Fans of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange will enjoy this next book in Melissa Marr’s Tales of Faerie series. Fragile Eternity is technically the sequel to Wicked Lovely, but I wouldn’t recommend reading this without having read Ink Exchange (a companion novel)–while FE really has nothing to do with IE, you really will gain a lot of insight into a few of the background characters that appear in FE, including Niall, by reading IE.

In FE, we return to Aislinn (Ash), Seth, and Keenan, just as summer begins, a season after Aislinn became a faery and the Summer Queen to Keenan’s King. Love triangle drama ensues–Ash love Seth but feels drawn to Keenan as the summer season plays with their emotions. The big questions in this book are: What exactly does Ash feel for Keenan, is it true feeling or just the effect of summer, and what’s Seth going to do about it?

As summer draws near, emotions fly high and fall low as the summer monarchs attempt to come to terms with their newly restored court, their feelings, and with eternity. Seth also deals with his frustrations at his own mortality and his growing bond with his friend (and newly reigning king of the Dark Court), Niall. Donia (Keenan’s love before Ash came to town) also tries to come to terms with her newly found role as Winter Queen and Keenan’s repeated betrayals.

FE mainly focuses on Seth and his attempt to find a way to truly be with Ash, but the conflicts of the other characters (including the introduction of Sorcha, queen of the High Court) make for a great bit of additional backstory and depth.

Does Seth succeed at gaining what he desires? Will Ash fall for Keenan as summer pulls her in? Make sure to pick up Fragile Eternity and find out!

I have to say, I have been loving this series of books by Melissa Marr. The world and its characters are fascinating and deep. My only gripe is Keenan–after 3 books I still feel like I don’t quite understand him or his motives. But for any fan of fantasy and romance, especially fans of Holly Black’s books, will enjoy the Tales of Faerie!

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