# These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan

### These Hollow Vows

**Lexi Ryan** · These Hollow Vows, book 1 of 2 (complete) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/these-hollow-vows](https://houseofareader.com/books/these-hollow-vows)

A thief bargains with the Unseelie prince to steal three artefacts and free her sister, while the Seelie prince offers her a better deal. A love triangle between two fae courts, which is a structure the genre attempts often and lands rarely.

- Spice: 2/5 — Warm. Tension-heavy with brief on-page content. Considerably milder than ACOTAR.
- Romance prominence: 4/5
- Plot: 3/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 3/5
- Writing craft: 3/5
- Burn: medium
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-romance, morally-grey-mmc, fated-mates
- Creatures: fae, humans
- Setting: The Seelie and Unseelie courts of Faerie
- POV: first person
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: ya
- Content warnings: violence, captivity, addiction
- Best for: ACOTAR readers who want the fae courts at a much lower spice level.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=These+Hollow+Vows+Lexi+Ryan

## What to read next

- [The Cruel Prince](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-cruel-prince) by Holly Black — spice 1/5. ACOTAR readers who want the fae court politics without the explicit content.
- [A Court of Thorns and Roses](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-court-of-thorns-and-roses) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 3/5. Anyone who wants to understand what the entire genre has been arguing about since 2015.
- [Serpent & Dove](https://houseofareader.com/books/serpent-and-dove) by Shelby Mahurin — spice 2/5. Readers who want enemies to lovers with a completed trilogy behind it.
- [Quicksilver](https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver) by Callie Hart — spice 5/5. ACOTAR readers who want the same shape with the heat turned up two notches.

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