A review by eloise_bradbooks
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

3.0

 If you like romantasy and want something queer, you'll probably enjoy this a lot.
If you're looking for some epic fantasy, lots of fae lore and deep political intrigue, you may be disappointed.

I can see what's to like, when you like that kind of thing. It's a romance-driven story in an elves & fae queernormative world with cute animal-like bonds. It's well written and pulls you in and keeps you reading... up to a certain point.
For me, I was really intrigued, was immersed for a time, but ultimately couldn't get behind any of the romances. We've got sapphic enemies-to-lovers where they're enemies for a bit then somehow fall in love out of nowhere. The other romance doesn't have anything special either...
I guess I would have liked more lore, more fantasy, more politics (and this comes from someone who doesn"t read that much fantasy...), more sibling bonds.

Maybe I wasn't in the mood, maybe it wasn't for me, but this book just didn't do anything to surprise or make me care for the characters or the world enough to care about what could have been an epic fantasy story about bad ass warrior women.