The Unseen
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Publisher Description
Elwyn is remarkably unremarkable, and she prefers it that way. What more could a thief hope for than to pass through life unseen? Upon fleeing a violent life with her invisible friend-a clever and capricious creature who's only grown more real with time-she is plunged into an adventure rife with otherworldly beings both beautiful and beastly.
As the Greyscale' most cutthroat assassin, Brannon has a bone to pick with Elwyn-and several to break. Tasked with hunting down his errant colleague, he soon finds himself in a magic-steeped hamlet where he encounters creatures even more deadly than himself. To survive, he must rely on the very rival he's been sent to capture.
Little Lydia has a chilling secret, and even she doesn't know the whole of it. Her unusual appearance has earned her the nickname "monster," and there may be some truth to the slight. When she caves to the whispers that have slithered through her mind for months, she loses everything she knows and must start anew in the company of criminals.
Bored by his charmed existence, prince Aedyn slips into the lives of these three misfits only to learn of schemes that place both the Mortal and Faerie Realms in peril. If he can help the others work together to thwart the plans of two feuding fiends, they might just manage to save multiple worlds…provided they don't kill each other first.
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Glass takes a cue from Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows in her enjoyable romantasy debut and Reel of Rhysia series launch. The talented thief Elwyn always keeps to the shadows, determined to go unseen. After a failed heist she lies low by working as a barmaid in the sleepy town of Amblewick with her trusty dagger, Gelah, as her only companion. Then the ruthless assassin Brannon tracks her down with a job offer: there's a powerful and mysterious object locked within nearby Devlin Manor, something that is connected to the fairy myth of the Unseen and that poses a serious threat to the Seelie Court that presides over the fae. Intrigued by the mystery, and the promised reward money, Elwyn gives up the quiet life for one final mission, working together with Brannon, unruly Prince Aedyn, and a young girl named Lydia who's battling her own monsters. When the job goes awry, however, it's on this misfit team to save multiple worlds. An abundance of fantasy terminology can make it difficult to orient oneself in Glass's fae world, but the rollicking heist plot still offers plenty of entertainment. Fans of underdog heroes will be especially pleased.
