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Shadow Fae #2
Prince of Ash
In the five years since Mina and Duncan broke the power of the Seelie Court, peace has reigned in the city of Dere. But now there are portents that the war in Faerie may spill over into the human realm-and the faelings will be draw into the conflict whether they wish it or not. Sixteen-year-old Pooka spends his days running with his gang...and his nights battling seelie fae. Without any hope for his own future, he fights against the creatures who would prey upon the inhabitants of the slums that are his home. Alexandreya Alekseevicha fled her homeland hoping for a better life in Dere. But her faeling blood makes her a target from the moment she sets foot on the docks. Before long, her life will be entangled with those of the faelings of Dere...and her heart with a boy who may unknowingly hold the key to their survival.
232 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2006
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April 9, 2009
In the city of Dere a quiet war brews—a war in Faerie that may spill into the human realm and drag in the faelings who only wish to be left alone to live in peace. But the seelie fae will hunt down the faelings until every last one of them are stamped out, simply because they are tainted with human blood.
After the Seelie Court is broken, Mina Cole and Duncan RiDahn continue to run their bookshop. Peace reigns and nothing seems threatening. Then Mina picks up on a lone soldier battling a private war against the seelie fae. But why? It’s highly dangerous, and whoever is battling the seelie fae may face something far more treacherous.
Pooka, a sixteen-year-old faeling, has no hope for a bright future. All he believes he has are the slums for a home and a street gang for a family. He fights to protect them at any cost, whether they’re worthy of his loyalty or not.
Alexandreya (Alex) flees from a barren, cold land and ends up in Dere, where she has the good fortune to be found by her uncle Duncan RiDahn. Maybe she can have a better life here, but strange dreams and a bloody past haunt her every step, and she knows the past can never stay buried.
Duncan, Mina, Alex and Pooka come together to face a rising threat and only one boy holds the fate of them all in his hands, but he must realize who he is before everything is lost.
Reading Prince of Ash has me wanting to dig out previous novels by Elaine Corvidae and read them again. Her stories are just the kind I want to read over and over. She has the incredible gift of bringing together diverse characters, with private demons dogging their lives, and making them into a family. I often find myself wanting to be a part of those families, too.
Wonderful, awe-inspiring, brilliant and gripping, you’ll get caught up in the adventure and magic, and most especially the characters, in Ms. Corvidae’s latest fantasy, Prince of Ash. Right from the beginning you’ll love Pooka even though you know he’s not exactly all good. But that’s part of the reason I did love him. You’ll admire Alex’s bravery as a mostly human faeling with very little magic in her blood, in fact none that’s useful. Yet, she finds a way to add her own strength to the team. And of course, there’s Duncan’s quiet patience and Mina’s kick-ass protectiveness.
If you haven’t read The Shadow Fae Trilogy, I recommend you start with Winter’s Orphans and get to know Mina and Duncan. The hours of reading pleasure you’ll get from this trilogy will be priceless.
Review first appeared in NightsandWeekends.com
After the Seelie Court is broken, Mina Cole and Duncan RiDahn continue to run their bookshop. Peace reigns and nothing seems threatening. Then Mina picks up on a lone soldier battling a private war against the seelie fae. But why? It’s highly dangerous, and whoever is battling the seelie fae may face something far more treacherous.
Pooka, a sixteen-year-old faeling, has no hope for a bright future. All he believes he has are the slums for a home and a street gang for a family. He fights to protect them at any cost, whether they’re worthy of his loyalty or not.
Alexandreya (Alex) flees from a barren, cold land and ends up in Dere, where she has the good fortune to be found by her uncle Duncan RiDahn. Maybe she can have a better life here, but strange dreams and a bloody past haunt her every step, and she knows the past can never stay buried.
Duncan, Mina, Alex and Pooka come together to face a rising threat and only one boy holds the fate of them all in his hands, but he must realize who he is before everything is lost.
Reading Prince of Ash has me wanting to dig out previous novels by Elaine Corvidae and read them again. Her stories are just the kind I want to read over and over. She has the incredible gift of bringing together diverse characters, with private demons dogging their lives, and making them into a family. I often find myself wanting to be a part of those families, too.
Wonderful, awe-inspiring, brilliant and gripping, you’ll get caught up in the adventure and magic, and most especially the characters, in Ms. Corvidae’s latest fantasy, Prince of Ash. Right from the beginning you’ll love Pooka even though you know he’s not exactly all good. But that’s part of the reason I did love him. You’ll admire Alex’s bravery as a mostly human faeling with very little magic in her blood, in fact none that’s useful. Yet, she finds a way to add her own strength to the team. And of course, there’s Duncan’s quiet patience and Mina’s kick-ass protectiveness.
If you haven’t read The Shadow Fae Trilogy, I recommend you start with Winter’s Orphans and get to know Mina and Duncan. The hours of reading pleasure you’ll get from this trilogy will be priceless.
Review first appeared in NightsandWeekends.com
June 20, 2011
Charles de Lint fans, this is the book for you!
This is the story of Pook, a homeless teen, set in a Victorian type setting wherein just being poor is a crime in and of itself, and the story of Alex, an young woman who ran away from a pre-arranged marriage and an ugly past in search of freedom and a better life. Add the fact that both Pook and Alex are part unseelie fae who are disconnected from their fae selves, and they are a natural match for one another.
The story itself is enchanting, the tale of how these two find themselves and one another against a backdrop of an ever raging war between the seelie and unseelie fae, where human casualties are not just a side effect, but a necessity. The author has her own take on the fae, and unlike the traditional roles wherein the unseelie are the enemy of humanity, in this book, the seelie are the bad guys.
The characters struggle to find their own humanity, and in the end, they learn that when it comes to love, it doesn’t really matter what kind of blood you have; all that matters is who you are. The ending is more of a beginning, and it leaves the reader chomping at the bit for the next book in the series. A perfect little love story for a lazy day.
This is the story of Pook, a homeless teen, set in a Victorian type setting wherein just being poor is a crime in and of itself, and the story of Alex, an young woman who ran away from a pre-arranged marriage and an ugly past in search of freedom and a better life. Add the fact that both Pook and Alex are part unseelie fae who are disconnected from their fae selves, and they are a natural match for one another.
The story itself is enchanting, the tale of how these two find themselves and one another against a backdrop of an ever raging war between the seelie and unseelie fae, where human casualties are not just a side effect, but a necessity. The author has her own take on the fae, and unlike the traditional roles wherein the unseelie are the enemy of humanity, in this book, the seelie are the bad guys.
The characters struggle to find their own humanity, and in the end, they learn that when it comes to love, it doesn’t really matter what kind of blood you have; all that matters is who you are. The ending is more of a beginning, and it leaves the reader chomping at the bit for the next book in the series. A perfect little love story for a lazy day.
March 2, 2016
An exciting continuation of an amazing story set in the industrial era.
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