Rating: 4.5 stars

The King will fall.

While I continue my hunt for the Fae who killed my brother, I have to try to keep my heart away from the vicious boys who could be responsible for his death.

But as my investigation leads me down a dangerous road and answers seem closer than ever before, I’m whisked away to the elite school, Zodiac Academy, with the four Kings, and my heart becomes more vulnerable than ever.

There are so many secrets left to uncover, and I sense something terrible is about to come to light. But I’m in so deep to this dangerous labyrinth, what if this road only ends in blood?

Out of the books in the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series so far, Vicious Fae has been my favorite to read. I feel like it’s the book in the series where the story is finally coming together to me. Elise is finally starting to get some information regarding those she believes are involved with Gareth’s death and we are seeing her relationships with all of the guys starting to really take off. I like what we learn about Gareth from his point of view in this book because we are getting more clues into his relationships with Ryder and Dante months before his death.

I enjoyed reading this book because of the dynamic between her and all of these guys. You can see how much each of these guys cares about her and understand why she likes each of them. I especially enjoyed seeing the beginning of a friendship between Ryder and Leon. Their interactions throughout Vicious Fae with all the Lion King references were hilarious to me, and I love that they actually had them watch the Lion King together with Elise. I especially like that out of all the guys, Leon seems to understand what she wants and tries to do what he can on his part to make her happy by trying to bring all of the guys together and form a friendship with them. And I feel like in this book in the series, we are slowly starting to see them understand that Elise cares about each of them and they actually starting to accept that about her.  

With this book, I also liked that the plot was actually starting to pick up. In Savage Fae, while I enjoyed seeing Elise’s relationships with these guys, I felt like her looking into Gareth’s death took a backseat and that the story was mostly focused on her dynamic with all these guys instead of her focusing on who was responsible for her brother’s death. But in this book, I feel like she’s getting some information about who’s responsible for his death and is making steps towards getting more information than she had before. However, I know a large part of that is also due to Gabriel because in this book, he was doing some investigating on his own using what he could of the Sight to gather information for her. And I feel like I really appreciate that about him because I don’t know if the plot in this book would’ve moved forward if it wasn’t for the information he was able to get Elise.

I also enjoyed in Vicious Fae seeing them all go to Zodiac Academy together. I especially enjoyed seeing all of their interactions with Orion and seeing the beginning of Gabriel and Orion’s friendship. I appreciate the authors bringing in the scene that was referenced in the Zodiac Academy series with regards to how Gabriel and Orion’s friendship started as that was something I wanted to read, and this book didn’t disappoint with including it. I also enjoyed seeing their interactions with the Heirs in this book before all of the events that took place in the Zodiac Academy series. And I enjoyed seeing how Dante acted towards Lionel on his first meeting with him. I knew already how much Dante didn’t like him but didn’t realize how far back his dislike towards Lionel began.

With the ending of this book, I’m torn between how I feel about it. I enjoyed the action part of it where all of the guys are working together to save Elise. However, I’m unsure how I feel about what happens afterwards as I feel like it puts a division between Elise and the guys when they were all starting to finally get along. Its not that I don’t like who she has that moment with because out of all the guys, he’s the one who I feel like understands what she needs to be happy and she’s able to laugh and have fun with him. And I found myself once it happened wanting to see where things are going in this series from there. But at the same time, I know its going to cause a divide with her other relationships and am not completely sure if it’s what needs to happen.

However, I overall enjoyed reading Vicious Fae, the third book in the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series. I feel like it did a wonderful job picking up where Savage Fae left off, and there was more plot wise that happened along with Elise’s relationships that’s made me want to continue reading this series to find out what happens next. I also loved seeing these characters getting to go to Zodiac Academy and seeing the beginning of the friendship that formed between Orion and Gabriel. Definitely looking forward to reading Broken Fae to see where this series goes from here.