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What happened in These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi?

Your These Infinite Threads summary:

Immediately following the dramatic conclusion at the ball in This Woven Kingdom, Kamran angrily charges towards Cyrus for killing his grandfather, King Zaal. Cyrus confirms that Alizeh is his bride and mentions that Kamran appears to be dying. The two royals engage in a sword fight. Kamran eventually beats Cyrus, but is quickly disarmed with magic and badly injured before Cyrus disappears.

On the back of Cyrus’s dragon heading to Tulan, Alizeh is startled by the proclamation that she will be marrying him. She falls off the dragon in shock, but is quickly rescued by Cyrus, who gives her his coat. They argue throughout the long journey.

Back in Ardunia, Kamran is publicly dying. With Hazan in prison for his betrayal, none of his advisors step in to help him. The defense minister, Zahhak, attempts to pronounce Kamran dead so that he can claim the throne for himself.

Kamran alerts the room that he is alive, and Omid rushes to save him with a sif, a rare magical healing cube gifted to him by the Diviners. However, Kamran is still experiencing effects from his near death. Gold veins have begun to stretch across his skin and mutate his eyes. This change in his royal birthright magic is concerning for Kamran, as he will be crowned king in a week and needs to appear worthy of the title.

Alizeh and Cyrus land in Tulan. They are greeted with waterfalls and fireflies, both symbols of the large Jinn population residing in Tulan. Alizeh once again argues with Cyrus and attempts to duel him. In response, he tosses her over the palace cliffside. Alizeh plummets until a dragon roughly catches her in its teeth, causing her skin to be torn apart in several places.

After she is returned to safety, Cyrus’s mother, Sarra, welcomes Alizeh energetically. Alizeh is brought to her rooms in the palace, which were prepared months in advance for her arrival.

Kamran appoints Omid as his new home minister in recognition of his heroic selflessness in saving the soon-to-be king. They arrange to visit Miss Huda’s residence to retrieve a carpet bag which Alizeh had left behind. Miss Huda explains that Alizeh worked earnestly as a servant and couldn’t have been associated with King Cyrus since they didn’t know each other prior to the night of the ball.

As Alizeh settles into her new rooms, Sarra suddenly intrudes. She runs a medicinal bath to help heal Alizeh’s wounds. While Alizeh is recuperating, Sarra conspires with her to kill her son. Her reasoning is that Cyrus has become too uncontrollable and blames his unforgivable actions on the devil instead of taking accountability for his own evils. She reveals that Cyrus has planned for months to marry, but only at the command of Iblees. Alizeh resolves to kill the young king but is extremely unsettled about it.

Kamran interrogates Hazan in the dungeons. Hazan reveals his true identity to the prince as a Jinn who has long searched for his queen. He knows that Alizeh has no intention of overthrowing Kamran, but he is shocked to discover that she is associated with Iblees. In light of these mutual discoveries and Kamran’s realization that Hazan never intended to overthrow him, the two fall into an easy friendship.

Hazan breaks free from the cell and agrees to help find Alizeh, if only so he can protect her from harm. Hazan informs Kamran that his mutating magic is a sign that his rule is no longer absolute due to the potential that Alizeh could be a worthier ruler than him. He warns that the Diviners will eventually come for him.

Cyrus dines with Alizeh in her room. As they bicker, Alizeh realizes that she is no longer fearful of him and has come to view him as an equal.

King Cyrus easily detects that Alizeh is lying to him about her motives and quickly deduces that she is now allied with his mother to kill him. Alizeh attempts to flee, but Cyrus catches up to her, and they crash together against a wall. They reestablish their mutual hatred of one another, but decide to form an unsteady truce. Cyrus hints that he acts only to help others and shares a riddle from the devil to help her understand him better:

“Should you choose to tell her why, you’ll only ruin all my fun. Soon thereafter you shall die, bit by bit and both are done.”

He assures her that he is unable to harm her and that they can work together to achieve their goals. Cyrus proposes a new offer: Alizeh will remain married to him until Iblees resolves his debts. In return, she can kill him to end their marriage and claim Tulan for herself. 

Kamran is facing his own dilemmas back in Ardunia. Alizeh’s name causes him physical pain, his mother is missing, and he’s realizing that the Tulanian spies captured in the Arya mountains were an attempt to divert troops so that Tulan could win the war. His only luck has come in the form of finding Alizeh’s missing book in her carpet bag. The book is inscribed in gold with a symbol of the Arya Mountains and the words:

“MELT THE ICE IN SALT
BRAID THE THRONES AT SEA
IN THIS WOVEN KINGDOM
CLAY AND FIRE SHALL BE”

Hazan speculates that this riddle could mean that Alizeh must marry one of the Clay royals. Kamran confesses that he would’ve married Alizeh. They decide to retrieve Alizeh from Tulan and make plans to sneak away on a ship.

Alizeh sympathizes with Cyrus and considers his offer. He takes her to see Mesti, the royal city. They walk under the wisteria-lined streets and share bread. Alizeh is fascinated with the integrated lives of Jinn citizens, who can use their abilities openly. She discovers this fact when a Jinn woman suddenly drops to her knees before her and causes a frenzy over Alizeh’s appearance as the long-lost Jinn royal. Crowds swarm Alizeh and Cyrus, and Cyrus is left with no choice but to magically teleport them away.

They land in an enchanted flower field and settle into a comfortable silence. Cyrus assures Alizeh that he’ll fulfill his end of the bargain and agrees to a blood oath.

Abruptly, Cyrus falls to the ground in pain from torture bestowed by Iblees. Alizeh sits and cries over him.

How did These Infinite Threads end?

Omid, Miss Huda, Deen, and Mrs. Amina intercept Kamran at the palace. Upon Kamran’s instruction, Omid gathered everyone known to have interacted with Alizeh. Their conversation is interrupted by Zahhak and three Diviners. Zahhak intends to perform a public ceremony challenging Kamran’s claim to the throne, but the Diviners abandon Kamran in the tower prison instead as a test of his worthiness.

Alizeh remains with Cyrus for the several hours he endures the devil’s torture. She strokes his hair and cleans the blood from his face. Cyrus awakes in a dazed state and murmurs to Alizeh affectionately. He kisses her hand and snuggles into her. Alizeh is confused over his vulnerability and affection toward her. She battles with her feelings of attraction toward him. Cyrus teleports them to his bed in the palace and immediately falls asleep.

A maid knocks at the door, and Alizeh impulsively breaks down a heavily secured door to hide. She inspects the chamber and is drawn toward a cabinet. The cabinet reacts to her presence and opens to reveal her book. The door slams shut before she can reclaim it. 

Kamran receives a hint from the Diviners to check his pockets. He finds a package that was gifted to him by the Diviners before he met Alizeh. Within the package is a single black feather and a note from his grandfather that the feather belongs to him. He only needs to touch it to his blood, and Simorgh will come for him.

Kamran’s grandfather, King Zaal, was born with white hair and left on a faraway cliff to die. The mythical giant bird, Simorgh, rescued him and raised him in a nest with four other birds. Eventually, he returned to the royal city as king. Kamran presses the feather to his blood, hoping for the same miracle.

Cyrus, awake and healing, pins Alizeh against a wall with a sword to her throat. He admits that he stole the book from Baz House and replaced it with a decoy. Even though he wants Alizeh to trust him, he is unable to return the book to her.

Alizeh disarms him and tries to fight Cyrus for the book. He refuses to fight her and only defends against her when she attacks, unwilling to hurt her. He asks her to marry him again before magically vanishing the sword and scolding her for breaking into his rooms.

