“Beautifully written and deliciously complex…I couldn’t get enough.” -Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers series Holly Black may be the Queen of Faerie but Ashley Shuttleworth has secured their place in the Seelie Court. The world is not prepared for them but like it or not, they're here to shake things up. The fallen deities, ironborn, the troublemakers, the snarky nerds. Each of them contributes a different magical background from all corners of the Courts. The casually all-queer cast solidifies that everyone deserves to be represented in magical stories and have adventures, and who are not defined by their sexuality or gender. But the heart of this book is in the characters. The scope of worldbuilding is unparalleled, and it's only just beginning to flesh out, because not only do we meet the fae, but also ancient gods and other creatures of lore across time. Here's the book for those of us who grew up in the world of the Mortal Instruments and are now searching for something darker, grittier, but with that same comforting feel-the blurry lines between the mortal and faerie realms.
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