A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

Video game fans in particular will fall in love with A Dark and Hollow Star, I think.

It’s filled with nods to pop culture and so many normal, everyday moments: from Lord of the Rings & Marvel, to smartphones, texting & watching YouTube videos, and much more. I love how the different POVs bring this story together, love the different insights in both life as fae royalty but also life as a magical being in the human world (in this case, mostly in Toronto). The world-building is so vivid and colourful, the different Courts with their rules, the magic, and-of course-the mystery that ties it all together: Why are the ironborn being killed? A Dark and Hollow Star is an incredibly enthralling story and I was captivated from page one, when we met the Fury Alecto-known in this book as Nausicaä, after she’s been outcast from the Immortal Realm-and learned of her fate. Right from the beginning, I was mesmerised by the world Ashley Shuttleworth created. It’s truly the book of my teenage dreams!

Additionally, it features an ensemble cast made out of only queer characters. It’s urban fantasy at its finest, with fae, magic and all kinds of other fantastical elements, existing right next to our human world, unbeknownst to most. “She would wear her crimes like a badge of honor.”Ī Dark and Hollow Star was one of my most anticipated books of the year. All quotes were taken from an advanced reader’s copy and may be subject to change. I want to thank Ashley Shuttleworth, for writing a story as wonderful as this one, as well as the publisher, Hodder & Stoughton, who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. To track down the killer, they will have to form a tenuous alliance, putting their differences – and conflicts – aside.įailure risks the destruction of the faerie and human worlds alike. The brooding guardian, burdened by a terrible secret.Įach holds a key to solving a series of ritualistic murders that threaten to expose faeries to the human world. The dutiful prince, determined to earn his place.

The tempestuous Fury, exiled and hellbent on revenge. The half-fae outcast, desperate for acceptance. The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones in this thrilling urban fantasy set in the magical underworld of Toronto where four queer teens race to stop a serial killer before their crimes expose the hidden world of faeries to humans.

A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth