Faebound is a romantic fantasy brimming with magic, prophecy and romance. It has everything I love about a fantasy: heaps of magic, its own mythology, animal companions, friendships, frenemies, twists and turns all topped off with a burning sapphic enemies to lovers romance. 

Set in a world where only the Elves remain, Yeeran is a fierce warrior who, alongside her diviner sister Lettle and fellow warrior Rayan, stumbles upon the world of the Fae - a world they thought had ended thousands of years before. Captives in the Fae land, this book took on so many twists to the plot and I loved each of them - some you could sense were coming but others had me shook. 

There are so many fantastic characters: from our fierce sisters Yeeran and Lettle, to the powerful Furi, the mysterious Komi and the faithful Rayan. I absolutely adored Golan - the Lightless stylist to the Royal Fae - he read like a hug from a best friend. Pila and the obeah (magical companions) were right up there with my favourites too - Pila definitely had a little sassy side and some of her snarky comments to Yeeran made me chuckle at times. 

There’s action, friendships, betrayal, prophecy, romance, magic, spice(!) and so much to love about this book. For a fantasy novel it was an easy read and the world building made everything so vivid and easy to imagine. 

This was my first time reading a book by Saara El-Arifi and I’ll definitely be highly anticipating the rest of this trilogy and checking out her other novels. Brilliant! 

Thank you to Harper Voyager UK, Saara El-Arfi and NetGalley for my early review copy in exchange of a fair and honest review.