The Quicksilver Faire
by Gillian Summers
The Faire Folk Trilogy continues into The Scions of Shadow Trilogy with this new novel by Gillian Summers.
The Fairy High Court have called for Keelie's help. There is a rift in the earth and magic is spilling out and effecting humans. At least that is what Keelie is told, but when she arrives she realises that there is a lot more at stake than some magic leaking into the world.
Keelie is joined on her journey by her furry, magical companion Knot the cat, her boyfriend Lord Sean o' the Woods and her frenemy Elia, Lord Elinard's daughter. The motley group are planning to stay with the elves at Grey Mantal and travelling on to the Fairy High Court from there. Keelie isn't expecting a warm welcome, the elves dislike her because of her mixed blood, as do the fairies. Keelie is part human, part elf and part fae (fairy), so doesn't quite feel like she belongs anywhere and the attitude of other elves and fairies really doesn't help. Sean isn't expecting a good welcome either as his father is in disgrace. The only one excited about the visit is Elia who is the first pregnant elf in nearly one hundred years. She is expecting a hero's welcome.
In this latest installment Keelie has to contend with prejudice, nasty goblins, a tricky fairy queen and an ancient, but handsome forest god who has the hots for Keelie and some strange crystal-fed trees in Under-the-Hill forest.
This is a bumper ride and one I couldn't put down. I read this one well into the night and finished it the next day. My only disappointment was that I didn't have the next book to dip into.
If you haven't read about Keelie's adventures, here is a quick rundown.
The Faire Folk Trilogy
Book one: The Tree Shepherd's Daughter
Upon the death of her mother, a Los Angeles attorney, sixteen-year-old Keelie is sent to live with her father, a woodworker at Renaissance fairs, and discovers that the odd 'allergy' she has to wood is actually powerful earth magic that she must learn to control.Book two: Into The Wildewood
Getting to finally know her elf dad has generally been a good thing, although camping out in her dad's homemade gingerbread RV while acting out the 16th century isn't so fab. Keelie prefers hot showers and wearing a watch thank-you-very-much. If only her dad would wake up to the 21st century and buy her an iPhone so she won't lose touch with the real world! But a mysterious unicorn sighting, fairies showing up in the oddest places, and that nasty, vain elf-girl Elia are all working against Keelie's chances to have a good time. And why hasn't Sean, the hot elf who kissed her, called? Right now, life as an elf isn't all that enchanting.Book three: The Secret of the Dred Forest
Now that she has (sort of) defeated a diabolical elf, Keelie Heartwood reluctantly joins her father in the Dread Forest. Her "real" friends are gone, her dad is preoccupied with his new responsibilities as Lord of the Forest and now it seems that her budding romance with the hunky Sean is dashed. Except for her impossible guardian cat Knot, and Alora, a demanding and bratty little princess tree, Keelie has no one to hang with—unless you count that nasty elf-girl Elia, who suddenly wants to be Keelie's frenemy.Meanwhile, an age-old rift in Keelie's family and among the elves reaches a dangerous climax as humans and dark magical forces alike encroach on the elves' enchanted realm. The fate of the Dread Forest—and of all who dwell within it—lies in Keelie's hands.
The Scions of Shadow Trilogy
Book four: Shadows of the Redwood
Summer is here, and all sixteen-year-old half-elf Keelie wants to do is visit her friend Laurie in L.A. Instead she, her cat Knot, and her cranky, medieval, elf-lady grandmother are on their way to help the Redwood Forest, whose tree shepherd is missing. With the help of the handsome Sean, and Scott, her father's former apprentice, along with a mysterious coyote, Keelie sets out to find the lost tree shepherd. But can she discover the deadly secret of the Bloodroot tree in time to vanquish the darkness and save the Redwood Forest. Book five:: The Quicksilver Faire
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