Lava Red Feather Blue

This book was just ok. It could have been edited down another 100 pages or so to make it better paced. There was a lot of extra information, especially about side characters, that was just unnecessary and there were many times I almost gave up because I was uninterested or just bored - and in fact skipped through the last couple of chapters just to get it over with.
The visuals are pretty strong in the writing - the descriptions of the different areas of faerie as well as the characters themselves are described well. However, the voices/dialogue between the characters aren't and I would forget which one Larkin or Merrick was until someone said “Prince” or described them.

I didn't realise I had read one of Ringle's books before and hated it because of her take on fae as well as her style of writing or I probably wouldn't have started this one, but the summary and premise sounded interesting.

This book fills a lot of the fantasy aspects I like to see - there's romance, there's action, and by the second part there's A LOT going on, but for me it made the read fun. I've never read anything by Ringle, to be honest, but this one had me hooked to the point where I'd be likely to read more from her. I'd recommend this to fantasy-lovers like myself. Some points gets a littttle muddled near the end, but it wasn't excessive, and I still very much enjoyed it.

I went in blind Lava Red Feather Blue and was greatly rewarded.

In the first chapter, you have zero idea what's happening or what kind of world you're in. You're just starting to understand what's going on, and then you're thrust two centuries to the future.
Merrick is not a perfect protagonist, and I love him for it. Larkin, too, makes a few questionable choices. But they both learn and grow. Their relationship evolved through the story, and it felt natural.

Every once in a while, the dialogue felt a bit stiff, but it wasn't enough to truly bother me.

I love the world that the author built and looked forward to coming back to it every evening as I read. And really, that's one of the best things you can find in a book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.