Violet Dawn: A Fallen Angel Fantasy Romance (The Aetherial Embrace Trilogy Book 2)
Kristy Nicolle
4.0 (1 rating)
Violet Dawn: A Fallen Angel Fantasy Romance (The Aetherial Embrace Trilogy Book 2)
Pages: 600
Reader Reviews
4.0
1 rating
Beth .
Mar 15, 2026
This is the second novel in the third and final trilogy leading up to the epic conclusion of the Queens of Fantasy Saga.
Second books in trilogies frequently end up a little slow because they consist of so much filler material between the initial world building book and the concluding book. Not so in this one- never once did I feel bored or like I wanted to skip ahead or skim portions. Aro is, by far, Kristi’s best villain. Kairi, her best FMC (although after a while, I loved Sephy from the Ashen Touch Trilogy.) In the two proceeding trilogies, I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t enjoy the villains’ chapters much at all. Especially the Tidal Kiss Trilogy villains- even though they were important to the overall saga. But there wasn’t one portion of this book that I was tempted to skip over. To me, that shows incredible growth by the author.
Kairi still had her moments of overwhelming self-martyrdom, but hers felt legit. She’s really morphed into a total badass and much better leader than I anticipated. Aro is still terrible (in the best villain way,) and Lucien is still honorable and still holding out for Kairi. Genevieve shocked me with her turn of character- but I love what’s going on with her. I have a theory about Algoric, her dragon, which I can’t share yet, but it ties in with the Ashen Touch Trilogy so I can’t wait to see if I’m right.
This book took me 23 whole days to read, which in Beth terms, is forever. I’ve had an entire week where I read only half a chapter (altitude sickness on vacation, couldn’t stomach the thought of reading with my head in a a vice.) But reading this entire saga in 2 months or so has been a huge (but rewarding) challenge. I usually like to throw in a couple of thrillers between ginormous fantasy books, but I’m on a deadline so I’ve pushed more back to back fantasies than normal and it’s got me spiraling a bit. That being said- I’m very much looking forward to the final book in this trilogy. I can’t wait for its conclusion and then to see what happens when all 3 of our heroines meet in the concluding novel.
5 star read for me.
Second books in trilogies frequently end up a little slow because they consist of so much filler material between the initial world building book and the concluding book. Not so in this one- never once did I feel bored or like I wanted to skip ahead or skim portions. Aro is, by far, Kristi’s best villain. Kairi, her best FMC (although after a while, I loved Sephy from the Ashen Touch Trilogy.) In the two proceeding trilogies, I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t enjoy the villains’ chapters much at all. Especially the Tidal Kiss Trilogy villains- even though they were important to the overall saga. But there wasn’t one portion of this book that I was tempted to skip over. To me, that shows incredible growth by the author.
Kairi still had her moments of overwhelming self-martyrdom, but hers felt legit. She’s really morphed into a total badass and much better leader than I anticipated. Aro is still terrible (in the best villain way,) and Lucien is still honorable and still holding out for Kairi. Genevieve shocked me with her turn of character- but I love what’s going on with her. I have a theory about Algoric, her dragon, which I can’t share yet, but it ties in with the Ashen Touch Trilogy so I can’t wait to see if I’m right.
This book took me 23 whole days to read, which in Beth terms, is forever. I’ve had an entire week where I read only half a chapter (altitude sickness on vacation, couldn’t stomach the thought of reading with my head in a a vice.) But reading this entire saga in 2 months or so has been a huge (but rewarding) challenge. I usually like to throw in a couple of thrillers between ginormous fantasy books, but I’m on a deadline so I’ve pushed more back to back fantasies than normal and it’s got me spiraling a bit. That being said- I’m very much looking forward to the final book in this trilogy. I can’t wait for its conclusion and then to see what happens when all 3 of our heroines meet in the concluding novel.
5 star read for me.