An indie darling of 2024, Quicksilver by Callie Hart has high praise from book influencers like The Fantasy Fangirls, Book Huddle, and more. Sticky-fingered Saeris Fane has many problems: the oppressive heat, an even more oppressive royal regime, and a brother with a gambling addiction. She’d do just about anything to escape the drought-stricken kingdom she calls home, but when she’s caught for theft by the Undying Queen, she’s expecting a quick death…not for Death himself to come striding through a quicksilver pool in tight pants to transport her into another realm.
Except it isn’t really Death. It’s a curt, devastatingly handsome fae named Kingfisher (Fisher to his friends) with a mysterious infliction. Saeris has to find a way back to her asshat brother, but the Alchemist’s magic discovered in her blood means she’s a valuable asset in many kingdoms. And there’s the whole molten hot attraction between Saeris and Fisher, the enemies-to-lovers and foul-mouthed fun that keeps her from leaving. The best part of this book is Carrion Swift, who I hope is the primary character in the second book. This book gets progressively spicier towards the end.
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The fox. The boots. The dress.
Her fox was glued to my side, closer than my own damn shadows as I marched through the halls of Cahlish. It made enthusiastic chittering sounds as it kept pace, staring up at me with glassy black eyes. I scowled down at it as I swung a left, baring my teeth.
The Gate – Part Two
The business of death was something that all had to conduct eventually. Grand dreams of living forever held no interest for me.
The Gate – Part One
The night was clear as crystal. Cold as ice. In the sky above Ajun City, a banner of stars crowded in, innumerable diamonds glittering in the firmament.
