Longshadow (Regency Faerie Tales, #3)
Olivia Atwater
Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians – but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper. The marriageable young ladies of London are dying mysteriously, and Abigail Wilder intends to discover why. Abigail's father, the Lord Sorcier of England, believes that a dark lord of faerie is involved – but while Abigail is willing to match her magic against Lord Longshadow, neither her father nor high society believe that she is capable of doing so. Thankfully, Abigail is not the only one investigating the terrible events in London. Mercy, a street rat and self-taught magician, insists on joining Abigail to unravel the mystery. But while Mercy's own magic is strange and foreboding, she may well post an even greater danger to Abigail's heart. From the author of HALF A SOUL comes a queer faerie tale romance full of love and defiant hope. Pick up LONGSHADOW, and return once more to Olivia Atwater's charming, magical version of Regency England.
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0 0Finally finished out the Regency Faerie Tales by picking up Longshadow and unsurprisingly, I absolutely loved it!
This picks up with the daughter of the couple from the first book, [b:Half a Soul|60717747|Half a Soul (Regency Faerie Tales, #1)|Olivia Atwater|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1648605334l/60717747._SY75_.jpg|78449609] and is centered on Abigail Wilder investigating the mysterious deaths of some other young women in London's high society. As a former foundling, Abby has never really fit into that world but spends a lot of her time trying to help her father. In the process of this, she runs into Mercy, another street kid whose innate magical gifts have led her down her own path but both are determined to solve the mystery of the string of deaths.
I remember liking Abby in the first book but it was really fun to see her coming into her own in this one. She's clever and resourceful and I loved how much Atwater focused on the need for others and especially Elias (her father) to allow her to help and take calculated risks as a new adult.
And thematically this was as strong for me as [b:Ten Thousand Stitches|60420293|Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)|Olivia Atwater|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652689808l/60420293._SX50_.jpg|85406375]. As someone who's always been scared of and fascinated with death and grief, I really loved the thematic commentary on not just accepting it and moving on but being willing to fight for life. There's also a lot of commentary on class differences, as there have been in the previous books and as always, I adore the level of historical research and detail that Atwater puts into these stories. It was really fun to see the queer rep in this too. Mercy and Abigail stole my heart.
Now that I've finished the series, I think [b:Ten Thousand Stitches|60420293|Ten Thousand Stitches (Regency Faerie Tales, #2)|Olivia Atwater|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1652689808l/60420293._SX50_.jpg|85406375] is still my favorite of the series just for having some of the tropes that I'm soft for but this is a close second.
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