ancetol people wasn’t happy with the system and was ready for a change, no matter the cost.
Long story short, I loved this saga, goes to my favorites shelf and obviously recommend 100% to give it a try.
What a perfect ending to a fantastic series! I am so glad to see that, for the most part, everyone gets a happy ending finally. The writing was so good and the narration brought it all to life perfectly!
This is the third book in the Gifted Fae Academy series and it wraps up the story wonderfully. There were quite a few twists that I didn’t see coming. This book takes you on a ride waiting to see who will survive, who will keep their powers, and how the city on Ancetol will be made right again among the chaos. Rei and Kai continue to fight their destiny. Their love story goes on quite the ride, but the ending was so much better than expected.
Couldn’t put it down, stayed up reading to finish it in the wee hours of the morning but I loved how it ended. Enjoyed seeing how much the characters have grown and changed throughout the series. Definitely a unique twist on fae and people with gifts. Highly recommend this series.
Will there be an HEA or a tragic Romeo and Juliet? The plot twists and suspense made this conclusion worthy of seeing it through. Amazing conclusion that I didn’t see coming. To me, I couldn’t have asked for better. The flow was perfect and the roles each character played was seamless. Other than the mature content here and there, almost could refer to some upcoming readers I know. Definitely a NA. All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Two years apart, two lives unraveled.
I cannot believe that this is it. I’ve reached the end of this trilogy, and I must confess that I’m a bit heartbroken to see it all end. Brittni could write ten more books in this series and I’d read them all, but in truth, she ended this series beautifully, exquisitely.
Two Steps From Hell’s album “Miracles” was playing in the background as I read this book and I cannot recommend the pairing enough to all of you reading my review. Especially when I was deeply ensnared in chapter 2, and track 3, “Compass” began. Pair the album with this book. You won’t regret it.
I’ve been trying to find a way to describe best how Reina and Kaito resonate for me, but I lack the words. So, I’ll let the songs that I hear for them do the talking.
Kaito: ‘Keepin’ Me Alive’ by Jonathan Roy
Reina: ‘Fight Song’ by Rachel Platten
Kaito & Reina as both a pair of warriors together in their fight: ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons.
And then again, as a romantic couple: “Walk Through the Fire” by Zayde Wolf ft. Ruelle.
This book has been a wild ride, from what becomes of Kaito, to what became of DT, to all that happens with Bri, Oden, Miranda, and Yemoja. So many emotions, so many heartstrings, and in the same breath, so many times that you rise with Reina and Kaito to new heights only to fall harder as the fates and those around them spin them around and try to tug them apart.
Without saying too much and giving anything away, I can truly say that this book captured me heart, mind, and soul. Brittni Chenelle has a breathtaking talent for storytelling that is only enhanced and polished further by the discipline and skill she has as a writer. She’s able to weave her words effortlessly from the page into your mind until you forget that you’re reading, and find yourself experiencing every emotion, triumph, and loss from Kaito and Reina instead as if they were your own.
If you enjoy A.D. Winter, Megan Blackwood, Mary Fan, Allison Rose, Jessica Feyden, Stephanie Rowe, or L.A. Pepper, you will enjoy this book.
It is amazing how much the characters have grown and the world has changed in ways that make it unrecognizable from the beginning of the first book. Things that once seemed so important have fallen to the wayside as they face unprecedented challenges and are forced to make decisions with world changing consequences. They have a vision from a seer – but seeing isn’t always the same as understanding. More a love story that the previous two books, this final installment brings together all the pieces in a way that is unexpected, yet very satisfying. Death, loss, and re-round purpose all play a role in this thrilling series conclusion.
In a twisted reality, it is two years after Kai is imprisoned for his crimes. The world they knew through the Fae, collapsed. The Fae had left and only a handful was still around to protect the innocents. As Kia contemplates different scenarios that occurred, all the prisoners, including him find freedom. It is DT walking around! He cannot believe it…how is he alive! He wants the prisoners’ votes so he can become the new chairman. Reina finally has a run-in with him and hits him…she knows he is still evil and is planning something. They have to try and discover how the Fae lost their powers. Reina and her friends will come together to fight in a final battle giving it everything they have…but what will happen? Who will die and stay alive? How will their world be after the final battle? I received this as an ARC and am leaving a voluntary review.
I received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. This is all my own thoughts and honest opinions.
Going into this book absolutely loving both books 1 and 2, I had extremely high expectations and hopes for this book. And I was NOT disappointed! Normally I don’t like books where a large gap of time between books takes place. For this series, book 2 (The Brave and the Broken) and book 3 take place 2 years apart. Yet, the jump in time was very needed and necessary for the reader to understand the changes and perspectives of each of the characters
There were a few things that happened at the beginning of this book that really confused me, the time jump included; however, everything gets explained by the end. I felt a whole range of emotions while reading this book. Happiness, anger, frustration, and tons and tons of sexual tension.
Being the last book in the series, I am completely hooked on the Reina and Kaito love story and this book did not disappoint in any way. Reina is so precious and deserves all of the love and affection possible. Kaito hasn’t had the greatest past in showing that he can be there for Reina, but have no fear, he comes around.
Is this series an emotional rollercoaster? Yes. Is this series worth the time to read? Absolutely! Will I recommend this series to anyone and everyone? Of course! Please do yourself a favor and read this series. It will be worth it.
If you love fantasy this trilogy is for you! I will definitely be having a book hangover after this. I loved the characters. At the end of this journey they almost seem real. This author has true talent. She pulled me into her story and I was surprised to see the world had continued on when I finished. I flew through these book. Pick them up. You won’t be disappointed.