That Flickering Light: A Cozy Fantasy With Edge

by Avery Carter

"They dragged the assassin into the throne room at Indigolight."

Accused of a crime she didn't commit, Tarinne has one last chance at freedom. Find the princess of Kyvrael, and bring her back to the city to overthrow the power-hungry mage on the throne. Lucky for her, her old mentor Kyna is already there and training the princess for the fight to come. If only the future ruler of Kyvrael wasn't sixteen years old...

Meanwhile, Rylla is sick and tired of being away from home. First Wyndholde, and now she's the power-hungry mage's hostage in everything but name. He keeps her close as insurance to keep Tarinne in line, but he forgot one thing. As easy as it is for Rylla to heal, it's even easier for her to hurt. And it's especially easy to hurt the man who caused Tarinne so much pain.

That Flickering Light is the highly anticipated conclusion to the cozy fantasy trilogy of your dreams!

247 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2025

About the author

Avery Carter is an English teacher and walking art museum, covered in tattoos, ocean blue hair tied out of their face, and square, purple glasses. They proudly proclaim that they are the "coolest person you know" to their students, and spend each day trying to live up to that title. They are a nonbinary queer author living in South Korea with their wife and two dogs. They spend their days writing new stories, and teaching their students to love words as much as they do.

Reviews

[Kitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a terrific ending to the series! It dealt with some veryyyy big topics, but I think the author really matured in the writing of this. I loved all of the different queer representation and fell even more in love with both Rylla and Tarinne in this one 😍 a wonderful addition to my sapphic fantasy recs list

[Victoria Wolff · Rating 5 out of 5]

so glad to see the end of this trilogy, super satisfying ending. can I please get a spinoff of Ben. k thanks.