The Wild Court is a book I had been looking forward to for a while. It was one of the first advanced reader copies I had ever gotten and I absolutely loved the first two books! I was worried where the story might go after book 2, but I think it came together really well!

Quick Summary: The Wild Court follows Aed and Ronan after 7 years of ruling The Gut. In our last appearance, we saw Aed get crowned, and 7 years later he has earned the respect of the kingdom. Until something unexpected happens at Ronan's crowning, drawing out the faerie unrest from across the veil.

My favorite thing about this book was the found family that gets developed beyond the veil. We don't know where we're going, and there is so much adventure on the way, so the bond between the little group is inevitable. Plus we continue to see the relationship between Aed and Ronan develop, which was so sweet. After their entire lifetimes basically, they are still learning how to get to know each other on a deeper level. I loved the focus on growing and learning about each other so much!

I thought the story had list me in the beginning right when I found out it takes place so long after the other two. However, I was pleasantly surprised that I was more invested than I thought I'd be pretty early on! I think the time between the other two books really helped make way for what transpires here. If they hadn't spent years without us (as in, the readers, naturally!) I don't think we would have been able to get the depth of understanding between characters like we did. So it ended up paying off!

I also thought it was really cool to finally be able to cross the veil and see what is going on in the faerie realm. The world-building was wonderful and really cool, I loved being able to go in and see the courtly politics. Especially how everything wove together in the plot twists!

Summing it all up

The Wild Court had me hesitant at first but I quickly got invested in way more than anticipated. I absolutely loved how the relationship between Ronan and Aed was able to develop deeper after so long.

I received this book for free and am leaving this review voluntarily

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