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Darkest Mercy
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Wicked Lovely: Book 5

Darkest Mercy (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Melissa Marr (Author) (edit contributors)

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The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love,... read more

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The fifth and final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive and best-selling WICKED LOVELY series, about the collision of mortal and faery worlds…

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The fifth and final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive and best-selling WICKED LOVELY series, about the collision of mortal and faery worlds…

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan left Huntsdale to wander aimlessly but after centuries of leading his court it was not long before the reality of being Summer King became too pressing. Violence seemed more inevitable by the day and the Summer Court was not yet strong enough to face conflict, so Keenan made a dangerous deal with the water fey. It is a desperate bargain he makes to strengthen his court against the coming war.

Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. She knows she must be a powerful queen to hold her court together, while Bananach becomes more and more dangerous, and she is losing faeries to her.

Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. Her court is still powerful, but she must remain focused on keeping them that way and not get distracted by Keenan when he shows up at her door again.

The Dark Court is thrown into chaos when they are rocked by tragedy. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.

They all know what Bananach seeks – the raven-faery is the embodiment of war and discord. She and her growing number of allies want mutiny and murder. Love, despair and betrayal ignite the Faeries Courts, and in the final conflict, some will win… and some will lose everything.

The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr’s bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.

Characters edit see section history

  • Aislinn: Summer Queen who used to be human. Loves Seth but feels an attraction to Keenan
  • Keenan: Summer King, who loves Donia and Aislinn.
  • Seth: Aislinn's boyfriend, friend of all courts and "son" of the High Queen.
  • Donia: Winter Queen. She loves Keenan
  • Niall: The Dark King. He is the sworn brother to Seth. He also chooses to protect Seth.
  • Irial: The former Dark King.
  • Tavish: Advisor to the Summer court. Very old and is trusted by Aislinn
  • Sorcha: The queen on the High court. Seth's "Mother"
  • Far Dorcha: aka The Dark Man. Faerie of death
  • Bananach: Faerie of War. Wants to get the courts to go to war aganist each other.
  • Gabriel: Hound, leader of The Hunt and Niall's right hand.
  • Devlin: King of the Shadow court
  • Ankou: Death fey. Sister of Far Dorcha. Collects the dead bodies of faeries who have fallen in the battle.
  • Chela: Gabriel's mate and his second in command.
  • Evan: Advisor to the Winter Queen.
  • Leslie: Mortal love of the current and former Dark King.
  • Siobhan: Summer girl
  • Quinn: Co-advisor to the summer court.
  • Innis: Water Faery.
  • Sasha: Wolf companion to Donia
  • Tish: The half- mortal daughter of Gabriel. she is more mortal than hound.
  • Cwenhild: On of Donnia's subjects
  • Elaina: One of Ash's subjects
  • Ani: Queen of the Shadow Court
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Some things aren't meant to be in liquids, Tavish”
    Aislinn
  • “You are a faery regent, Aislinn, and we are fast approaching war. Monstrosity will be called for. How far will you go to protect your court?”
    Tavish to Aislinn
  • “Stab one or two healers, and everyone overreacts.”
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  • “If you get killed, I’m going to be furious.” “I love you too. Come on.”
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  • “Trust me, you’re not my first choice to fight next to, Sunshine, but as much as it would simplify things, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I left you to her tender mercies.”
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  • “I want to hold you, not just because you are hurting but because I can now,”
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  • Happiness is a choice. She wanted to choose Seth; if it were that simple, she would’ve already done so. If it’s between love and duty . . . She still wanted love.
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  • “I made mistakes.” “Dozens of them. Hundreds of them,” she agreed. “Winter Girls and Summer Girls, a Winter Queen and a Summer Queen: you want the world. You expect everyone to bow to your wishes. You collect our hearts like trinkets. No more.”
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  • “‘The Demon is always moving about at my side; he floats about me like an impalpable air.’” Irial laughed. “Baudelaire. Nicely chosen.”
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  • He leaned back for a moment to tug her shirt down her arms, with the same wicked, lovely smile that had first stolen her breath years ago.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Niall walked through the ruins of the tattoo shop.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Acknowledgments
Prologue
41 unnamed chapters
Epilogue

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 5 of 9 in Wicked Lovely. (standard series)

Preceded by Radiant Shadows.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Melissa Marr (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Nick Landrum (Narrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
ISBN: 978-0061659256
Page Count: 327

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.M34788 Dar 2011
  • Dewey: 813.54

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
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  • Wicked Lovely
  • Radiant Shadows
  • Fragile Eternity
  • Tithe
  • Ironside
  • Valiant
  • Wondrous Strange
  • Tempestuous
  • Darklight
  • Need
  • Captivate
  • Entice

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Wicked Lovely
  • Fragile Eternity
  • Ink Exchange
  • Radiant Shadows

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