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Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire’s final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war.
It’s mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she’s certain it’s in the company of vampire Sébastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn’t understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.
Author of the New York Times bestselling duology The Wrath & The Dawn, Renée Ahdieh is back. The Righteous is the can’t-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.
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- ISBN: 9781984812629
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- ISBN: 9781984812629
- File size: 11199 KB
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6
- Lexile® Measure: 820
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 3-5
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October 15, 2021
To rescue loved ones following the events of The Damned (2020), Arjun and Pippa venture into the dangerous Otherworld. The Court of Lions begs half-human, half-fey Arjun to go to the Otherworld--the place vampires have been exiled from--to convince a fey healer to come and save Odette. He's on a strict time limit, though, with his promise of servitude to the Winter Court's king hanging overhead. After Arjun leaves, Pippa investigates his home in search of clues about Celine, her missing best friend, and ends up following him through the tare. The fey of the Summer Court are vicious to "halfbloods" like Arjun, who at least has protection from his mother's status; when Pippa ends up being discovered and is seriously endangered, Arjun claims her as his fiancee to protect her. While they're attracted to each other, Pippa already has a fiance--a good, rich man she needs to marry to take care of her family--but the fey marriage rite means forever. Pippa and Arjun's compatibility allows for a quickly building romance despite the circumstances. Occasional viewpoints from other characters' perspectives give hints at more Otherworld politics. In the last act, the worldbuilding further expands with deceptions and dangerous fey schemes coming to fruition just in time for the sequel. Racism, colorism, and colonialism are confronted (Pippa's White and British; Arjun's human half is Indian); queer fey are accepted. Characters' relationships aside, essentially an extended setup for the next installment. (Fantasy. 14-adult)COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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February 1, 2022
Gr 9 Up-The third book in this series brings Pippa Montrose from supporting character to center stage. Arjun is sent to find a fey healer, and when Pippa's investigation leads her to his apartment, she ends up following him to the court of the fey. When Pippa is discovered and put in peril, Arjun claims her as his fianc� to keep the fey at bay. This book feels less 1872 than the previous installments, perhaps because so much takes place in a fantasy court with its own rules and political intrigue. Ahdieh's writing is lush as she balances various points of view throughout the novel. The romance is delightful, as is the sex positivity, intersectional feminism, and discussions of colonialism. Pippa is white, Arjun is part Indian, part fey. VERDICT Originally a duology, this series was expanded because of its popularity. The vicious fey court makes this an easy recommendation to fans of Holly Black's The Cruel Prince.
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