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Faebound

Faebound

RomantasyFantasy
Pages
400
Published
2024
Language
English

Synopsis

First in an African-inspired epic fantasy trilogy. Yeeran is a hardened warrior in the elven army; her younger sister Lettle is a diviner chasing unreliable glimpses of the future. When a catastrophe on patrol gets Yeeran exiled, the sisters are cast out of everything they know—and stumble into the hidden realm of the fae, a people the elves believed extinct for centuries. Bound to this new world and the powers it wakes in them, Yeeran and Lettle navigate court intrigue, a murder, buried history, and dangerous new loves, their sisterhood tested at every turn.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousDarkEmotionalHopefulRomantic
Enemies to LoversForbidden Love

Genres

Romantasy Fantasy High Fantasy

About the author

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Saara El-Arifi

Saara El-Arifi is a British author of fantasy and historical fiction, born in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and raised there before her family relocated to Sheffield, England. She is best known for The Final Strife (2022), the opening novel of the Ending Fire trilogy inspired by West African and Arabian mythology, and for Faebound (2024), the first book of a romantasy trilogy that became a number-one Sunday Times bestseller. After a decade working in marketing and communications, she completed a master's degr...

Characters

YeeranProtagonist

An elven army warrior whose exile sets the story in motion.

LettleProtagonist

Yeeran's younger sister, a diviner who reads the future.

FuriSupporting

Queen of the fae and Yeeran's love interest.

RayanSupporting

A fae Lettle falls for, despite a prophecy she fears means loving him will get him killed.

All characters in Faebound

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this book part of a series?

    This is the first installment of the Faebound trilogy, which continues with the sequels Cursebound and Earthbound.

  • Does this book have any connection to the author's other works?

    While the author is also known for The Ending Fire trilogy, the Faebound trilogy is a distinct series set in its own separate world.

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