![]() ![]() No glamour is needed to make readers fall for this one.ĭarius Kellner suffers from depression, bullying by high school jocks, and a father who seems to always be disappointed in him. ![]() Rogerson draws on fairy lore while changing myriad details to suit her story, and in Isobel she provides a strong, confident heroine who may lose her heart but never her head. The occasionally busy first-person narration blossoms with unexpected humor (appealing-but-alien Rook consider tears “leaks”) rich, detailed descriptions of the beautiful but dangerous world of the folk will seduce readers, while the unexpectedly action-filled flight (there’s a wild hunt, a ball, magic battles, and extreme painting) keeps the pages turning. Golden-brown, beautiful Rook (autumn and summer folk are darker skinned spring and winter lighter) kidnaps her in retaliation in their uncomfortable flight they fall for each other, dooming themselves to death. ![]() When she paints sorrow into the eyes of the autumn prince, she becomes embroiled in a complex web of fairy-court intrigues. ![]() Fair-skinned human Isobel, 17, is a portrait painter of unsurpassed talent who has mastered the art of wrangling practical enchantments from her clients. In Regency-esque Whimsy, where time seems suspended and it’s always summer, humans practice Craft (making) for the pleasure of the capricious fair folk. A practical painter meets a tortured fairy prince, and layers upon layers of magic and intrigue engulf them in this debut. ![]()
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