Silver Ravens
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
The Celts knew it as Annwyn, the Otherworld—certainly not a destination IT professional Lori Cooper anticipates when distracting herself with a magazine puzzle page in the dentist’s waiting room. Clues buried in the answers lead her to Tamsin, who claims to command a band of warriors for the queen of the fay. From this, Lori concludes that Tamsin is both insane and dangerous. She’s also quite worryingly attractive.
However, Lori’s own sanity becomes a bigger concern when she finds herself held captive in a strange world with yet more puzzles to solve. She must pick her way through layers of illusion and deceit. Nothing and nobody, including Tamsin, is quite as they seem. Who can Lori trust? She will need to uncover the full truth if she is to return home, mind and body intact.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fletcher (Isle of Broken Years) serves up tasty, trope-filled political intrigue with a side of wholesome lesbian love in this fun but unsubtle romantic fantasy. Computer programmer Lori follows clues hidden in a gaming magazine that lead her to the Silver Ravens, an elite force of warriors employed by Queen Rianna of Annwyn more commonly known as fairyland. The Silver Ravens, led by the alluring Tamsin, bring Lori to Annwyn to decode an ancient scroll. Lori falls for Tamsin while accompanying the Silver Ravens on a follow-up mission to capture Rianna's escaped enemy, Gilwyn. But Lori struggles to reconcile Tamsin's devotion to her queen with the realities of the inequalities she's seen in Annwyn. Fletcher's depiction of the Boggarts, Annwyn's servant class who respect each other no more than the Fay respect them, will make some readers cringe even with the weak redemption of Lori's compassion for their struggles. Despite this, Fletcher succeeds in crafting a gentle, fanciful lesbian love story about questioning cultural bias. Readers will be entertained.
