Filthy Rich Fae: Fallen Court by Geneva Lee – Review

Published: May 20, 2025

Publisher: Entangled: Amara

Series: Filthy Rich Fae #2

Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Pages: 447 (Kindle)

My Rating: 3 Stars

Synopsis:
One fae prince. One deadly bargain. And a mortal caught between desire and damnation.

Cate thought she knew darkness. As a trauma nurse, she had witnessed the worst of humanity. But nothing—not the blood, the violence, or the despair—could have prepared her for the fae underworld. A realm where beauty is a weapon, desire is a trap, and mortals who stray too far don’t return.

She almost didn’t.

Until Lachlan Gage—shadowed, ruthless, and feared even among his own kind—bound her to him with a deadly bargain. As the prince of New Orleans and ruler of the Nether Court, he is as much a curse as he is salvation. And with the Wild Hunt at his heels and war stirring between the fae courts, even his protection may not be enough to save her.

Because Cate is more than just his reluctant mortal. She is wanted. Coveted. And the prince of the Hallow Court will do anything to claim her.

But something ancient is rising in the dark, warping fae magic into something unnatural and cruel. It has nothing to do with Cate’s past—or so she tells herself. Even though the ring left behind by her grandmother whispers otherwise.

There is only one thing more dangerous than the fae who would kill for her.

The fae who would die for her.

And Lachlan Gage has never been one to lose.

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In my review of Filthy Rich Fae, I said how excited I was to read this sequel thanks to one hell of  a cliffhanger ending. Fortunately, I did only have to wait a few months before getting around to Fallen Court so I didn’t forget too many details or lose interest. Sadly, Fallen Court was not my favorite sequel ever and there were some aspects I took issue with that either didn’t bother me or weren’t apparent in the first book.

Fallen Court begins with Cate in the hands of a rival court, but not the rival court that Lach thinks she was taken by. Because Lachlan Gage is a gun-toting hot head and his mate is now missing he nearly starts a war. Oh, and don’t forget he’s also marked for death by the Wild Hunt! He has at least enough foresight to turn over control of his court to his sister Ciara in the eventual (and seemingly likely) event of his death. Let’s get back to Cate. Cate is being kept like a caged bird by Oberon of the Hallow Court solely because she has a fancy ring that she’s sworn never to remove. Cate is a clever girl though and with some unexpected assistance from a pair of witches brought in to perform a spell, she manages to escape Oberon’s clutches. I really thought her being captured would eat up a lot more page time and I’m so glad it didn’t. That would have been horribly tedious – I almost always hate prisoner scenes because not much happens. You can only stare at walls, glare at your captor, and try (badly) to escape so many times.

Now that Lach and Cate are reunited, the story does get quite a bit more interesting. Ciara has cajoled the various witch factions in New Orleans to perform a spell that will keep the Wild Hunt out of the city so Lach can at least safely live there. He can’t get to the fae realm, but that’s a problem for later. Unfortunately, this has also stirred up some bad blood and now murders are occuring that seem to be specifically intended to send a message to Lachlan. 

The biggest problem I have with this book is actually Lachlan himself. In true stereotypical MMC fashion, he’s not including Cate in things and not communicating well either in the name of protecting her. This is a sad, old trope that I absolutely despise because it’s so overused and generally done in a very clumsy way. On rare occasions I do like this because it’s handled elegantly and whichever character is acting a fool like this isn’t simply stumbling around like a bull in a china shop – there’s purpose and intelligence behind it. Lach is just an idiot. A gun waving moron of the highest caliber. I at least got the satisfaction that Cate didn’t immediately forgive him for this idiocy and he literally had to grovel.

Overall, I found Fallen Court to be an underwhelming sequel. The murder investigation wasn’t all that interesting (a shame) and there were two reveals that were pretty predictable. I mean, I felt like the hints were being shoved in my face and if I didn’t guess, well, shame on me. I might continue on with the series, but at this point I’m undecided. I am still planning to check out Filthy Rich Vampires because the series is finished and it sounds quite fun.