Alizeh realizes that Cyrus has no memory of the flower field and teleporting them into his bed. He insists that she didn’t stay with him to witness his torture, because he couldn’t comprehend that Alizeh’s kindness and affection toward him were real. Iblees always puts him into a medicinal sleep to keep him alive after every torture session, so Cyrus often has difficulty remembering those periods.

He asks her if she remembers the easy affection and attraction between them. He reveals that he has been dreaming about her for months and wants them to be together fully in a real marriage. If he breaks his agreement with Iblees, his life is given over to the devil to control. He needs Alizeh to marry him, but she rejects a true relationship with him because she will never be able to trust that he won’t act against her to please Iblees. 

She tells him that she might still accept the marriage offer, but it would be in title only. Cyrus requests that she informs him how she decides to kill him.

Sarra urgently knocks at the door. Thousands of Jinn are demanding to see Alizeh and know if she will be marrying Cyrus. Alizeh steps out of the room to greet her people.

Hazan, Omid, Deen, and Miss Huda break into the tower prison to rescue Kamran. Simorgh swoops down from the sky with her children. The group climbs onto their backs and launches into the sky, headed toward Tulan.

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My Favorite Color is Mistletoe is a fun, cute, and clean teen Christmas romance book. It’s appropriate for even the youngest romance readers. Teens and young adults will love this no-spice YA Christmas rom-com book. You won’t find any “spicy scenes,” foul language, or innuendo. This book is perfect for readers who love sweet love stories, YA rom-com, and all the cozy Christmas feels.

The story follows Audrey and Jax as they wrap up their fall semester on campus. When Jax realizes they both need significant others for their various holiday events, he suggests a double fake date for the weekend. Audrey thinks it’s a terrible idea, but when she learns her long-time childhood crush will be at her family’s Christmas gathering in Carlton Landing, she accepts the deal. I loved watching these two characters try not to fall for each other. Because what do you do when you know everything is fake, but it starts to feel real?

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My Favorite Color is Mistletoe

A clean YA Christmas rom-com for teens and young adults by Eva Austin

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• Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance
• Subgenre: YA Rom-Com, College Romance, Christmas Romance
• Audience: Teens and young adults
• Romance: Clean / no-spice
• Tropes: Fake relationship, holiday romance
• Setting: Small-town, lakeside, college campus
• Series: My Favorite Color
• Point of view: Dual POV
• Our age suggestion: 12-18 years old

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My Favorite Color is the Golden Hour is a cute and wholesome contemporary YA romance book that’s perfect for even the youngest romance readers. Teens and tweens will love this fall-themed clean teen romance book. (I’m an adult, and I loved it too!) You won’t find any “spicy scenes,” foul language, or innuendo. This book is perfect for readers who love crisp leaves, pumpkin spice, sweet love stories, and all things cozy.

The story follows Emma and Bryson, former best friends, who accidentally reunite after three years. Bryson wants to be friends again, but Emma can’t let go of the past. Trouble seems imminent when they’re placed on the same committee for the Carlton Landing fall festival, but Emma slowly realizes she may have been wrong all along. Will she finally forgive? I loved the journey and the slow unveiling of what really happened when they were younger.

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• Setting: Small-town/lakeside during fall
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What happened in House of Flame and Shadow?

Midgard is the latest in a long line of worlds invaded by the Asteri. The only world they failed to capture was Hel. The Daglan, also known as the Asteri, are ancient, immortal beings who feed on the power of others. 

Bryce had leaped through the Gate intending to reach Hel and accept Aidas’s and Apollion’s offers to send their armies to Midgard but ended up in the Fae world under Rhysand. 

When interrogated by Amren, Azriel, and Rhys, she explains that the Daglan/Asteri want to come back to his world for revenge. She also explains how magic worked in her world – they seized their full power through a ritual called the Drop, and in the process, some of the power is siphoned off and given over to the Asteri.

Bryce carried the Starsword, known to Rhys as Gwydion. When left alone in a cave, Bryce uses her star tattoo on her chest and starlight magic to guide her. Nesta appears and joins her when the only exit caves in. They meet Azriel on the way through the caves. They find an eight-point star in a cave. Bryce uses her power and a hologram appears of Silene. They recognize her from the carvings on the rocks in the tunnels. Silene talks about how the Daglan ruled over the High Fae, and the Fae ruled over humans in turn. Her mother, Theia, served as a slave and learned all she could about the Dread Trove – the Mask, the Harp, the Crown, and the Horn. Fionn, the first and last High King of the lands, was her lover. The Daglan had captured the Cauldron. Fionn created the Starsword. They won against the Daglan using their own weapons. The land powers became Theia’s. Fionn didn’t consider Theia a worthy successor and preferred Silene’s sister Helena instead. Angred, Theia plotted his murder with Pelias, her general. Since she helped make his swords, they answered to her.

Pelias convinced Theia of worlds the Daglan had not conquered yet. She was unaware that he had learned ancient summoning magic and searched for someone more powerful to seize the Trove from her. The Daglan promised rewards to Pelias. He convinced Theia to open a portal. Fae passed through the chamber to Midgard, where Daglan pretended to be Fae dispersed by the enemy.  She brought power straight to the Asteri. As more entered the new world, their home was left vulnerable. Theia opened a portal to Hel because it was the only world that had overthrown the Daglan. Prince Aidas of Hel was assigned to hunt the Asteri. Parthos was a city in Midgard where the scholars and thinkers resided, and Theia went to it for help. Though they fought, Theia was defeated. She and Aidas became lovers but couldn’t win against the Asteri. She used the Harp to transfer her power to her daughters. Silene had escaped from Midgard. Theia was murdered by Pelias. Helena had been forced to wed him.

Bryce was the Horn. Part of the Dread Trove, required to move between worlds. From Silene’s history lesson, Bryce realized the Prison they came across might hold power. Raw Fae power she channels to stop Azriel from leaving to get help from Rhys.  A coffin is revealed in the depths of the cave that holds an Asteri. Bryce releases Thiea’s mistress, who had been asleep for fifteen thousand years. Nesta saves them by killing her. Bryce teleports from the land of the High Fae to the Autumn King’s house. She escapes from house arrest by using the Truth-Teller dagger she took from Azriel and the Starsword.  While speaking to her father under house arrest, the Autumn King points out to Bryce that she had not tried commanding her power while using the Starsword and Truth-Teller. Maybe that’s why she couldn’t kill the Asteri she met with Nesta and Azriel.

Lidia Cervos, the Hind, and Pollux, the Hammer, were tasked with torturing Hunt, Ruhn and Baxian in the dungeons.  Pollux was hell-bent on finding Bryce because he thought she had killed the Harpy. But Hunt and Ruhn hadn’t revealed that it was Lidia who was responsible.

Rigelus, the Bright Hand, inks a new halo on Hunt, enslaving him. Apollion, Prince of the Pit, visits Hunt. Aidas, The Prince of the Chasm, inquires about Bryce. He refuses to tell Hunt where Bryce might be, fearing Rigelus might torture it out of him. Rigelus takes some of Hunt’s power for an experiment.

At the meat market, Sabine (Prime Apparent) finds Bryce’s friends and Sigrid – ready to take revenge on her. Flynn fires at Sabine’s face. The Viper Queen intervenes. They catch up with Tharion. Lidia visits them and reveals that she is Agent Daybright. They’re skeptical to believe her, but she pleads for their help in rescuing Ruhn and the others. Daybright was high up in the Asteri’s inner circle. She was a vital link in the rebels’ information chain. Lidia seeks Irithys to rescue Hunt, Ruhn, and Baxian.

