Found

The characters in this book were outstanding. And the world building was off the charts good!

"Ad hoc", now that is a word I had heard of vaguely before but when I ran into it in this story I just had to look it up. Fortunately I didn't have to look up any other words but I guess I did learn a thing or two.

His Perfect Highness... That is the title that Eva calls him in her head. And Bertie moans the fact that whenever he is around her he becomes kind of stuffy. That's not who he is. He also has had quite the reputation for having been a smooth guy around women. So he can't figure out what in the world is going on around Eva. The attraction between them is strong and I liked both of them. I wanted to see how they were going to work everything out. It was fun to watch the two of them try to figure all of that out.
There was plenty of action, mystery and plots going on. The dangers were real. I also enjoyed the secondary people in the story.

I really liked the cover for this eBook and it's what originally caught my attention. It caused me to stop and read the book blurb. And that was that, I wanted to read it.

I didn't realize at first that this was Book 3 in a Trilogy. Oops. The good news is that fact didn't seem to make it hard for me to keep up at all. I was able to just jump right in. Whew. I was a bit concerned about that.

After reading the first book in this PNR/UF trilogy, I was excited to read this final book. I missed the second one, but I'm planning to go back and read it also.

Bertie, the hero, was introduced in the first book. He's the son of the queen of the Folk living in the area and is therefore considered the prince and her heir, although the royal family's main role is just to keep the peace between the various clans and mediate disputes. I was intrigued by his initial appearance and was happy to see that this third book was his romance. His heroine, Eva, was introduced in the second book and I loved her, so that's another reason I want to go back and read that book. She comes from a rare bloodline, was previously unaware of her heritage, and has powerful abilities that are stronger than what is normal among the Folk in the area.

The plot in this book centers around a resurgent rebellion against the queen. Bertie thought it had been dealt with in Book 1, but in this book, he realizes that there are still pockets of resistance trying to push out both his mother, the queen, and himself. Eva, who is new to town and therefore unknown to the local clans, gets involved in trying to gather intelligence about what's happening while also learning to control her newfound abilities. If I have one criticism of the book, it's that there is a lot that happens offscreen with Bertie trying to catch the rebels, therefore, when the leader of the rebellion is revealed near the end, it seemed to come a bit out of nowhere.

As always, with Meg Benjamin's books, both Bertie and Eva are sympathetic, likable leads who don't play mind games with each other or act immaturely. Their romance was solid and fun to read. I'm sorry to see this trilogy come to an end as I loved the world that the author was creating and would be happy to read more stories in it.