#Faery Rebels

[rj-anderson]

Do you love listening to a really well done audiobook? So do I. That's why I'm delighted to announce that the newly recorded audiobook of my UK-bestselling fantasy novel Knife is now available on Audible, Spotify, and other great listening sites!

There are humans at the bottom of the garden, and a glimpse inside their forbidden House convinces the fierce young faery hunter known as Knife that their knowledge could help her dying people.

But if the human world has so much to offer, why is the faery Queen determined to keep her people away from it? Is there a connection between the House and the faeries’ loss of magic? And why is Knife so drawn to the young Paul McCormick — that strangest of creatures, a human male?

This new 15th anniversary edition is read by Eva Kaminsky, a veteran actress and audiobook narrator, and she's done a terrific job bringing Bryony, Wink, Thorn, and the other inhabitants of the Oakenwyld to life. I'm grateful to Oasis Audio and Enclave Publishing for making this recording possible, and giving more readers a chance to hear Knife's story for the first time.

Learn more and check out an audio sample from the first chapter here!

[suzannahnatters]

HEY GUYS I'M COMING TO THE US LET'S MEET UP ~ Book Signing Event!!! ~ WHERE: Barnes & Noble Polaris in Columbus, Ohio WHEN: June 11th from 2-5 PM WITH: RJ Anderson, W.R. Gingell, Rosamund Hodge, and Joanna Ruth Meyer!

Let me just rave about my chums for a minute - - R.J. Anderson, who writes wonderful, old-school YA fantasy about fairies and faith! (Try KNIFE, I couldn't put it down)

- W.R. Gingell, author of beloved Aussie urban fantasy series THE CITY BETWEEN (my fave is BETWEEN WALLS but you have to read the whole thing)

- Rosamund Hodge, author of dark and bittersweet parables of sin, redemption, and stabbing things (if you haven't read CRIMSON BOUND what are you even doing with yourself)

- Joanna Ruth Meyer, author of heartfelt and evocative YA fantasies (INTO THE HEARTLESS WOOD is the cottagecore tree siren story you never knew you needed).

- And ME, your favourite author of ridiculously over-researched historical fantasy!

(- Also possibly a sixth MYSTERY AUTHOR watch this space)

IF you want to purchase books, you can snag a copy of DARK CLOUDS on the day, or if there's a specific title you want, be sure to call B&N Polaris at (614) 854-0339 and ask them to order it in for you.

11 June! Please come! Bring any books you want signed! It will be SO thrilling to meet you!

[raspberry-gloaming]

I've got to say that my favourite things about Martin is his dramatics and sheer theatre-kid ness. Like every single friend (not that there's many) he ever makes in the human world is linked to theatre. Dude collapses in a 12 year olds garden or like her pony trek and as soon as he isn't actively dying is like fellow theatre kid? must mentor must mentor immediately

[hourly-cookie-run]

🏹 Silverbell Cookie is visiting the Cookie Kingdom!

Wait... what's he writing???👀

[nightmyst14-blog]

Hope everyone had a good pride month!! If not, I hope you next year will be better for you!! Keep being great!!

Decided to end off the month with some ships of mine!! Hope you enjoy!!

Please be kind, I don't understand some parts of the different spectrums of certain things work plus others, but I try to keep an open mind. I only understand the basics.

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

I think Ezra Bridger and Ty Blackthorn would be good friends 😌

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

I desperately need the Thrawn stans (specifically novel Thrawn Stans) to remember that Thrawns whole deal is rebuilding the Empire and fighting the New Republic.

[nabesimart]

Azure and rust dragons were always some of my favorite HOMM creatures <3

[spiritsurfers]

Female pixies 🦋🧚‍♀️

https://spiritsurfers.substack.com/p/celebrity-flash-readings-female-fairies

[thebuginyourwalls]

Finally got a copy of the book that got me into gt as a kid. It's been really fun to reread it again! The faeries in this are so interesting.

[singswan-springswan]

*giggles*

[rj-anderson]

After literal years of blathering on and off about various bits of it here on Tumblr, I'm happy to announce that my short story collection Tales from the Oakenwyld is finally out today!

If you've enjoyed my Knife and Swift trilogies inspired by English faery folklore and would like to read more about some of the side characters from the series, you can buy Tales from the Oakenwyld here.