To free them all from the Viper Queen, Ithan agrees to fight in the ring. He goes against Sigrid and kills her. They escape the meat market and head for the dock as planned by Lidia. Ithan refuses and heads to the House of Flame and Shadow.

Lidia shoots the Hawk while escorting the prisoners to see Rigelus. With the help of Declan, Flynn, and Tharion, she gets Hunt, Ruhn, and Braxion on a boat. To divert Mordoc, Lidia shapeshifts into a deer. She gets shot in the chest while jumping off the cliff. Ruhn sends Tharion to rescue her in his merman form. On the Depth Charger, Lidia wakes up. She rushes to check on her two children studying in the classroom on the vessel. The Ocean Queen agrees to keep them under her protection as long as Lidia continues being Agent Daybright.

Bryce faces the Ocean Queen, who questions her rebellion. She asks to be dropped off at Avallen.  Bryce had stolen the Autumn King’s notebook of secrets to gain favor with King Morven of Avallen.

At the House of Flame and Shadow, Ithan Holstrom goes to see Jesiba Toga. He requests a necromancer to raise Sigrid Fendyr. The Under King, highest order in the House, turns Sigrid into a Reaper. Hypaxia says she can fix it with a thunderbird. But the body is on Avallen with the Stag King – Morven.

Tharion marries Flynn’s sister Sathia to free her from King Morven. When Bryce and Hunt sleep together, their powers flow between them. Starlight and Starfire. Bryce convinces King Morven to let them go through the archives and Cave of Princes.

Hunt, Bryce, Braxion, Sathia, and Tharion venture into the Cave of Princes. They find a sarcophagus. Bryce uses her starlight magic on an eight-pointed star just like she had in the Fae world with Azriel and Nesta, and it opens. She tells them this place was built by Helena. They believed Helena used the black salt in the caves to summon demons and commune with Hel. Hunt and she drink from a bowl and are transported to a dreamlike world where Aidas, Prince of the Chasm, meets them.

Apollion, Prince of the Pit, referred to Hunt as his son. They explain the halo on Hunt’s eyebrow is a collar, but Princes of Hel cannot be enslaved to the Asteri. Hunt was Made by the Princes to aid Bryce. The Starsword calls to descendants of Helena and Theia – known as Fae Starborn. The Asteri can’t weave the powerful blades because Theia’s connection is missing.  Aidas tells Bryce she was born with a third of the power, then took a third from where Silene had stored it, and now she needed to find the third well of Theia’s power to be whole. Initially, Theia had stored power in the Starsword, but Helena removed it so the Asteri would not resurrect her to wield it.

They believe Bryce must find the last piece of power, open the portal to nowhere, and lock the Asteri away. Aidas tells her she must open the Northern Rift fully so the three princes can come save their world.

Ruhn and Lidia kiss, and eventually Ruhn confesses his feelings for her. When he realizes Flynn and Declan are missing, he goes to the Cave of Princes. Ruhn kills the Autumn King. Bryce slaughters King Mavern.

Bryce finds the last piece of magic after inserting the blade and sword in the slits in the floor. Avallan brims with power, brighter than when they had arrived. Declan tells the group that the Asteri, Polluz, and Mordoc attacked Asphodel Meadows where innocent humans lived, as punishment for their escape.

Ithan and Hypaxia arrive at Avallan. Bryce asks Hypaxia to make an antidote for the Asteri’s parasite in the water, with Ithan to guard her. Hunt asks Baxian to be his second-in-command. Ithan and Hypaxia discover that Reapers have no parasites, so she tries experimenting with one to make the antidote.

Ithan takes the antidote and feels his power amplify. As if it had been dormant due to the parasite. He goes to the Den to give the werewolves a choice to leave Sabine and choose Sigrid even in her Reaper form. Sabine appears with the astronomer and pretends like Ithan was lying and killed Sigrid on purpose. Ithan used a Fendyr sword as an offering to the Prime, Sabine’s father. He announces Ithan as his heir because his truth matches what Danika had told him. Sabine kills the Prime. Sigrid takes his and the Astronomer’s soul. Ithan kills Sabine. Sigrid flees. The pack surrenders to him.

Therion and Sathia ask the River Queen to save the people from the Asteri during the war. She agrees.

Bryce and Hunt, with her parents Ember and Randall, reach the Northern Rift. They watch security footage of the Harpy eating the guards. Hunt realizes this is why Rigelus had taken his power – to resurrect the Harpy. Bryce opens a portal at the Rift to Nesta’s room to request the Mask in exchange for her parents. Nesta agrees. The Harpy appears soon after.

Isaiah, Naomi, and Celestina (who had sold them out to Rigelus) appear. Bryce wears the Mask to stop the Harpy. Lidia gets news that Pollux has captured her sons from the Depth Charger.

Bryce’s plans to raise the dead using the Mask and have Isiah and Naomi lead them. She and Hunt will go into the Asteri’s palace. She opens the portal to Hel for Aidas.

Ithan meets his dead brother Connor with permission from the Under-King. Ithan freezes him out of fury and Hypaxia breaks him into shards of ice, making her the Head of the House of Flame and Shadow. Connor hands Ithan a bullet with the second light of every soul in the place for Bryce to use with the Godslayer Rifle. After returning to the Den, Ithan finds out that Amelie led the wolves out because they were scared.

Declan hacks into the imperial network, shares Bryce and Hunt’s video broadcasting the truth about how there were parasites in the water. Bryce killing Micah and the truth about Danika’s death are revealed. Bryce summons the dead and armies of Hel. Declan issues an evacuation order to the people. During the fight with the Asteri, Bryce kills Polaris. Joining her swords together opens the portal to nowhere, she realizes. Lidia and Ruhn find Pollux. Tharion gets shot while trying to save her sons. Lidia takes on her true form, thanks to the antidote her sister made, and turns into an elemental, into flames. She incinerates Pollux. Irithys and the sprites join the fight after watching Bryce and Hunt’s video. With the antidote, Ruhn’s dormant healing power wakes, helping heal Therion.

Ithan hands the Godslayer Rifle to Bryce with one bullet. She teleports to the core room, aiming at the firstlight core. The remaining Asteri and Rigelus try to sway Bryce, calling the crystal a kill switch – Midgard would cease to exist. But she teleports out of the hole Hunt made and fires.

How does House of Flame and Shadow end?

She takes Rigelus’s power and opens a portal, sucking the core and the Asteri, and her. A mech suit comes to Hunt and offers it to him to go through the slit to save Bryce. He successfully brings her back, dead. Jesiba gives her immortality as a gift to Bryce with the help of Hypaxia. Bryce comes back to life. Hunt tasks Isiah with leading the angels. Bryce abolishes the Fae monarchy and introduces a new government.

Bryce uses the Autumn King’s golden pen to sign parchment, wiping the royal bloodlines of the Fae from existence. 

Lidia’s kids are reunited with their foster parents. Ruhn finds an apartment to live in with Lidia, with two bedrooms so her sons can visit.

Ithan is happy that all the wolves are returning from their safe spot during the war. Ithan, Lidia, Flynn, and Declan hoped the firstlight power grid would hold or they would be out of power. 

Hypaxia teams up with Redner Industries to mass-produce the antidote and confirms she will have it ready by Spring Equinox. With the surge in magic after the antidote, a new island had appeared in Avallen. Bryce employs the sprites, Sasa, Rithi, and Malana, to take care of the Parthos collection now available for anyone to see. Jesiba had packed most of the artifacts that Hypaxia sent over to Hunt from the House of Flame and Shadow to the place that would be the new Griffin Antiques. Bryce didn’t know of Irithys’s whereabouts. Bryce keeps Avallen to herself until the Fae show they can be democratic. 

