The False Vow

Sequel to The Weaver Bride
By Lydia Gregovic
** Publication Date 29 September 2026 **
5 stars
I fell in love with this story in the first novel. I never thought that the second book would exceed my expectations. This story gets better and better.


Spoiler Alert: if you haven’t read The Weaver Bride, you might not want to continue reading this review, as I will provide some of the plot points from book one.


We left off with Cecelia Lovett, also known as Lovett Tamerlane, agreeing to marry Noé, even though her heart belonged to Eliot. Lovett needed to marry into the Alaire family to secure her place in society, and to help destroy the Weaver empire. Lovett loathes Noé Alaire, but he is a means to an end for her. Eliot is truly the man that Lovett would love to marry, however, he does not provide a way for her to end the practices of men stealing magic from the silkwitch they’ve wed.


Noé tells Lovett that he loathes her as well, that this partnership is merely to end his father’s reign and change society for the better. However, Bastian Alaire has plans for Lovett, and none of them are good. When he places another requirement upon Lovett before she can walk down the aisle, Lovett is determined to win the battle. Little does she know what horrors await her along the way.


Often sequels are a let down after the initial book. This one is not. The world that the author has created in Balmoore is amazing. It is such a visual novel. You can picture the Alaire home with its tunnels, many passages, and turrets. The characters are multi-layered; Bastian with his ability to read minds is always one step ahead of everyone else; Eliot is beautiful, but crafty and somewhat stoic; Lovett, formerly a liar and thief, has a depth of feelings that weren’t as present in the first novel; and Noé, the entitled prince, comes across as shallow and uncaring, but in this novel has a lot more depth. I can’t find any fault with The False Vow. I couldn’t wait to read it, and I clearly was not disappointed.


Romance, fantasy, YA. Highly recommend, but you must read The Weaver Bride first. 
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