The moment I began The Courting of Bristol Keats I was getting Holly Black’s Elfhame vibes! I’m starting this review with recommending this to any Folk of the Air fans! But this is an adult Elfhame in which we get some incredible romantic tension and spice!

Bristol suffers from family secrets and suppressed magic. She enters Elfhame having made a bargain to help them if they help her, but she doesn’t realize that not everything she’s heard of fae is true. I really enjoyed the constant irony of the story through multi-POVs. While knowing the secrets of each party might seem spoilery, it really upped the anticipation of converging truths coming to a head. I also found the POVs of inanimate objects, locations, and beasties to be so fun and unique!

I enjoyed the found family, training, and reluctant allies tropes. I felt the romance was the perfect amount of tense and spicy without anything too gratuitous. I did not expect the ending to be a cliffhanger though! Now I have to be patient while waiting for the next book! In the end, this was five stars for me!