Hunt and Bryce leave Avallen to Braxian to care for any refugees. Baxian calls and informs them that flying horses were back in Avallen. Bryce recalls Silene’s history lesson about how her mother had flying horses. Maybe Helena kept them safely hidden until it was safe to return. While Midgard still needed attention, Bryce focuses on living life a little for now.

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No spoilers in this rapid review of My Favorite Color is Your Something Blue by Eva Austin.

My Favorite Color is Your Something Blue is a fun, funny, and wholesome contemporary YA romance book that’s perfect for even the youngest romance readers. Teens and tweens will love this clean teen romance book. (I’m an adult, and I loved it too!) You won’t find any “spicy scenes,” foul language, or innuendo. This book is only 200 pages, so it’s great for reluctant readers if you want to hook them on a cute teen series.

The story follows Morgan and Will as they navigate an awkward weekend in Carlton Landing after a messy encounter at a gas station just outside of town. It wasn’t a great first impression. These teen protagonists are the youngest attendees at a wedding between Morgan’s childhood babysitter and Will’s older cousin. Determined to remain enemies, they unfortunately (or fortunately?) find themselves working together to save the day after the wedding planner falls ill. All while enduring an unwanted setup orchestrated by the bride and groom. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride as these two enemies slowly discovered they might not be enemies after all.

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My Favorite Color is Your Something Blue

A clean and wholesome YA contemporary romance by Eva Austin

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• Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Romance
• Subgenre: YA Rom-Com
• Audience: Teens and young adults
• Romance: Clean / no-spice
• Tropes: Enemies to more, unwanted setup
• Setting: Small-town/lakeside
• Series: My Favorite Color
• Point of view: Dual POV
• Our age suggestion: 12-16 years old

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What happened in This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi?

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Alizeh, a Jinn whose parents sacrificed themselves in a deadly fire to allow her to survive, is currently working as a servant at Baz House and living in its attic after fleeing into the city of Setar after a string of lost jobs and cruel treatment due to her intelligence and Jinn abilities.

The Jinn are an ancient people with superior abilities in speed and strength. Humans, called “Clay,” had been at war with Jinn until two generations ago when the Fire Accords were established, giving Jinn the ability to live and work among Clay as long as they never show their abilities.

In her attic room, Alizeh encounters a vision of the Devil, a being who has followed her throughout her life. He shows her the image of a young man and gives her a riddle:

“There once was a man
who bore a snake on each shoulder.
If the snakes were well fed
their master ceased growing older.

What they ate no one knew,
even as the children were found
with brains shucked from their skulls,
bodies splayed on the ground.”

The legend of the Devil, named Iblees, is shared. The Jinn were the original, sole race until Iblees fell into darkness. As the Clay race arose, the once all-powerful Jinn faded into shame over the Devil’s actions and ultimately went into hiding.

Alizeh delivers a dress she was commissioned to sew for Miss Huda and receives half-pay for it.

On the streets, she is attacked by a young boy holding a knife to her throat whom she quickly disarms and, upon empathizing with his struggles, offers him bread from the kitchens of Baz House if he ever visits.

As she leaves the encounter, she sees the person in the Devil’s earlier vision and quickly flees.

Prince Kamran has recently arrived in the city of Setar (the capital of Ardunia) after a year of overseeing armies. In the city, he witnesses Alizeh’s skillful outmaneuvering of the thief and becomes suspicious that she might be a spy for the rival kingdom of Tulan.

He interrogates the boy and threatens to turn him into the magistrates. Seemingly fearing for his life, the boy pleads with Kamran and ultimately drives his knife into his own neck to avoid what awaits him with the magistrates. Kamran yells into the crowded streets to help save him. He then finds Alizeh’s dropped bloody handkerchief as he leaves the site of the attack.

Kamran meets with his mother and grandfather, King Zaal. The king disapproves of his actions in helping the thief and is upset that poorer citizens loudly praise Kamran’s kindness. They discuss the potential upcoming war with Tulan as tensions continue to rise between the two nations over water resources and past disputes (including the ruthless killing of Kamran’s father when he was 11 years old).

To combat the king’s criticism, Kamran shares his theory about discovering a spy and agrees to further fulfill his duties by hosting a ball with the intention of finding a wife.

Alizeh waits for the boy each night, but he does not show. Instead, Miss Huda’s housekeeper completes the full payment for the dress and commissions five more dresses. However, Alizeh’s hands are badly injured as a result of being overworked and harshly treated by the head housekeeper, Mrs. Amina, and she fears she will be unable to complete the commission.

Urgently needing to heal her hands, she visits an apothecary in her servant’s snoda so as not to reveal her unique, color-changing eyes. The apothecarist, Deen, gives her packaged salves for her hands and the knife wound at her neck. They discuss the prince, and Alizeh realizes that Prince Kamran was the person in the Devil’s vision.

Kamran visits the boy, named Omid, who has been saved with rare magic by the Diviners. Omid defends Alizeh and reveals that she works at Baz House. Kamran is given a parcel by the Diviners.

Alizeh is grabbed by a mysterious man in the street. Kamran, walking nearby, scares the man into disappearing completely. Alizeh trips and scatters her packages in her panic. Kamran helps her and picks up the packages. She illegally uses her Jinn powers of invisibility to evade the prince.

Kamran returns her packages at Baz House. Alizeh quickly dismisses him.

The prince’s minister, Hazan, reveals that the tests conducted on the handkerchief detected ice in the blood. The Diviners prophesied that a demon-like creature with ice in her veins would cause the king’s demise.

Kamran meets with King Zaal. The king reveals that Alizeh is the first Jinn queen in over a thousand years, and she must be killed to prevent an uprising of Jinn citizens.

Omid visits Alizeh at Baz House. He explains his new protections as a result of being a symbol of the prince’s mercy. As an apology for hurting her, he invites Alizeh to the ball as his guest.

Alizeh meets with Miss Huda, the illegitimate child of a nobleman, to design her a dress for the ball. On her return to Baz House, Alizeh is attacked by six figures. She kills five and sends the final assailant back to his master with the message to leave her alone.

When she returns to Baz House, Hazan greets her as his queen. He shares that they knew each other as children, and has made arrangements to be executed at the upcoming ball that will assist her in fulfilling her destiny. Hazan reveals that the firefly, a symbol in Jinn culture which has appeared to her throughout the day, belongs to him. Alizeh is then gifted a nosta, a small orb which reveals the truth.

At the palace, Kamran is kidnapped by two men. He fights them off before the king reveals that he sent them. Kamran is brought into the palace dungeons and charged with treason. The king explains that the attempt to kill Alizeh failed, and he suspects Kamran of aiding in her evasion.

Kamran agrees to complete a task in order to prove his loyalty.

The prince is sent to Baz House as a spy under the ruse of conversing with his aunt, who resides in the estate. He witnesses Alizeh slip and get violently berated by Mrs. Amina. Alizeh is privately dismissed from her position.

Kamran enters Alizeh’s room and is threatened with scissors at his throat. He tells her that he was ordered to search for the king, but is trying to protect her and promises not to harm her. The nost a verifies his explanation, and Alizeh releases him. They argue over who will leave the room until a man nears the attic.

The two hide in a corner, crowded together and disguised with invisibility. The man extinguishes the light and leaves. Alizeh’s fear of the dark causes her to panic, and Kamran bickers with her in an attempt to comfort her. He asks her name, and she introduces herself as the Queen of Arya. Kamran kisses her in response.

When they separate from the heated kiss, he informs her that will be choosing a bride at the ball and hopes to wait for her instead. She refuses him and exits the room.

