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The highly anticipated new installment in the blockbuster romantasy series has arrived. Far off on the continent, an evil creature called Koschei the Deathless is slowly gathering power. Of the many ruling fae, some are itching to invade human lands and reclaim what they see as their rightful home. Feyre and Rhysand of the Night Court are determined to save humanity from invading fae armies, but to do so they’ll have to scrape up every ally they can find. Meanwhile, the dalliance that Feyre’s sister Elain has with Azriel will destroy one of those precious alliances if Elain’s mate, Lucien, finds out. And Feyre’s other sister, Nesta, is still reeling from the events that marked a crossover between this series and Maas’ urban fantasy Crescent City series, when Nesta made the difficult choice to lend a valuable artifact to Bryce Quinlan so she could win her own war in her own world. If no one can manage to repair their relationships, Feyre may witness the destruction of her own human homeland. The endless parade of magical artifacts, impossible villains, beautiful heroes, sudden threats, moments of yearning and of angst, and, of course, spicy interludes, makes the book feel less like a cohesive story and more like a series of loosely connected scenes engineered to generate heightened emotion. Still, Maas knows how to situate the reader in any given moment, so the specifics of who is lusting for, threatening, or comforting whom are always clear. All the romantasy tropes that fans could wish for in an overburdened narrative. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.