And if you've already bought your copy, thank you! <3

P.S. Special shout-out to @scarvenartist for her delightful cover art of an appropriately grumpy-looking Thorn. It's always an honour to have you illustrate my stories!

[suzannahnatters]

Hello! I am a big fan of your books (especially Miss Sharp and Miss Dark), and I'm SUPER excited for the upcoming book signing. On that topic, I have a question. I know that, for at least some of the authors, we can't buy books day-of; we have to preorder or special order them. Is that true for all the authors? Or will some of y'all have books available to buy the day of the event? And, if there is a difference, do you happen to know who will have books available for day-of purchase and who won't? (I know W.R. Gingell has said she won't, but I'm uncertain about you and the other authors.)

(Oh, and a side note — this event is what convinced me to finally read Echo North, and it is SO GOOD, so THANK YOU.)

Thank you for your help! <3

Hey!!! I'm so excited you'll be coming! And so thrilled you're enjoying ECHO NORTH! So, for the 11 June book signing in Columbus, OH (details here) the Polaris Fashion Center B&N will be stocking one title per author EXCEPT for W.R. Gingell. The titles are: RJ Anderson: SWIFT Rosamund Hodge: CRUEL BEAUTY Joanna Ruth Meyer: INTO THE HEARTLESS WOOD Suzannah Rowntree: DARK CLOUDS IF you would like to buy other titles by any of these authors (we all have lots available!) OR any of WR Gingell's books, then please do call the B&N on (614) 854-0339 to order the books in! That way you can pick up your order on the day AND get it signed =)

[raspberry-gloaming]

Martin makes me think of JD from Heathers not that he's that that similar but rather that he would absolutely play him in a production of Heathers the Musical.

[pennyroyalperfection]

honestly pretty dark theory based on the innocent sleep/sleep no more below the cut because i cant stop thinking about it

alright, so it's july and too hot to sleep, so that means spitballing theories instead of doing as either of these book titles suggest. and instead of continuing to bug my friend about it i'm gonna drop it here on the blog i continually forget i made for this express purpose

basically, a thought occurred to me a little bit earlier, and the thought was "wait, none of tybalt's titania-visions included toby, did they?" so i went and checked, and lo— cailin, colleen, jill, cailin the younger, chalcedony, anne, and september were all used as bait. october, his literal wife, was not. and that led me to a much worse thought

the very specific wording that titania used in the vision was that SHE would not harm toby or the baby (two things she is literally forbidden from doing anyway. i see you, villain), and that amandine had agreed to 'raise the child as her own.' which................ anyone else feel something crawl up their backs every time they see that? no? just me?

in any case, amandine likely meant to raise the child into what she thought toby should be, i.e. august's handmaiden/servant, the place toby had been occupying the last four months. except that she'd """do it right""" this time and make the subservience stick. surejan.jpeg

but toby..........

a little earlier, amandine mentions that only toby will be allowed to remember what happened before titania's faerie was implemented. but that's amandine. for all that she's a shitty person and a worse mother, she's incredibly possessive of what she thinks is hers. of course she doesn't want toby to die, that's her toy. she wants her around to punish for not doing exactly what amandine wanted her to do, not six feet under in an iron coffin

but titania (who assuredly doesn't run all her plans by her husband's youngest get to receive her stamp of approval before implementing them) makes no allusions as to what will happen to toby after that baby is born. and i have a very terrible feeling that titania was planning to kill toby in a way she couldn't come back from. and the proof of that is, very plainly, it would be far and away easier to successfully tempt tybalt into breaking the circle with his known weakness (wife he loves a lot and is honestly really intense about, plus getting to keep their yet-unborn child) than with a series of people who have been dead for decades if not centuries

but she didn't

and the only reason i can see that that was completely off the table as a persuasive strategy is if titania planned to remove toby from the board entirely, and the ritual magic of the ride breaking doesn't allow for titania to tell such an enormous lie as "oh, yes, step out and we'll let you and october go play happy houses somewhere"

titania cannot lay her hands on toby directly, but that didn't stop her from locking her in with her abusive mother for four months, and it wouldn't stop her from getting someone else to do it with explicit instructions to ensure success

so. tl;dr— titania was planning on offing toby, professional villain agenda wrecker, and so couldn't use her as a bargaining chip to break the circle during her ride, and that's why she pulled up all those people from tybalt's past to tempt him to break the line instead

[dimestoretajic]

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