Alizeh wanders the city before stopping into the apothecary. Deen removes her bandages to discover that her injuries are fully healed. The two forge a quiet friendship. Deen divulges that he was instructed to deliver a package to Alizeh from “a friend.” The package contains a dress for the ball and a note that reads:

“Wear this tonight, and you will be
seen only by those who wish you well.”

Kamran prepares for the ball. He is informed that Cyrus, the young king of Tulan, will be in attendance. King Zaal and Hazan both warn him to be cautious.

Omid rushes to Kamran with the news that all twenty-five of the Diviners have been slaughtered.

Alizeh reports to Miss Huda that the commissioned gowns have not been finished. In

response, Miss Huda encourages Alizeh to finish them immediately in her presence. Alizeh removes her snoda at Miss Huda’s request, and upon seeing her unique eyes, realizes that she was instructed to give Alizeh a package. The package contains magical boots with another note:

“When the path is unclear, these shoes will lead the way.”

As Alizeh changes into the gifted dress and shoes, a young man appears in the room. He claims that they share a mutual friend and was instructed to ensure the night goes to plan. Not trusting Miss Huda to keep their secret, he magically silences her before teleporting her, himself, and Alizeh to the ball.

How did This Woven Kingdom end?

The ball has finally arrived. Kamran reluctantly greets guests, aware that the king will be choosing his bride from among them.

Alizeh promises not to run on the condition that the young man leaves Miss Huda unharmed. To fulfill his service to his master, he abandons Alizeh while he completes his tasks. They intend to leave together at midnight.

Iblees communicates another riddle to Alizeh:

“Beware the gold, the crown, the eye
One is a king who is loath to die

Ford the darkness, scale the wall
Two have a friend who is foe to all

The serpent, the saber, the fiery light 
Three will storm and rage and fight

Always the jester will interfere
For there cannot be three sovereigns here”

The prince notices Alizeh rush off in a panic, so he follows her. He tells her that he wants to choose her to marry, but she still hesitates. Hazan interrupts with a warning to “His Highness” that it is necessary to leave the ball immediately. Kamran interprets his warning as a sign of madness while Alizeh grows confused over the mixed messages she’s been receiving about the plan.

Omid obstructs the conversation by running to greet Alizeh. While the small group continues their disjointed conversation, a scream is heard across the room. They rush into the commotion.

Miss Huda and the young man are engaged in a loud argument. A crowd gathers around them, and he takes the opportunity to make a spectacle over his true reason for attending the ball. His true identity is finally revealed as Cyrus, the King of Tulan.

Cyrus magically lights a ring of flames around him and launches into a speech against King Zaal. It is revealed that King Zaal accepted a deal with the devil to remain young. The king was gifted a pair of snakes on his shoulders that extend his own life at the cost of the lives of children.

Alizeh realizes the meaning behind the devil’s earlier riddle, while Kamran understands Omid’s fear of the magistrates that stems from being witness to fellow children being taken off the streets to feed the snakes.

The snakes are shown to the crowd before Cyrus drives his sword through King Zaal’s chest. In his rage, Kamran charges Cyrus. They engage in a sword duel. Kamran is quickly disarmed, and Alizeh intervenes by charging through the fire.

Alizeh disarms and slaps Cyrus in his frozen shock over discovering she is a Jinn, a detail that he claims their mutual friend never shared. Alizeh announces their friend as Hazan to which Cyrus immediately refutes. Hazan is seized by guards for his treason in assisting her.

Cyrus reveals that their mutual acquaintance is Iblees, and that the devil wishes for Alizeh to rule.

Panicked and shocked by these revelations, Alizeh attempts to flee. She is stopped by her magical boots, which lift her into the air and deliver her onto the back of a dragon. 

Cyrus appears next to her on the dragon’s back. He explains that he owes the devil a favor, which he will complete when Alizeh obtains her kingdom. Therefore, they are headed to Tulan where Alizeh will marry him. 

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What happened in A Court of Silver Flames?

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After the war with Hybern, Nesta Archeron spends her days living alone in a rundown apartment, drinking herself senseless and sleeping with strangers. But she still feels nothing. She remembers how she hurt Cassian during the last Winter Solstice and how she lost Amren’s friendship. She feels responsible for Elain being captured by the Cauldron and her father’s death.

During the battle with Hybern, Amren shattered the Cauldron; Feyre and Rhys had managed to heal it and seal it away. Nesta and Elain had not revealed their abilities since then. 

Cassian arrives to take her to Rhys’ residence atop Hewn City to meet Feyre, the High Lady. Feyre and Rhysand are upset with Nesta for spending huge amounts of money on liquor without earning any of it. Feyre feels responsible for giving her space to recover after emerging from the Cauldron with gifts – dark power she took from it.  They give her two options: move into the House of Wind in the city of Velaris with Cassian and Azriel, where she will train during the day and work in the library with the Priestesses, or get thrown into the world of mortals who hate Fae. Nesta reluctantly agrees.

Nesta refuses to train in Windhaven, aware of how much everyone hated her being Made Fae. Cassian decides they’ll train at the House of Wind. During her first few days, she tries walking the ten thousand steps up and down. But falls and scratches the wall, where she notices burnt marks. Every now and then she tries walking down the steps. But only gets so close.

One day, during a heated argument, to unnerve Cassian and wipe the smug grin off his face, she kisses him.

She begins taking training seriously and eventually asks Cassian if the Priestesses could join after learning that they never leave or step outdoors. She puts up a sign sheet, but nobody enrolls. Eventually she befriends Gwyn, a Priestess from Sangravah, and convinces her to join training.

When Nesta returns to Windhaven, she visits Emerie, a shopkeeper she met when Cassian initially brought her up here for training. She defends her against Emerie’s cousin, pressuring her to sell her shop. Emerie’s wings were clipped by her father to discourage her. Nesta feels for her and invites her to join training too. The three women become close friends, working out together and exchanging books. Gwyn becomes more confident around Cassian, bearing her trauma of being attacked in the temple in Sangravah. She is still hesitant around Azriel as he was the one who witnessed and rescued the Priestesses. When he was looking for the cauldron, Hybern found out that its feet were used to fuel the priestesses’ gifts. He sent his deadliest warriors to retrieve it.

With Hybern’s king dead, the group feared an army being raised again. If united with Vallahan, they would claim more territory from the humans. Morrighan (Mor) is tasked with forging a treaty with Vallahan. Rhys orders Cassian to find out what the human queens were planning. 

Cassian reaches out to Vassa – the ousted human queen who was betrayed and sold by the other queens to a sorcerer-lord. She was cursed to be a firebird by day and a woman by night. Lucien was living with Vassa and had become close to Jurian. Jurian had fought on their side. He was a human general tortured by Amarantha for five centuries and rebirthed by the Caluldron, helping the group win the war. When Cassian arrives to meet them, he finds Eris there. He despises Eris for leaving Mor at the outskirts of the city when she was severely injured. Eris convinced Keir to delay his visits to Velaris and had visited Vassa to find out why his soldiers were missing. Eris reminds Cassian they are allies. They suspect Briallyn was behind the disappearance, so they would suspect one another. The Cauldron had punished Briallyn. She had jumped in to turn young forever; she emerged a crone and immortal.

After they leave, Eris tells Cassian he wants in on whatever they’re plotting because he wants to overthrow his father, Beron. Beron pledged his forces to Briallyn and wishes to incite war to expand his territory. He reveals that his missing soldiers returned with his father looking aloof and vanished a few days later. If the Night Court moved against Beron, it would expose Eris’s involvement. Eris only wishes to defend the Autumn Court. If the Night Court didn’t help him, he would turn to other territories. With Briallyn and Koschei working together, securing an alliance would be easy by handing over Nesta, whom Briallyn had a vendetta against. Koschei, a death lord, was confined to a lake by an ancient spell and probably aimed to free himself with Briallyn’s help. 

