These Hollow Vows

Brie must venture into the faerie realm to save her sister.

Abriella Kincaid is a human girl who with her sister Jasalyn has a contract of servitude to pay off their debt. They lost their father in a fire and were abandoned by their mother when she went into the land of the fae.

Brie hates faeries. She sees humans being taken by the fae to be slaves and is appalled by how they treat humans as disposable. Her mother abandoning them for the mythical land adds to her hatred. But when Jasalyn's contract of service is sold to a faerie, Brie knows she must enter their realm to save Jas.

Brie has powers when she enters the land of the fae and makes several friends whose mission it is to help her gain control of her powers. Her heart is torn between two faerie princes -- one Seelie (Ronan), one Unseelie (Finn). Brie struggles with the decisions she must make to save Jas and all the secrets and deceptions she must uphold on her mission.

The story starts to veer off in a direction I knew was the wrong one, and I was fully prepared to hate the novel if it ended that way. Luckily I was right all along; Lexi Ryan deftly plants all the seeds for the ending. While many readers will see it coming, the ending is satisfying and will leave you anxiously awaiting the sequel.

Recommended for YA fantasy fans and readers of Sarah J. Maas.

Lexi Ryan is a bestselling and award-winning romance author who lives in Indiana. These Hollow Vows is her first YA fantasy novel.

Series: These Hollow Vows, #1

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (print); Harper Audio

Narrator: Casey Holloway

Running Time: 13 hours, 8 minutes

Length: 464 pages

Release Date: July 20, 2021

I received an electronic galley copy of this title from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.