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When Dana is invited to Faerie to be officially presented at the Seelie Court, it’s no easy decision. After all, everyone knows Titania, the Seelie Queen, wants her dead. But Titania claims not to be the one behind the death threats; and her son, Prince Henry, makes the decision a whole lot... read more
Characters edit
- Dana: Main character
- Titania: the Seelie Queen
- Prince Henry: Titania's son
- Grace: Dana's aunt and Seamus' sister.
- Ethan: Dana's 'sort of' boyfriend, does not get along with Keane.
- Keane: Finn's son also doesnt get along with Ethan. He is Dana's combat instructor.
- Kimber: Is Ethan's sister. Also has a crush on Keane.
- The Erlking: Leader of the wild hunt. He is neither Seelie or Unseelie.
- Arawn: Also known as The Erlking.
- Seamus: Dana's dad and politician in Fae politics.
- Connor: Is Seamus' and Queen Titania's son. Dana's half brother. He is held capture in the Wild Hunt.
- Finn: A knight and Dana's bodyguard.
- Lachlan: A troll with human glamour, and another one of Dana's bodyguards.
- Knight: Guardians of Fae
- Phaedra: Dana's horse in Faerie.
- Madame: Add a description of this character.
- Elaine: Titania's granddaughter.
- Elizabeth: A servant of Prince Henry.
- Bogles: A Unseelie creature.
Quotes edit
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“Also too bad that I'd run away from home to escape my alcoholic mother and live with my father in hopes of a more normal life, because what I'd gotten was a heaping helping of anything-but-normal, with a side order of mortal danger.”
Dana -
“Supposedly only true Fae could sense magic, but I was apparently the exception. Because being a garden-variety Faeriewalker didn't make me freakish enough.”
Dana -
“My dad was so overprotective I lived underground and had a bodyguard. It made no sense that he'd suddenly be okay with the idea of me waltzing into Faerie.”
Dana -
“Sometimes, the Fae are just freaking weird.”
Dana -
“(Tricked her because she'd been too drunk at the time to pay attention to the papers she was signing. Yep, she was a paragon of paretnal responsibility all right.)”
Dana -
“She'd obviously run through her repertoire of hysterics with my dad, and if I could get her to skip the repeat performance with me, I was all for it.”
Dana -
“She might not be a candidate for mother of the when she was drinking, but I knew she loved me.”
Dana -
“Once upon a time, I'd thought that if she'd only stop drinking, she'd become more like a normal mom, that she'd take care of me and protect me, et cetera, et cetera. But all the evidence suggested that she was pretty damn needy even without the booze.”
Dana -
“I could drink tea in a pinch, and I could drink it to be polite, since everyone in Avalon apparently worshiped at the Holy Church of Tea, but I would never learn to love it.”
Dana -
“Gee, I feel so much better knowing that murdering me would be a social faux pas.”
Dana -
“Frustration and I have become good friends. And like any friend who's a bad influence, frustration sometimes made me do things that were, in retrospect, stupid.Like trying to tackle my self-defense instructor.”
Dana -
“Dad was pretty patient with me, but I think he was regretting the impulse to give me a lethal weapon by the time we left the range.”
Dana -
“That's what you think is most disturbing about this whole thing? That the four of us are going to be spending so much time together? I'm more worried about stuff like, oh, you know, dying a slow and horrible death.”
Dana -
“What could possibly be more fun than traveling in a place where creatures like Water Witches and Spriggans live?”
Dana -
“Thanks for the pep talk. I wasn't freaked out enough by the whole idea of going into Faerie, so I'm glad you put it in perspective for me.”
Dana -
“Phaedra snorted and tossed her head, the movement startling me enough that I almost fell off. I patted the side of her neck uneasily. "take it easy," I said. I didn't mean to insult you homeland."... We'd been in Faerie two whole minutes, and i was having a conversation with my horse. Not cool.”
Dana -
“'Phaedra hates me,' I told Ethan in what I hoped was a haughty voice. 'I figured it wouldn't hurt to kiss ass a little in hopes that she wouldn't dump me on my head.'”