Cassian explains to the group what he learned. Azriel also confirms Vassa’s suspicions. Koschei is whispering in Briallyn’s ear and pointing her towards The Dread Trove. He wishes to use it to free himself. But they suspect Briallyn is not a puppet and is pretending to be controlled to find the Cauldron again. 

The Dread Trove consists of three objects, as far as they are aware: a mask that raised the dead, a harp that could open any door, and the crown, which can influence anyone, but touch was required. Feyre explains that since the Trove was made by the Cauldron, the Trove finds its master. But Briallyn was punished, probably instead of Nesta. Nesta, on the other hand, took something from the Cauldron and, like, called to like. She and Elain were the group’s best shot at finding the Dread Trove.

When Nesta enquires why there are no women units in Illyria, Cassian tells her about the Blood Rite warriors have to complete. When an Illyrian warrior comes into full power, he has to go through the Blood Rite to qualify as a full warrior and adult. Would-be warriors are sent in from across clans. They’re scattered across the Illyrian Mountains to survive and make it to Ramiel, a sacred mountain. They’re drugged and dumped in the wilderness without weapons. Even magic is forbidden. Nobody is allowed to break the law and rescue participants. They will be hunted and killed otherwise.

Since they’re running out of time, Nesta finally decides to overcome her fears and try scrying, so Elain won’t have to. The first time she tries, she is thrown into a darkness that consumes her. Cassian and Azriel run to her rescue when they hear her screaming. They watch as silver flames envelop her but don’t burn her. Rhys swoops in and tries to contain it. Cassian’s voice brings her back. She’s touched when she finds him watching over her until the next morning. Rhys tells his brothers that Nesta’s power is pure death.

Rhys is troubled by another problem. Feyre is pregnant. But the baby has wings. Since Feyre shapeshifts, she was fully Illyrian that night, but now she doesn’t have wings. Due to her pregnancy, she was advised not to shape shift anymore. Giving birth to a child with wings puts Feyre at risk. She could die. The group hides this from her until they find a solution.

She tries again, this time with the group in the room. She extends a hand with bones over a map. Cassian stays close to help pull her back. Amren finds her power interesting. They find the location of the Mask. Nesta goes with Cassian and Azriel to the Bog of Oorid. Eris’s missing soldiers ambush them. They go feral as they attack, as if they’re being controlled – the men realize. Nesta is tired of waiting in a safe spot while Cassian and Azriel fight. She goes to look for them. She reaches black water, wherea kelpie, a creature designed to kill, takes her into the water. She spots the Mask and calls to it. She wears it, kills the creature, and surfaces back. Azriel and Cassian are shocked. They take the Mask back to Rhys, who calls Helion to put a binding spell on it so nobody can touch it.

Cassian takes Nesta to his blacksmith. He’s apprehensive at first, then lets her in. Cassian wants her to learn that a blade is more than just wielding it. Once Nesta learns, the blacksmith tells her to take a shot at making some blades.

Rhys summons Cassian. He shows the blades Nesta made that the blacksmith brought over out of fear that they contained something. They agree to keep this a secret from her – that she could make things with power.

During training, Cassian asks Nesta what she would name a weapon if she could. Nesta is suspicious and finally demands the truth. Cassian tells her about the capabilities of her power, but Amren had instructed her to keep it a secret. She goes to Amren and argues with her. In a fit of rage, she reveals to Feyre that they don’t trust her either and have kept the danger of her birth a secret. Feyre is heartbroken. Rhys orders Nesta to leave the city immediately. Cassian takes her to the wilderness. They spend a week before she’s back and agrees to scry.

Nesta tells Gwyn how much she loves music and asks if she could attend the service she’s told her about. During the service, Nesta is transported mentally and discovers the next Dread Trove object. She and Cassian head to the prison. Nesta finds the chamber she had seen in her vision and, inside, the harp. By touching the harp, she opens a pathway in her mind to Briallyn, who’s surely wearing the crown, so she can communicate. In her attempt to be free of her voice in her head, she agrees with a voice that says it will open another door. Only when they’re leaving, she realizes it opened the door to Lanthys’s cell, a death lord who couldn’t be killed, only contained. 

Nesta runs while Cassian fights him. Then she hears soldiers bounding towards her. She uses the harp to transport back to him, then uses one of the blades she made to push Lanthys back into his cell. He shows her a vision of them ruling with the Dread Trove objects around them, including a fourth object. And another vision of them tangled in bed. Cassian attacks, and Nesta finishes the job using her blade. Realizing more soldiers were coming, she uses the harp again to transport them to safety.

Nesta apologizes to Feyre for hurting her. Rhys asks Nesta to seduce Eris at the Winter Solstice celebration at Hewn City. They needed to solidify their alliance. Mor teaches her to dance. At the dance, Rhys offered one of the blades Nesta Made. Eris accepts it and dances with Nesta. By the end of the ball, he proposes marriage.

Gwyn reveals a Valkyrie test – to cut a ribbon in half. They all fail; only Cassian succeeds. They keep trying until they’re able to cut it successfully and declare themselves Valkyrie. Cassian and Azriel set up different obstacle courses every day. When they complete it, Cassian reveals that they’ve qualified to participate in the Blood Rite. He had invited Lord Devlon to watch so he and his men could see for themselves how capable they were.

Cassian finds Nesta on Winter Solstice Day and gives her a present. It’s a music orb. She’s touched by the lengths he went to for it. They argue and confess their feelings to each other. Sleeping together and calling it just sex since then changes into something more for both, and this time Cassian stays until morning.

He’s sent to do routine checks. While he’s gone, Nesta invites Gwyn and Emerie for a sleepover. Gwyn suggests making bracelets together. Nesta uses her power to seal a promise that they will always find each other no matter what.

Days later, when Cassian returns, Nesta and he walk hand in hand in public. Nesta is unnerved. She refuses to admit he’s her mate. She fears it takes away her humanity and that she’ll always hurt him. They argue, and Nesta tells him to seek her only when she asks. She runs to Emerie for consolation and finds Gwyn there. They tell her they figured something was wrong. While she’s regretting being harsh to Cassian and promises herself to tell him whatever he needed to hear to get him back, she would. Suddenly there’s a loud crash, the women screaming and male laughter.

Cassian learns of Nesta going to visit Emerie from Mor, who winnowed her there. Rhys and he sense that nobody is home when they arrive. They also sense the presence of males and notice the fight the women put up. They realize they’ve been thrown into the Blood Rite.

When Nesta wakes up in the wilderness, she realizes the three women were taken and dropped in the Blood Rite. The bracelet she made with the charm glows, indicating she’s getting closer to either Gwyn or Emerie. She follows it. Nesta finds Emerie injured and unconscious in the water. She pulls her to safety. They encounter Emerie’s cousin, Bellius. But an animal attacks just as he’s about to harm them. They find Gwyn soon after, and the three women fight to survive. While crossing the bridge to Ramiel, Gwyn is injured by some men with an arrow in her thigh. They climb a tree to survive the night. Gwyn recounts the horrors she faced at the hands of the King of Hybern and how Azriel and Mor rescued them. Emerie talks in detail about the way her father treated her. Nesta shares her own truth and darkness. The women agree to win the Blood Rite by following the path less taken that was once taken by the legend who kept enemies at bay for three days straight, until reinforcements arrived.

