top of page

Waiting On Wednesday: An Enchantment of Ravens


Wednesday's are such gloomy days of the week. Everyone in the office gets all excited because it's "hump day" and I'm over here going... "more like mid-week slump day". But guess what! Now there's a reason to love Wednesday's. Why do you ask? Because we can chat about books! This Wednesday I'm waiting on and thinking about and way too excited about An Enchantment of Ravens...

___________ Ever since I saw this cover I knew my Fae obsessed mind needed to have it! I'm serious, the obsession is real. This week I'm waiting for An Enchantment of Ravens. I've heard so many good things about it, from vivid descriptions to forest dwellings and shapeshifting. Looking forward to see if it holds up to its hype for me...we all know my track record for hyped books. Well, maybe you're stumbling upon this and DON'T know my track record with hyped books. Hint: it's not good..oops, cat's out of the bag. Keep your eyes peeled for this one and add it to your Goodreads TBR!

Page Count: 300 pages

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Publisher: Margaret K McElderry Books

Release Date: September 26, 2017

___________

SYNOPSIS

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel’s paintings are highly prized among them. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes – a weakness that could cost him his life. Furious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. Waylaid by the Wild Hunt’s ghostly hounds, the tainted influence of the Alder King, and hideous monsters risen from barrow mounds, Isobel and Rook depend on one another for survival. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love, violating the fair folks’ ruthless Good Law. There's only one way to save both their lives, Isobel must drink from the Green Well, whose water will transform her into a fair one—at the cost of her Craft, for immortality is as stagnant as it is timeless. Isobel has a choice: she can sacrifice her art for a future, or arm herself with paint and canvas against the ancient power of the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.


bottom of page