Misha is likable, helpful, and a sound friend to Brie when she’s been betrayed by so many she trusted in Faerie. A stand out being Pretha’s brother, Misha King of the Wild Fae Lands. Readers will be excited to know some interesting side characters from These Hollow Vows get a little more page time in the new release. For as much as Sebastian controls the crown, it is evident he doesn’t have the loyalty of the people or the land yet. These camps and the Unseelie children become the main focus of this final installment, as well as who the rightful ruler of the Unseelie court is. Immediately after her mad dash from the Seelie Queen’s castle, Brie throws herself into the rescue of captured Unseelie children from The Seelie Queen’s detainment camps, briefly discussed in These Hollow Vows. She channels her powers (that have now become fully realized after turning fey) into action, and not action that benefits herself. Ryan did an incredible job writing the emotional turmoil a connection like that would have on a character who has been so devastatingly betrayed.īrie doesn’t wallow in despair. Unfortunately, that pesky bond he somewhat tricked her into means he has an ever-present link to her.

She’s using her powers of darkness to escape The Seelie Queen’s palace and put some much-needed distance between herself and Sebastian. But hopefully if you’re reading this, you read These Hollow Vows already and this was merely a recap if not, that gibberish will make sense when you do! As stated, These Twisted Bonds picks up right in the middle of the action.

After bonding with Brie, Sebastian has stolen the Unseelie crown from her, pushing his half-brother Prince Finn out of contention for their father’s throne. This betrayal is further compounded, when it’s revealed that Sebastian is also half-Unseelie and the half-brother to the final side of Brie’s love triangle, Unseelie Prince Finn (are you keeping up?). Sebastian has slipped Brie the Potion of Life, turning her into a fairy against her wishes. Unseelie crown-carrying human girl Brie has saved her sister from the imposter Unseelie King, but ultimately, she’s been betrayed by the Seelie Prince Sebastian. Most readers were left screaming from shock at the finale, which had quite the cliffhanger – so it’s been a long 365 days while waiting for the fallout in the final entry of the duology.Īs a refresher, These Twisted Bonds picks up almost immediately where These Hollow Vows left off. BookTok definitely has a soft spot for fairy tales and fairy stories in general, so These Hollow Vows fit pretty neatly into the algorithm. If you’ve been on BookTok (the book lover’s side of TikTok) for any period of time last year, you might have heard about Lexi Ryan’s These Hollow Vows.

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