The Falconer

Related Posts:
The Falconer Synopsis [SPOILERS]
The Vanishing Throne Review
The Fallen Kingdom Review

I received a copy of The Falconer from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I may have requested this book based entirely on its cover, without even reading the description. Apparently you *can* judge a book by its cover.

Aileana Kameron used to dream of a gorgeous wedding, of finding a man she could love and raising a happy family. Until the day a year ago when a faery killed her mother. She's spent the past year training alongside Kiaran, a faery who doesn't mind killing his own kind, building deadlier and deadlier weapons with her skill as an inventor, and listening for news of her mother's murderer, so she can one day exact revenge.

I loved Aileana. She's so fierce and dark and vengeful. She cares for nothing more than killing faeries, to the point of addiction. She's not stable and I love it. And then there's Kiaran. Often when you have a badass female lead, the love interest is some even more badass guy who spends the entire series trying to prevent the girl from doing anything dangerous (*cough* Mortal Instruments *cough*). Kiaran has no interest in keeping Aileana safe. If anything, he pushes her far past what she thinks the can handle.

This book has well-written badass characters. It has a romance that isn't a living trope and that isn't the focus of the book. It has plot twits and the most glorious and shocking and perfect ending. And it has plenty of killing. So so so much killing.

If you love steampunk, if you love strong (and maybe kind of serial killer crazy?) female leads, if you love gore, if you love plot twists and cliffhangers, you need to read this book right now.

Buy The Falconer on Amazon