But no one trusts the infamous Queen of Light, even as Arlo wonders if she’s just been greatly misunderstood. She’ll get to see more of Vehan and Aurelian and perhaps even work out her complicated feelings for the gorgeous ex-Fury, Nausicaä. When Queen Riadne offers to host Arlo at the Seelie Summer palace, she jumps at the chance. All signs point to immortal meddling, and if this is the gods’ attempt at returning to the Mortal Realm, it’s Arlo they’re going to use to do it. As the deity of luck’s Hollow Star, capable of bringing about endless possibilities, this shouldn’t be too much to ask, right?īut someone is still trying to summon the mythical Seven Deadly Sins. They’re going to need it.Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones.Īfter thwarting the man behind the gruesome ironborn murders-and breaking several fae laws to do so-all Arlo wants is a quiet summer.
If that’s not bad enough, there’s a war brewing between the Mortal and Immortal Realms, and one of these teens is destined to tip the scales. If they fail, they risk the destruction of the faerie and human worlds alike. This arrangement has long kept peace in the Courts – until a series of gruesome and ritualistic murders rocks the city of Toronto and threatens to expose faeries to the human world.įour queer teens, each who hold a key piece of the truth behind these murders, must form a tenuous alliance in their effort to track down the mysterious killer behind these crimes. The prince’s brooding guardian, burdened with a terrible secret.įor centuries, the Eight Courts of Folk have lived among us, concealed by magic and bound by law to do no harm to humans. The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family.Ī tempestuous Fury, exiled to earth from the Immortal Realm and hellbent on revenge.Ī dutiful fae prince, determined to earn his place on the throne. The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto that follows a queer cast of characters racing to stop a serial killer whose crimes could expose the hidden world of faeries to humans.
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