When she discovers that she can have a larger role, she has to come to terms with being a hero.

Arlo barely has any magic, so she doesn’t expect to be an important player in this. The character arcs were fascinating to follow. There are eight Courts with the main one set in Toronto. The fae and faeries can use technology although they’re mostly advertent to it.

I really liked the worldbuilding! It’s akin to the Iron Fey series, if you know it, in that it’s an urban fantasy with Faerie spilling over into our world. They all investigate separately until fate, or something like it, brings them together. She finds Arlo fascinating and also has an interest in the deaths, as do Vehan, a fae prince, and his steward, Aurelian. Then, she meets Nausicaä, an infamous immortal who’s kept to herself for the past 100 years. A thrilling urban fantasy, A Dark and Hollow Star follows four fae teenagers who are investigating mysterious deaths.Īrlo is ironborn, or half-fae, with barely any visible magic along with her cousin Celadon, the High Prince, she’s curious about the mystery of the ironborn deaths happening around the court. This book was on my TBR list after I read the summary, but at a friend’s praise made me even more excited to read it! Also, the cover is gorgeous. If that’s not bad enough, there’s a war brewing between the Mortal and Immortal Realms, and one of these teens is destined to tip the scales. If they fail, they risk the destruction of the faerie and human worlds alike. This arrangement has long kept peace in the Courts-until a series of gruesome and ritualistic murders rocks the city of Toronto and threatens to expose faeries to the human world.įour queer teens, each who hold a key piece of the truth behind these murders, must form a tenuous alliance in their effort to track down the mysterious killer behind these crimes. The prince’s brooding guardian, burdened with a terrible secret.įor centuries, the Eight Courts of Folk have lived among us, concealed by magic and bound by law to do no harm to humans. The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family.Ī tempestuous Fury, exiled to earth from the Immortal Realm and hellbent on revenge.Ī dutiful fae prince, determined to earn his place on the throne. Summary: The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto that follows a queer cast of characters racing to stop a serial killer whose crimes could expose the hidden world of faeries to humans. Rep: lesbian protagonist with depression, pansexual protagonist, gay protagonist, bisexual protagonist, genderfluid side character

Book: A Dark and Hollow Star (A Dark and Hollow Star #1) by Ashley Shuttleworth

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