A Dark and Hollow Star

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Bye, Arlo! If you don't call me tonight, I'll just assume you've been murdered, shear off all my hair in mourning, and write lengthy poetry immortalizing that one time you beat me at Mario Kart.”

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Tall and lithe, his numerous years were yet unable to conquer his sinewy strength. His voluminous emerald and turquoise robes, fastened by gleaming gold, did little to soften the severe cut of his glamoured ivory face.

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This was well outside her normal behavior, the very sort of thing other people did—people who were brave and not at all timid balls of worry and apprehension like she was. Hells, she didn’t even like to jaywalk, let alone infiltrate expressly out-of-bounds dens of human torment.” Culturess 2 years A Court of Silver Flames marks a new era for Sarah J. Maas' Court of Thorns and Roses series EXCUSE ME?! You sold this to me even more, I’ve already been eyeing this book since I first heard about it because Urban Fantasy and a queer cast? Like sign me the hell up but aaah even though I never finished watching Supernatural I adored Dean’s character hehe. I’m excited to eventually read this one now hehe (also I adore your blogs new look, I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this to you yet or not but I LOVE it!) In this world, Fae and faeries also live in the human world, while of course, not allowing the humans to discover that magical creatures do in fact exist. (glamour is truly amazing😌) What? No! Nausicaä you can’t kill the Seelie Prince of Summer just for ‘wasting your time,’ you…do know that, right?

A Dark and Hollow Star Review – The Caffeinated Reader A Dark and Hollow Star Review – The Caffeinated Reader

She could take the boon of common citizenship and allow her life to get on with itself as originally planned. She wouldn’t hold the glorious rank of fae, or be allowed to study at fae universities, or take a position in the palace any higher than general help. But she’d at least have a place in both her parents’ worlds, and with all her memories intact. The Council shifted uncomfortably, both at Celadon’s implication of negligence with the murders and at the reminder that the Assistance wasn’t as easily rooted out as they’d originally hoped when the group first started attracting wider attention. In response, Arlo’s own unease ratcheted higher, fearing what this not-so-subtle accusation would do to her chances of a favorable outcome in this Weighing.

A Dark and Hollow Star: Complex plotting and worldbuilding

Okay. But still, shouldn’t I not get involved in this? I mean, for starters, I don’t really want to. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but I’m not really the go-get-‘em adventure type, and things tend to go terribly, horribly, very badly wrong whenever I get involved.”

A Dark and Hollow Star | Book by Ashley Shuttleworth A Dark and Hollow Star | Book by Ashley Shuttleworth

Beautifully written and deliciously complex, A Dark and Hollow Star is utterly engrossing. The magic is bloody, the humor sharp, and the murder mystery drenched in violence and intrigue. Like a fallen Fury set on vengeance, I couldn’t get enough.” Highly entertaining… tongue-in-cheek pop-culture references and snarky humour balance well with dark but sensitive portrayals of negligent adults. The clever world-building, romantic undercurrents, and high-stakes plot … should be a hit”— Booklist Arlo’s decision hovered on her tongue. She already knew what she wanted to choose, and she was moments from blurting it out, but Councillor Larsen was not yet finished. High Prince Celadon!” Councillor Sylvain spluttered, both indignant and begrudgingly deferential to his much younger superior. “This hearing is a closed affair, restricted to the Council and Miss Jarsdel only. You are out of line, Your Highness. I must insist, with all due reverence, that you take your leave at once.”This boy, whom death loved dearly for his years of worship, for the souls he’d sent like offerings to death’s altar, made him a deal - an offering of his own: immortality for service.” Anyway, these four are all separately dragged into the same mystery and before we know it, we have a budding Scooby gang and the mystery is one that has powerful repercussions through their world and ours. The number one law of the universe is choice, after all — bad things happen to the people who take that option away from you.” Nausicaä dealing with the loss of her sister was amazing to me. To present such a notion in a fantasy story isn’t new but to a immortal? Now that’s interesting. The idea that someone who is ever eternal suffers from such a mundane thing is unthinkable but not unpleasable but its not surprising. Your review is so beautifully written. It’s one of my favorite books of the year and can’t recommend it enough.