An instant New York Times bestseller!
An Indie Next Top 10 Pick
A Parentsâ Choice Silver Honor Winner
âA funny, action-packed, and sweet romance.â âSchool Library Journal (starred review)
âA phenomenal read.â âRT Book Reviews
A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courtsâeven as she falls in love with a faerie princeâin this gorgeous bestseller thatâs âan ideal pick for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylorâ (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Isobel is an artistic prodigy with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobelâs paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patronâRook, the autumn princeâshe makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyesâa weakness that could cost him his life.
Furious, Rook spirits her away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously wrong in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending on each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, then loveâand that love violates the fair folksâ ruthless laws. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.
Anonymous
4/10/2023
I liked it