#just. like I said. full disclosure. i don't really rec it. i just encourage people who on their own find/want to read it

[bookwyrminspiration]

what is kotlc (i think thats the acronym you used in that poll)

It is! It stands for Keeper of the Lost Cities, an ongoing middle-grade book series by Shannon Messenger.

In it, we follow 12yo Sophie Foster, who's a high school senior and could not be more out of place everywhere she goes. On a field trip, she runs into a mysterious boy who claims he's been looking for her, and she learns why she stands out and can hear thoughts: she's not human.

Whisked away from her life and family to a world of elves, ogres, goblins, and more, Sophie wants nothing more than to try and fit in at her new elf school with her new elf friends. But she's out of place here, too, and the secrets people keep whispering about have her name wrapped up in them.

In order to learn who she really is--why her abilities work different, why she was raised by humans--she has to delve into the underside of the glittering world no one likes to acknowledge exists.

Rebellions and conspiracies meet and Sophie finds her life--and her friends' lives--infinitely more complicated as they realize their paradise is crumbling and threatened, and someone has to step up to save it. It'll put a target on her back, but Sophie's used to standing out--maybe she was made to.

There's of course a lot more I'm not getting into, but that's the overall premise. If you're into middle-grade fantasy, we're around 10 books and counting, and oh boy are things getting wild!

Full disclosure though, even though like 90% of my blog is kotlc, I wouldn't necessarily rec it outside its intended age range. It's a perfectly fine, solid series, and if it sounds fun, great! Just from what I've seen for people who start the series outside the 8-12/13 age range it generally doesn't hit as much.

But either way! there are exceptions and it consumes a lot of my brain space :)