Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Maas’ Throne of Glass (2012) and its sequels.
Utterly absorbing a must for fans of Sarah J. Propelled by inventive lore and magic, Jules’ story, which she narrates in the present tense, is a heady, addicting page-turner-especially for readers who prize worldbuilding over romance. Though tropes abound, characters are given room to grow past them.
Rather than hide from the queen, she’s determined to find out their true connection-ultimately risking everything. But Jules sets out on a dangerous path she can pause time itself, and memories of her childhood aren’t what they seem. Her father forbids her to go to Everless, warning her never to let the queen near her. Jules hopes Roan will remember her, and her heart stutters when she sees him.
Lord Roan Gerling, also white, whom Jules grew up with, is betrothed to the ward of the queen. There’s a royal wedding approaching and much to be done. Desperate to save her ailing father, Jules hopes to work at Everless to earn enough blood-iron to pay their debts. The Gerling family, owners of the Everless estate, collect tenants’ blood-iron: coins forged from blood, each equating to increments of time that can be added to a life span. White teen Jules Ember lives with her father in the kingdom of Sempera, where they struggle to make rent. After banishment as a child, a girl must brave a treacherous estate to save her father and unearth her past.
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