Review: The Rebellious Fae’s Guide To Family Rivalries by Ariana Jade

Posted July 11, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Review, Romance / 6 Comments

The Rebellious Fae’s Guide To Family Rivalries (Cozy Fae Guides)
by Ariana Jade

My Rating: 3 stars

Genre: Cozy Fantasy Romance
Age Category: New Adult
Type of romance: f/f

Blurb:
Violet Springwater is one of those infuriating people who has it all. She’s got the looks, the brain, and her family is as close to fae nobility as one can be. They certainly have the riches, the feuds, and the patented superiority complex that comes with the territory.

Violet’s biggest rival and main source of grief? Rowan Uphill. Just as beautiful, just as clever, and a little bit richer.

When they venture out into the human realm to amass riches of their own, a bad joke from the universe means Violet must travel with Rowan. Between failed campfires, the cat they both insist is theirs, and the incident, tension runs high.

Will their family’s rivalry get the better of them or will the forced proximity spark something that neither are prepared for?

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The Rebellious Fae’s Guide To Family Rivalries is a cozy sapphic travel fantasy romance with two stubborn fae, a cute cat, and a hint of steam and magic.

My Review

I received a copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed it.

The Rebellious Fae’s Guide to Family Rivalries is the first book in this new cozy fantasy romance series. I love cozy fantasy and was excited to read this one. This book has a fun adventurous vibe with a rivals to lovers romance. I enjoyed reading the book, but it did feel a bit incomplete and I don’t really know what to expect from this series, whether it’s a different couple in each book or whether previous couples will get more books. This one ends on a happy For Now, but only shows the beginning of their journey. The next book follows a different couple and guess we’ll see what happens after that.

The Rebellious Fae’s Guide to Family Rivalries is told from the point of view of Violet Springwater. The Springwaters and Uphills have had a long standing rivalry, but now Violet ends up teaming up with Rowan Uphill during the adventure all new adult fae go on. They end up being able to look beyond the rivalry and become lovers. I have to say I didn’t really get the whole rivalry and didn’t find it very interesting as it was a case of it has always been this way, but I did like seeing Violet and Rowan question these things and grow closer.

My favorite part of this book was probably the adventurous vibe it had, they set out on a journey to the human lands and have to survive in the wilds. there’s a cute cat as well. And the banter between Violet and Rowan was fun. I liked seeing them grow closer and actually be vulnerable with one another and open up a bit. Like I mentioned their romance feels a bit incomplete and I hope there will be more of them later in the series.

The world building is pretty limited, we just know there are fae and humans. And for some reason I kept thinking they were elves instead of fae? I did like how so much of the story took place traveling and in the forest and how we got to see a bit of the world that way. I hope there will be more world building in future books so I can get a better feel for the world.

To summarize: This was a fun read about two rival families and two characters from each who fall in love despite their families long standing rivalry. I didn’t really get the whole rivalry and didn’t find that plot line very interesting , but I did like how Violet and Rowan questioned it and grew closer. There is some cute banter and a bit of steam, the romance ends with a Happy For Now ending. I am not sure if there will be more of this couple or not and that made the story feel a bit incomplete as I don’t know what to expect from the series yet. I liked the adventurous vibe with the characters traveling to the human lands. The world building is pretty limited so far, but hopefully there will be more as the series progresses.