Quicksilver

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I think we all know I'm a sucker for fae-driven fantasy romance books. As long as it's good fun, and written moderately well, I AM THERE. Quicksilver fits that bill pretty much perfectly. PLUS there's the addition of vampires to this particular world, which was weird at first, but I grew to like. (I like vampire romance novels, too, but my PREFERRED cryptid would be werewolves. If someone could write a fae-werewolf romance I think I'd die and go to heaven.) ANYWAY –

Kingfisher is a grumpy shadow-powered fae that's unreasonably powerful. Sound familiar? Probably, because I swear there's a version of this character in just about every fae-driven fantasy romance out there. CAN I GET A MALE LEAD WITH SUN POWERS OR SOMETHING???? I know dark and forbidden is niche atm but c'mon. CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT, CAN WE? Despite my complaints, I really did like him. He ended up having a soft heart (of course he did) and well, c'mon. [waves hands at book]

Saeris was hard to like at first. She was DETERMINED to help her brother who ended up being a god-dang idiot and also not needing help due to another character. Saeris was gruff, brash, and just kinda prickly. (Also sound familiar? BECAUSE YEAH. Whatever, it doesn't really matter bc I WILL READ ALL THE BOOKS LIKE THIS.) Once she finds out and discovers her really kinda cool, unique power, and figures out that Fisher doesn't really want her dead, well, things go better for her and she becomes tolerable.

I wish we had seen more of them actually falling in love instead of just sort of insta-lust, and then oh yeah they're together now. Maybe in the next book we'll see the soft spots between them? I have hopes.

Anyway, I really enjoyed Quicksilver. There was some seriously cool world-building aspects, but I do have questions on like....the government / ruling class. How does it work? Who pays for stuff? Is it a monarchy? An empire? A democracy? (No on that one, I'm sure.) OH WELL. More world building will happen eventually. Probably. Hopefully. Despite my unanswered, unimportant questions, Quicksilver was a solid 4.5 stars for me. Pick it up if you're at all into fae romances!