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Nix Loring stepped into Mystiquel to face the Goblin King and break her family's curse. When she found her twin, Lark, held captive for three years and forced to power the magical realm with her imagination, Nix offered herself up in her sister's place.
Now, Nix wants nothing more than to be home with the people she loves. Instead, she's tasked to create beauty from a world fallen to desolation. She finds herself drawn to the faerie creatures under her care-and even reluctantly drawn to the Goblin King himself. But how can she rebuild the very realm that tore her family apart?
Back home, her uncle and boyfriend desperately plan a rescue. But Lark, having learned Nix was meant to be the Goblin King's captive in the first place, resents how her twin stole everything belonging to her during her absence. Worse yet, Lark harbors an unspeakable secret that could destroy what little she has left.
As time draws closer to the rescue, Lark grapples with the darkness growing inside: should she help save her sister, or finally get her revenge?
Set in a gritty, atmospheric world filled with magical creatures, New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard concludes her thrilling fantasy duology full of romance, twists, and betrayals.
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- ISBN: 9781547608133
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- ISBN: 9781547608133
- File size: 8479 KB
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- English
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August 15, 2024
Twin sisters navigate life after a magical adventure in 2022'sShades of Rust and Ruin. Lark, previously believed dead, has returned to Astoria, Oregon, to pick up her life, although to do so she must impersonate her twin sister, Nix. Meanwhile, alternate chapters follow Nix, who's now the Architect and savior of Mystiquiel, the faerie land where Lark lived, loved, and broke everything. Neither sister is entirely sympathetic, particularly angry, embittered Lark, who seems intent upon blaming others, especially Nix, for the consequences of her own choices. Meanwhile, in Mystiquiel, Nix negotiates her longing for Clarey, who was once Lark's boyfriend and is now Nix's love. She learns that Lark betrayed her, even as she revels in exploring her creativity as she remakes the faerie world according to her artistic vision. Things are complicated. The rivalry between Goblin King Perish and Scourge, his wicked brother, adds an active plotline to the largely emotional, often-internal happenings. Overwrought similes, word choices that sometimes obscure meaning, and largely indistinguishable character voices do nothing to elevate this lavishly described but thinly plotted tale. Readers who persevered through the first volume will appreciate the neatly resolved conclusion that hurdles seemingly insurmountable odds thanks to love and magic. Of the human characters, Lark and Nix are cued white, while Clarey presents Black. Sadly, there's little magic here.(Fantasy. 12-16)COPYRIGHT(2024) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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