Rhys reveals that he and Feyre are tied by a promise – if he dies, she dies, and so does the baby. So he cannot risk facing any dangerous situations. During birth, if she’s met with death, so will he. Amren disapproves of this promise. Cassian and Azriel set out to rescue Eris, who is believed to be captured by Briallyn.

Cassian knows that as Nesta’s mate, he would know if she died in the wilderness. But no word from her worried him. After three days of keeping watch, Eris finally emerges from Briallyn’s palace. Azriel and he follow him, keeping a distance. Eris ambushes Cassian. They are led to the lake where Koschei was trapped. He spoke to them in the form of a shadow. Azriel and Cassian realize that Briallyn is using the Crown to control Eris. Nesta’s made weapon remains on his waist. Azriel ascends, ready to escape. Cassian tugs at Eris, but they’re frozen in place. Koschei hands Cassian over to Briallyn to do as she pleases.

How did A Court of Silver Flames end?

Gwyn is too injured to climb. They try and fall down. Nesta decides they go on without her. She renders Gwyn unconscious and ties her to Emerie. Meanwhile, Nesta stays back to fight off Bellius and his men. She kills them all while he hides. He tells her he doesn’t want to reach the top of the mountain. But only wants her. She fought him until she couldn’t. Cassian slashes and rips Bellius’s throat. He hugs her and says he’ll slit her throat now. Cassian was secretly screaming at her to run or kill her, but he couldn’t stop himself from squeezing her too tightly. Briallyn appears wearing the crown. Nesta realizes he’s being controlled.

Briallyn reveals Bellius fed her the information about her friendship. She knew Nesta would follow her into the Blood Rite. All to wear her down because her magic is too powerful. She says she wants power and the Trove. Briallyn said “kill” but didn’t specify who. Cassian fought against the Crown as he turned the knife towards her chest.

Nesta hears screaming in her head as she attacks Briallyn. She unleashes her magic as Briallyn turns back to her original self, then to dust until only the crown remained. Cassian and Nesta kiss – a mate’s kiss. Azriel and Mor appear. They confirm that Eris is safe, Nesta’s weapon retrieved, but it was Feyre. She started bleeding even though she was months away from giving birth.

Majda tried to help deliver the baby. Feyre tells her to cut her open even though it would kill her. The baby is silent, and Feyre is bleeding on the bed. Rhys screams. Suddenly there’s a flash of golden light. Nesta uses all three objects of the Dread Trove – the mask, crown, and harp- at once. She plucks the 26th string, which was time. Nesta makes an offer to the power. If it showed her how to save Feyre, she would give her power back. Light flowed from Nesta’s body to Feyre and toward the baby in Mor’s arms. Feyre wakes up, and the baby cries. Rhys kneels and kisses Nesta’s fingers. Nesta hugs him. Amreen locks away the objects that Nesta accessed, even though Helion had used magic to secure them from being discovered.

The stone heals Emerie and Gwyn’s wounds and brings them to Nesta. Nesta reveals to Cassian that she probably still held a little power, like someone stopped the Cauldron from taking it all. She also requested it to alter her body a little so when she gave birth, she wouldn’t face a risk like Feyre. She shares a biscuit with him, and he offers a mating coronation.

Cassian meets Eris and tells him he’s not a monster. Gwyn returns to living in the library but would attend Nesta and Cassian’s mating ceremony. The sisters take the baby and visit their father’s grave. 

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My suggestions for no-spice fall romance books for teens:

My Favorite Color is The Golden Hour
by Eva Austin

This childhood-friends-reunited / enemies-to-lovers fall YA romance is the perfect no-spice autumn rom-com for teens or anyone. My Favorite Color is the Golden Hour is a fun, light-hearted, and sweet fall-themed romance book set during a small-town fall festival.
Contents: No language, no spice.

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Falling Like Leaves
by Misty Wilson

About a city girl stuck in a quaint small town who must confront her future and her old flame while the town prepares for an annual fall festival.
It’s no-spice, but some say it’s best for older teens.

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Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc

Fall is a big deal in Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. That’s when tourists from all over the country descend upon this picturesque town to see the babbling brooks and colorful leaves while sipping hot chocolate or pumpkin spice lattes.
Contents: no-spice

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If the Broom Fits
by Sarah Sutton

How do you move on from someone you never fell out of love with?
Contents: no-spice

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When You Found Me
by Anastasia Layne

Miles James Ruins Everything…
Contents: no-spice

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Pride & Prejudice & Potions
by Laura M. Drake

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Austen Heights is a sleepy little town—until a murder wakes it up.
An autumn cozy romantic mystery, a witchy retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Contents: no language, no spice

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Welcome to Fae Café
by Jennifer Kropf

There are ten golden rules if you want to survive an encounter with a fae:
Don’t ask their name. If they ask you what your name is, lie. Avoid looking directly into their eyes. Don’t invite them to your book club…
This book isn’t technically YA, but we think YA readers will like this no-spice contemporary fae story set in autumn.
Contents: no language, no spice

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Love in Writing
by Dana LeCheminant

Allie has sworn off dating. Which is unfortunate, because the cute guy at the grocery store has finally struck up a conversation, and shy and sweet Ben is even more adorable than he looks… This book isn’t technically YA, but we think YA readers will like this autumn-themed love story.
Contents: no-spice

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Callie and the Pumpkin Seed
by Sarah Beran

She’s a baker struggling to support her stepfamily. He’s a prince running from the biggest decision of his life. Can their friendship result in something sweet, or is it a recipe for disaster?
Try this fall-themed fantasy retelling.
Contents: no-spice

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Author
Rebecca Yarros

Ratings
4.6 stars on Amazon
4.21 stars on Goodreads
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What happened in Onyx Storm?

Your full Onyx Storm summary:

Onyx Storm begins shortly after Iron Flame’s ending, after the battle defending Basgiath against the venin invasion. Violet’s mother has died, sacrificing her life to power the wardstone that protects Basgiath. During the battle, Xaden has channeled magic from the earth, making him a venin initiate in the process. Jack Barlowe, still a prisoner at Basgiath, reveals that there is no cure for being venin, and that venin don’t want to be cured anyway. This strains Violet and Xaden’s relationship throughout the book: Xaden is afraid of losing control and hurting her or others with his new powers, and continually withdraws from her. Only a few of his closest friends know about his condition and keep it a secret. Violet’s other friends have survived the battle, although Sawyer lost a leg and worries about his ability to ride a dragon going forward.

Early in the book, Mira finds out that the Aretian wards will hold for at most six more months. During the previous battle, Andarna helped power the wardstone at Basgiath, which means she cannot power the wardstone in Tyrrendor any more. Violet and Andarna form a plan to find Andarna’s lost dragon kind to save Aretia; they also hope that they may help cure Xaden of his venin condition.

In the aftermath of the battle, riders are hunting down any remaining venin in Navarre, but at the same time, venin are infiltrating Basgiath and try to break out Jack. While leadership, especially Commandant Panchek, doesn’t fully appreciate this danger, the assembly of Navarrian nobles (the Senarium) sends out a search squad to find the lost dragon kind. They put Captain Grady in command of it, and Violet also gets assigned as a member. While the Senarium accepts some of Andarna’s demands, they reject her request for the wardstone to be altered to allow gryphon fliers to wield.

Navarre and Poromiel are starting peace negotiations to defeat the venin together. However, Navarrian animosity towards their old enemies nearly results in a riot. Together with the gryphon fliers’ severe disadvantage of being unable to wield within the Navarrian wards, this keeps the peace talks from progressing. Violet and her friends are able to deal with both: they can stop an angry mob of dragon riders, and later modify the wardstone to enable gryphon fliers to wield within their reach. Dain’s father, who has become the new general at Basgiath, considers this treason, but Violet and her friends can evade severe punishment since they executed the changes just before the official pardon for the deserting riders from Iron Flame took effect.

