Brittle
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
Readers of Carissa Broadbent will love this thrilling new series, from the author of The Goblets Immortal, weaving an intriguing world of fantasy and folklore.
After the murder of her father – which no one but her believes happened – Verve just wants to hold her family together and take on the role of provider. Unfortunately, a cruel fae lord believes she knows the location of an ancient magical weapon and steals her away to Letorheas, realm of the fairies. The fae lord seems to want something from Verve that goes beyond the weapon, something that many doubt she can provide. Verve must find a way to navigate the strangeness of Letorheas and embrace a destiny more intertwined with the fae than she would like to believe.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A promising opening gives way to a predictable plot in the underwhelming portal fantasy that opens the Blade and Bone series from Overmyer (the Goblets Immortal series). Verity "Verve" Springer, 22, receives a cryptic letter from her estranged father claiming that the fae folk are real—and dangerous—and informing her of a mysterious knife called the Cunning Blade that alone has the ability to kill the fae. Soon thereafter, her father is murdered and Verve finds the body—but it disappears before she can show authorities. Meanwhile, Verve becomes suspicious that her new neighbor, Dacre, is fae himself—a hunch that is confirmed when he kidnaps her and takes her to Letorheas, the land of the fairies. Dacre, a lord, wants the Cunning Blade—and also plans to transform Verve into a fairy herself, a process that would leave her under his control. As Verve navigates this realm of magic and secrets, she learns of an ancient fae prophecy with herself at its center. Unfortunately, her unrelenting stubbornness and petulance throughout leaves her feeling two-dimensional and immature as a character. Meanwhile, the flimsy worldbuilding raises more questions than it answers. Readers drawn in by the premise will hope for more substance in later installments.
