Book overview
To name a thing is to see it, and no one can see the folk if they don't want to be seen.
As far as seventeen-year-old Trixie Godfrey is concerned, her hometown of Woods Crossing would be perfect --if not for the dark world of fae and magic lurking in the shadows. Growing up, her grandfather, Pops, never allowed her to get close to them--those aberrations, Mama used to say.
But on graduation night, when Trixie sneaks home past curfew she witnesses Pops' brutal murder in a moment so sudden, so inhuman she can no longer avoid the fae. Those without the Sight will blame wild animals, calling Pops' death an accident, a tragedy, but Trixie knows the truth because she has the Sight. She spent years burying her "gift", but she needs to revive it now.
Determined to get justice for Pops and rid Woods Crossing of its monsters, Trixie ventures into the intriguing but deceitful world of the fae--only to find herself caught in a power struggle between ancient families more terrible and crueler than hers could ever be. Or so she thinks....
As far as seventeen-year-old Trixie Godfrey is concerned, her hometown of Woods Crossing would be perfect --if not for the dark world of fae and magic lurking in the shadows. Growing up, her grandfather, Pops, never allowed her to get close to them--those aberrations, Mama used to say.
But on graduation night, when Trixie sneaks home past curfew she witnesses Pops' brutal murder in a moment so sudden, so inhuman she can no longer avoid the fae. Those without the Sight will blame wild animals, calling Pops' death an accident, a tragedy, but Trixie knows the truth because she has the Sight. She spent years burying her "gift", but she needs to revive it now.
Determined to get justice for Pops and rid Woods Crossing of its monsters, Trixie ventures into the intriguing but deceitful world of the fae--only to find herself caught in a power struggle between ancient families more terrible and crueler than hers could ever be. Or so she thinks....
- Fae courts and forbidden alliances: Trixie is pulled into a dangerous conflict between the rival Seelie and Unseelie courts, where the lines between friend and enemy blur, and every alliance comes with a hidden cost.
- Slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance: The tension between Trixie and faerie warrior Lariel builds chapter by chapter through mistrust, stolen glances, and reluctant acts of protection--the pull is undeniable long before either admits it.
- Chosen one with a cursed legacy: Trixie carries a rare Second Sight and discovers she is the latest in a bloodline supernaturally bound to the fae through a dark ancestral bargain, making her both powerful and a target.
- Mortal girl in an immortal world: Trixie, a Black teen from small-town South Carolina, is thrust into a glittering, treacherous faerie realm where time bends, glamours deceive, and her humanity is both her greatest vulnerability and greatest weapon.
