Vivid moss speckled the branches like tarnished copper. Rising from the forest floor, the black, tangled roots breathed a bluish mist that reduced the farthest trees' trunks to ghostly silhouettes, yet left their foliage's luminous hues untouched. A scarlet carpet unrolled before us, rich and flawless as velvet. The golden leaves flashing by blazed like sparks caught in the updraft of a fire. But the writing is so lyrical and descriptive that the reader is instantly enthralled: "We were in the autumnlands.Dim as it was, the forest glowed. It's YA, but readers of any age will enjoy this story.The worldbuilding depends to some extent on the traditional fairy courts with the different seasons. The writing is superb, perfect for the genre. It reminds me of books by Charles de Lint or Patricia McKillip. He kidnaps Isobel to bring her to trial before his court.This is such a charming story. Feelings are anathema to the fair folk, and Rook is furious.
When Rook, prince of the Autumn court, comes for a sitting, Isobel makes a mistake and paints his portrait with human sorrow showing in his eyes.
The fair folk crave the Craft of humans and pay for what the humans can give them with sometimes devious enchantments. Isobel lives in Whimsey and earns her living by the Craft of portrait painting the fair folk who live nearby. 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. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. 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. But something is seriously wrong in his world, and they are attacked from every side. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes-a weakness that could cost him his life.įurious, Rook spirits her away to his kingdom 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 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. “A funny, action-packed, and sweet romance.” - School Library Journal (starred review)Ī 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 bestseller that’s “an ideal pick for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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