A Heart So Green

• Author: Lyra Selene
• Genre: Fantasy
• Publication Date: January 20, 2026 
• Publisher: Orbit
• Series: Fair Folk #3

Thank you to Orbit for sending me a copy of this book and access to the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

FROM A LAND OF SWAN PRINCESSES AND STAR-TOUCHED CHANGELINGS COMES THE HEART-POUNDING CONCLUSION TO THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING FAIR FOLK TRILOGY.

After the explosive finale of the Tournament of Kings, Fia and Irian escape to the wildlands, dodging pursuit by Fia’s cunning sister, Eala. With Fia battling a powerful celestial entity in her own mind, Irian is left to form new alliances and defend against Eala’s terrifying new magic.

Eala’s rampage has put both the human and fae realms at risk, and she must be stopped. On Bealtaine, when the veil between worlds is thinnest, Fia and Irian will finally face off against the swan princess and forge the ending to their love story written in the stars.

I really tried to have this read and reviewed before it was published, but it just didn’t quite happen for me. Part of it was that I underestimated how long it would take me to do a quick audiobook reread of the first two books in the trilogy so I was primed and ready to jump right back in. And at least the review isn’t too far behind.

After finishing my reread, I couldn’t wait to find out how the trilogy ends. Initially, Fia’s experiences are only internal, as she wrestles with a strong deity for control of her own mind and body. Irian basically falls apart for the start of the book. If I was twenty years younger, I’d probably be shipping this relationship much harder than I do, but I was secretly hoping that they would stay together at the end. 

For a trilogy finale, I felt like this had a lot of oomph and was a great way to finish the series. There were a lot of powerful moments in the story, with themes of autonomy, trust, personal power, and acceptance. Fia showed an immense amount of growth over the whole series, but particularly in this book. I loved watching her mature and adapt to changing circumstances and relationships. Seeing Eala transform into even more of a villain, probably one of the worst villains that I’ve read about recently, had me fully expecting her to come to a savage demise. Without sharing any spoilers, I will say that I wasn’t disappointed.

Irian struggles for a good portion of the book, and Fia’s body being inhabited by a celestial being plus the trauma of earlier experiences in the series gives him plenty of opportunities to grow and do some adapting of his own. I was especially impressed with the growth that Wayland goes through in this book. He becomes more willing to get vulnerable and emotional, and as a result, it feels like he’s finally becoming an adult once he is out from under his father’s control. Laoise also goes through major changes, also softening and getting a bit more vulnerable, and I credit her growing baby draigs for that change in her.

Narrated by Avena Mansergh-Wallace, I’m glad that I had the audiobook as well as the print copy, because I am aware that Irish sounds significantly different than an English-speaker would pronounce it, and I was able to follow along using both to get a feel for the Irish spellings vs. pronunciations. I highly recommend both formats.

Overall, the pace is a bit slower in this story, although I loved all the different POV chapters, not seeing things only through Fia’s eyes. Instead, we also get insight into the experiences and thoughts of Irian, Wayland, and Laoise as well, which gives us a better understanding and context for the events in the book. I have to say that I am impressed with how much all of these characters grew on me from the first book to the third. Additionally, I also found myself enjoying this book a lot. The closer I got to the end of the book, the more worried I was about the ending. It wasn’t heading in a happy direction for a bit, and I was concerned about closure. Each character had a different type of ending—I was satisfied with the ending for Eala and some of the side characters; but each of the main POV characters had an ending that felt more bittersweet than anything. And I have to admit, I was extra sad about Rogan’s conclusion, which felt like he got short-changed, and he deserved better. 

Bottom line: Strong ending to the trilogy, with themes of Irish folklore and mythology that were represented strongly dovetailing with themes of sacrifice and balance. 

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