Monday, May 26, 2025

Quicksilver

         



Title: Quicksilver
Series: Fae & Alchemy #1
Author: Callie Hart
Publisher: Forever, September 10, 2024
Pages: 615
Genre: Romantasy

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can remember. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water. But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently reopens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares…but it turns out they’re real, and Saeris has landed right in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist’s magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him… or her. Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he’s the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details...

This was a TikTok win for me. BookTok isn't always on it. But I really enjoyed this one. I liked the lore and am interested enough to read another book in this world. 

It's kind of your quintessential chosen one fantasy novel. She's gritty and a good fighter, but also seemingly more innocent and prudish than someone with her background would be. He's handsome and aloof, but so completely enamored with her even if he isn't going to admit it for at least 75% of the book. I ate it right up.

Ratings
Stars: 5/5
Spice: 3/5

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