Violet and her squad get sent to fight at Samara, a border outpost, but the fighting has already ceased when they arrive. When a small village in the region is under venin attack, the official outpost soldiers cannot intervene due to understaffing, so Violet and her squad try to save the civilians on their own. Tairn and Violet arrive first and are able to kill some wyvern together with Garrick, who surprisingly arrives from Basgiath, sent by Xaden, implying that Garrick may have a second signet allowing him to travel long distances. Violet and Tairn are injured in the fighting. A silver-haired high-ranking venin called Theophanie also appears, revealing that the attack on the village was a trap for Violet. Theophanie tries to bring Violet under her control, but then disappears.

At Basgiath, they learn more about venin powers and ranks from Jack. In addition to Xaden and Violet’s existing relationship problems, Xaden has started a position as signet-fighting teacher, forcing them to pause their relationship to abide by the Code of Conduct. The appearance of Prince Halden, the King’s son and Violet’s ex-boyfriend, brings further tension between them. In the meantime, Dain manages to bypass his father’s security mechanism and recovers Violet’s father’s research. He also finds a letter addressed to Violet, instructing her to find a merchant on the isle Deverelli.

On the first mission of the quest squad, they retrieve a gem from an abandoned border village, which is the price for an audience with the Deverelli king. They have to fight wyvern, and Aura, one of the squad members, accidentally kills Grady and is then killed by a wyvern. Violet also finds a letter from Theophanie, who is trying to further influence her. After that mission, Violet is allowed to lead the squad and re-assembles it with people she trusts more. However, she also has to take Prince Halden as an official representative of Navarre. Together, they head for Deverelli.

On Deverelli, everyone loses their ability to wield, and only Violet can still communicate with her dragons. Violet finds her father’s texts, but Prince Halden gets detained during his audience with the Deverelli King Courtlyn. Violet and Xaden try to retrieve him and have an audience with the king, together with Viscount Tecarus. They learn that Halden’s guard tried to steal from the king and was killed in the process. Halden gets angry, escalating the situation until King Courtlyn orders them all killed. In the ensuing fight, Xaden lapses back into channeling his venin powers, using a piece of alloy in Violet’s conduit; with Andarna’s help they are able to pressure Courtlyn into an agreement and, going forward, are allowed to use Deverelli as a base for their ongoing search.

Back at Basgiath, they decode Violet’s father’s research, and make further plans to not return to Basgiath after each island visit, going against direct orders. Xaden withdraws further, worried about his venin condition.

For their next venture, the quest squad adds more gryphon fliers and replaces Prince Halden with the first-year rider Aaric, who is secretly the king’s other son. They travel to Unnbriel, the isle of the goddess Dunne. Xaden, Dain, and Violet have to fight Unnbriel’s best fighters to gain an audience with the queen. They learn that there have been no dragons in Unnbriel for hundreds of years, and that Unnbriel will only ally itself with Navarre against the venin if it receives dragon eggs, a demand that Violet refuses.

From Unnbriel, the squad sets out for Hedotis, where they seek an audience with the triumvirate leadership. To their surprise they meet Xaden’s mother Talia, who left his family when he was a child. Talia now lives on Hedotis, married to a member of the triumvirate, and has two younger sons, making Xaden feel abandoned. During dinner, Talia’s husband tries to poison them, but only Garrick eats the poisoned food. They find an antidote to save Garrick and manage to leave Hedotis safely.

The squad continues their journey to the next island, Zehyllna, whose inhabitants worship the god of luck, Zihnal. Before they are allowed an audience with the queen, they have to play a game of cards, during which each of them receives a gift. Most of the gifts are harmless or cryptic, but Trager, one of the gryphon fliers on the team, is killed after drawing an arrow card. Although the squad is devastated by the loss, the following audience with the Zehyllnan queen is a success, and Zehyllna agrees to send a large army to Navarre.

After burning Trager’s body and exploring the nearby smaller isles, Violet and Ridoc encounter the lost dragon kind, the irids. They learn that the irids are peaceful, but judgemental of humanity. They left Andarna’s egg in Navarre as a test for humanity, to see if they can change their ways, but consider it a failure, since Andarna has become a warrior. They don’t offer help powering the wardstones against the venin, and claim that there is no cure for venin. Violet later tells Ridoc about Xaden turning venin, and, back at Basgiath, also tells her other close friends.

In Basgiath, Violet learns that the venin have made progress in the war and stolen the powerful alloy-hilted daggers. They have also killed the Poromish queen, making Viscount Tecarus the new king. Surprisingly, a new shadow wielder has manifested among the first-year riders, which appears to indicate Xaden’s continuing transition to becoming the venin counterpart to the non-venin shadow wielder of their generation.

Violet’s squad visits Aretia for a rune intensive. Violet and Xaden’s relationship regains some intimacy and he is able to control himself better than before. At night, Violet’s nightmares intensify, and she and Xaden find out that Violet’s second signet from Andarna is dream-walking. She can visit others’ dreams, and her nightmares were Xaden’s dreams, manipulated by his venin Sage. The same night, Aretia faces a new venin attack. Aaric warns Violet to defend the temple of Dunne, later revealing that he is a precog, able to see the future. At the temple of Dunne, a priestess of Dunne confronts the venin Theophanie. Violet learns that before turning venin, Theophanie used to be a priestess herself. Aretia is only saved by the arrival of Leothan, one of the irids from the isles. Leothan helps power up Aretia’s wardstone; after the battle, he convinces Andarna to break her bond with Violet to come with him and learn about the irids’ way of life.

In the aftermath, Violet is depressed due to her broken bond with Andarna. From her siblings, she learns that their parents tried to dedicate her to Dunne, but Mira believes that the priestess rejected her because of her uncertain future. At the same time, the relationship between Tyrrendor and the rest of Navarre deteriorates after Xaden allows refugees from Poromiel into Tyrrendor. Soon after, the venin use Xaden’s dreams and Garrick as a messenger to inform them that Mira is being held hostage at Draithus.

How did Onyx Storm end? Onyx Storm summary spoiler ending:

With only a small force, they try to rescue Mira by exchanging her for Jack Barlowe, but Theophanie slits Mira’s throat. Brennan can only save her with Sloane and Dain’s help. Tairn brings Mira’s dragon to safety while Violet and Theophanie fight. Violet manages to kill Theophanie with a dagger from Dunne’s temple that Aaric had sent her earlier. During the same battle, Quinn is killed by a venin while trying to save civilians.

While Violet is fighting Theophanie, Xaden is confronted by Berwyn, a high-ranking venin leader, whom he thought had died during the battle at the end of Iron Flame. Commandant Panchek is revealed as a traitor, and his dragon dies at Berwyn’s hands, showing that the alloy-hilted daggers can also kill dragons. Berwyn also reveals a new venin initiate very close to Xaden, but the name stays secret. Since Berwyn is Xaden’s Sage, Xaden cannot kill him, but he is able to knock him unconscious and send shadows over the battlefield to protect Violet. However, this breaks him and he crosses from venin initiate to full venin. He is only able to preserve his love for Violet. 

The book ends with Violet awakening in Riorson House, having lost twelve hours of memory, wiped by Imogen at Violet’s own request. Tairn is recovering from the battle and Andarna is back, but Violet’s bond to Xaden has fully vanished. At the same time, all evidence points to Xaden having murdered multiple riders and dragons, and having stolen six dragon eggs from the hatching grounds. However, Violet finds a ring and documents proving that she and Xaden are now married. Check out these Fourth Wing gifts before you go!

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