It’s worth reading for nothing more than seeing how Livingston deals with the Fair Folk – they’re not kindly creatures. Therefore the ending sort of fell flat for me, particularly as it conformed to a common fairy story trope – and they all lived happily ever after.Still, Tempestuous is an enjoyable read, particularly if you don’t want to think about what you’re reading. I wanted to see how they dealt with the problems within their relationship, but whilst problems were mentioned I don’t think Livingston dealt with them. Whilst Livingston never promised more than this, I was kind of holding out for more. Kelley and Sonny’s relationship was entirely predictable, and I was left with the sense that despite the occurrences in the three books nothing had really changed – it was, I guess, young love. It was an interesting surprise for me, but true I think to the world Livingston created. I didn’t see how the story fell out coming at all. I wanted to be hooked by the impending climax of this series and whilst I was for the most part, there were times when it just fell flat for me.Despite this, once started I couldn’t put the book down. There is a lot of action, conflict, and angst threaded throughout the story which should make it an exciting read.

Livingston alternates who we follow throughout the chapters, so we get to follow both our hero and heroine as they deal with the world around them falling apart – fairy is slowly spreading into the ‘real’ world, loyalties are in question, and the final moves in a game neither is aware of are being made.

Let me preface this review by saying that I read both Wondrous Strange and Darklight before I read this book, and I liked the way Livingston handled both the plot and the world in both books – Livingston remembered when writing about this world that according to the old stories the Fae/the Fair Folk are not nice and not human, whatever they pretend.The story in Tempestuous takes up pretty much from where Darklight left off, dealing with the repercussions of both Kelley’s and Sonny’s actions.

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