A review by swakefield43
House of Pounding Hearts by Olivia Wildenstein

4.0

*** ARC Review ***

Release Date: January 29, 2023

Wow. House of Pounding Hearts made the slow pace of House of Beating Wings, book 1, worth it! We get to dive more into this Fae/Shifter world that Olivia has created, we learn more about Lore and his mysterious crows, Fallon becomes a more confident FMC, and the romance is filled with tension and slow burn which is worth the wait payoff.

In House of Pounding Hearts, we learn more about the war between Fairies and Crows, and who the main players were/are. I'm really enjoying this world and the characters who fill it up. Besides Fallon and Lore, each character has a back story that Olivia is able to twin into the oveall plot. There is also a found family aspect in this group of characters that I adore.

Lore and Fallon were tension and slow burn that I LOVED. The pay off was so worth it and Lore is definitely up there on my book boyfriend list. Their relationship was sweet and spicy, but also was balanced well between the overall plot for me.

The ending though...that was just rude! There were some things I did not see coming but it will make the next and final book that much more interesting.