Reviewed: October 10th, 2024
Released: September 10th, 2024
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.
In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water.
Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember.
But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.
When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares… but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed herself in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.
The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him . . . or her.
Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.
Helen’s Thoughts: 5/5
If you love morally grey heros with lots of secrets, a feisty heroine and a magical new world, then Quicksilver is for you. Along the lines of ACOTAR or TOG, here is a new adventure to sweep you away.
If you ignore the ‘oh the fae tricked me’ bit which was blatantly obvious, then the plot, the characters and the world really suck you in. Saeris is a reallly wonderful character, able to stand up to Kingfisher who comes over as arrogant and overbearing to begin with, but as we learn some of his secrets, and I am sure there are more waiting to be revealed, you realise what a deep and complex character he is.
Kingfisher is a strongly conflicted character, battling more than we realsie, which really comes through in the writing. Saeris has to adapt to a world she only thought of as myth and legend, and to deal with the guilt that through her own actions she’s doomed her people.
Well written, fast paced, slow burn enemies to lovers, great side characters. So much left to be explained and developed and I look forward to book 2!
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If you enjoy fantasy books then you will love my epic fantasy Sentinal series or the Romantic Fantasy SoulMist series and now Harmony, a dystopian science fantasy.
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