Synopsis:
Isobel is an artistic prodigy with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes—a weakness that could cost him his life.

Furious, Rook spirits her away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously wrong in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending on each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, then love—and that love violates the fair folks’ ruthless laws. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.

Review:
This book was truly magical. The writing was delightful, with great descriptions but didn’t at all suffer from being overly detailed, and more importantly, such an important mortal dilemma: What is it that makes humans love the fae, and fae want the love of humans? While the plot was interesting, very driven, the overarching theme of what makes life worth living was so expertly experienced, shown, and explained that I must greatly commend Rogerson for addressing a topic that most find hard to consider at all. As seems to be the case with most things, it appears that both fae and humans want what the other has– a case of the grass always being greener on the other side. The battle throughout back and forth was delightful, insightful, and positively suburb. I greatly recommend this to any and all that love YA/Faerie/Romance.

Star Rating: ✯✯✯✯✯

As per usual, a time has come where I have read a bunch but didn’t feel like reviewing them at the time. It’s always easier to do it as you read them, yet for some reason this is something I keep doing.

Stay tuned for more than ten books that I’ve read and not written about yet!

Do you prefer when I do a massive update or when I do them gradually as I read them? Let me know in the comments!

I went rather silent over the summer, and in part, it was because I was busy. Through my literary adventures, I was inspired to take up a few hobbies. I began playing the electric guitar, thanks in part to the book Confessions of a Serial Kisser (review here). I also got rather addicted to the television series Heartland, based on the books by Lauren Brooke.

That being said, meet Magic. Magic is an amazing black Percheron gelding that I’m leasing from a lovely lady, and I’ve been spending a lot of time with him. Magic is very clumsy and lazy, but he’s a sweetheart.

As wonderful as Magic is, I have continued to read, and have caught up with the books that I missed reviewing in the meantime. As for my personal writing… I’m sure you’ll see more from me in the future!