Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft

 

Brimming with magic and romance, a young fairy queen must form an unlikely alliance or risk an unspeakable danger destroying all she holds dear in this standalone YA novel from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft.

It’s been centuries since a warm-season fairy in Pixie Hollow has crossed into the Winter Woods, and while most fear the legends of monsters lurking in the frozen lands, Clarion, can’t help being intrigued by Winter’s stoic beauty. But under the watchful eyes of the current monarch and the court's seasonal ministers, Clarion has little time to dwell on daydreams while the days to her coronation dwindle away.

That is, until reports of a monster crossing from Winter into Spring make their way to the palace. Clarion sees defeating this threat as an opportunity to prove that she is worthy of her new role. But instead of finding a monster at the edge of Winter, she finds Milori, a young guardian of the Winter Woods. Together, they form an unlikely bond as they race to save their lands.

But as their alliance warms to something more, they will discover there is a reason a warm-season fairy and a winter fairy must not be together. And the cost could be just as deadly as the monsters that prowl the Winter Woods.

Discover the origin of the sweeping, star-crossed romance between the queen of Pixie Hollow and the lord of the Winter Woods.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212808316-wings-of-starlight

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My Review: 4/5 Stars

For anyone who grew up loving the Tinker Bell movies and Pixie Hollow and that whole era of Disney, then you all definitely were like me and when you watched Secret of the Wings, you had to know the story of Queen Clarion and Lord Milori and their star-crossed romance. The movie kept it brief, but now we get the details in this book by Allison Saft. A young, soon to be queen, Clarion, is preparing for coronation day. Soon she will be the queen of Pixie Hollow, but it a moment she is more nervous for than anything else. She has been learning from the current queen and just can’t seem to control her magic and live up to the expectations. She wants to do more and really work with her subjects. And when monsters from the Winter Wood threaten those in Pixie Hollow, Clarion refuses to sit back and do nothing. In desperation she flies to the border of Spring and Winter and meets…Milori. The Warden of Winter. Milori hoped to meet the queen to ask for help with the monsters and he meets the soon to be queen instead. Together, they strike up an alliance to find a way to stop the monsters themselves. And in doing so begins their love story. Despite knowing their tragic end here (well at least for now!), I loved their story. It showed their bravery and compassion for those in their care and for one another. It’s heartbreaking to know that they must say goodbye (again for now!), but their story was still sweet. I will say, the one thing I really would have loved to have seen is an epilogue that gives them that happily ever after we see in Secret of the Wings. But even still, the story was definitely worth the long wait to hear their tale.