Each Fair One has a flaw in their glamour that allows Isobel to mark them out as Fae, and each time a human curtsies or bows to a Fair One they physically have to return it (which turned out to be hilarious at times). There are, however, a couple of elements that stand out. It was all enjoyable to read, but nothing was really brand new. The usual tropes play out in the usual manner the Fae are stronger, faster and more beautiful than mortals and therefore think themselves above them the mysterious newcomer is secretly the prince a forbidden romance begins to blossom after several dangerous encounters. The reason for this is there’s nothing really new about it. 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.Īn Enchantment of Ravens is the kind of book that has all the makings of a great fantasy adventure, but just doesn’t quite stand out within the genre. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love-and that love violates the fair folks’ ruthless laws.

Waylaid by the Wild Hunt’s ghostly hounds, the tainted influence of the Alder King, and hideous monsters risen from barrow mounds, Isobel and Rook depend on one another for survival. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes-a weakness that could cost him his life.įurious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. But when she receives her first royal patron-Rook, the autumn prince-she makes a terrible mistake. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized.

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts-even as she falls in love with a faerie prince-in this gorgeous debut novel.

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