Dana -
“Even with bedhead, she was disgustingly gorgeous, especially in the royal blue silk nightgown she was wearing. Me, I'd gone with a ratty T-shirt and flannel boxer shorts, and i suspected that I looked about as appetizing as roadkill”
Dana -
“I reminded myself that Keane was an annoying jerk who woke me up at an ungodly hour because he wanted to spar after one of the longest days of my entire life. I didn't care if he thought I'd give Medusa a run for her money in the Ugly Olympics.”
Dana -
“He looked like a porcupine on steroids, and I wondered how he managed to ride his horse without gutting it.”
Dana -
“'I should be used to people trying to kill me by now," I muttered under my breath. Arawn smiled, "Indeed. You have made an impressive array of enemies."”
Dana, Arawn -
“I'm glad people would think she was rude if she killed me, but someone just tried, and she's the logical suspect.”
Dana -
“I wouldn't be surprised if instead of a welcome mat, the front door had a sign over it that said ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE.”
Dana -
“This may come as a shock, but traveling on foot through unfamiliar woods in the dark of night is not easy.”
Dana -
“I wanted to slap them both, but I kept my feelings to myself, because if I opened my big mouth I'd only make things worse. The storm might have been getting a little less savage, but the lightning was still too close for comfort, and I couldn't risk that testosterone would make the boys do something stud that might get us all killed.”
Dana -
“I seemed to be very good at annoying the Fae. I didn't want to annoy Titania while she was deciding whether to execute me, so I was happy to let Arawn do the talking.”
Dana -
“'I won't claim I was unaware of the advantages. But that isn't why I did it. I am no the monster you like to think me.' 'Yeah, you're a candidate for sainthood.'”
Arawn, Dana -
“My instincts -- or over-the-top paranoia, take your pick -- were telling me that if I agreed to the Faerie Queen's deal, I'd be as much of a slave as Ethan had been. I wanted to live, but not like that.”
Dana -
“'Kimber was here to watch over you," he said. 'I threatened to do something unpleasant to Keane is she didn't give us some alone time. She threatened to do something even more unpleasant to me if i didn't behave like a gentleman.'”
Ethan -
“'You won't tell her about the hand-up-the-shirt thing, will you? Because I think we'll both end up missing the parts she removes with a rusty spoon if she finds out.'”
Ethan -
“Apparently now that I no longer have my agreement with the Erlking forcing me into chastity, my dad is convinced I'll turn into a sex-crazed teen and let Ethan get away with anything he damn well pleases.”
Dana
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“That was one of the bravest, stupidest things you’ve ever done,” he said into my hair. “You just scared ten years off my life.” I let out a little laugh, adrenaline still pumping through my system. “You’re immortal, dummy.” “I was before I met you,” he quipped.
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Frustration and I have become good friends. And like any friend who’s a bad influence, frustration sometimes made me do things that were, in retrospect, stupid.
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with lots of greasy meat products like sausage on top.” “Hey!” Ethan protested. “Don’t disrespect my sausage!” Keane gave a snort of laughter. “But your sausage is always up to no good.”
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Making polite conversation with self-important assholes was even harder now,
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Hexagonal towers, made of the same gray stone, rose from each of the corners, with tall, skinny turrets sticking up from the top, making it look like the towers were giving the rest of the world the finger.
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was—kind of like one of those microchips you put in your pet dog.
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I was being a mean-spirited, ungrateful little bitch, and I didn’t give a damn.
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“One of the hardest lessons to learn in life is that you cannot save everyone.
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but I felt a little pang, knowing these innocent caresses were all we would ever have.
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something even more unpleasant to me if I didn’t behave like a gentleman.” He shuddered theatrically. “You won’t tell her about the hand-up-the-shirt thing, will you? Because I think we’ll both end up missing the parts she removes with a rusty spoon if
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First Sentence edit
I hate politics.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 - Chapter 27, Epilogue
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jenna Black (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 5, 2011
ISBN: 978-0312575953
Page Count: 336
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 5, 2011
ISBN: 978-0312575953
Page Count: 336
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- Dewey: 813.6
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