ACOTAR meets A Cruel Prince with a dash of cottagecore in this Beauty and the Beast-inspired romantasy. If you like fae courts, enemies-to-lovers, and enchanted forests, you’ll love this swoon-worthy, slow-burn fantasy romance.
A Court of Fairytales is a completed trilogy that ends with an HEA. All 3 books are available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook.
TROPES
- Slow burn
- Enemies to lovers
- Forced proximity
- Captor/Captive
- Cottagecore vibes
- Court intrigue
- Twisty plot
- Capable heroine x brooding fae hero
Book 1: An Enchantment of Thorns
“Never eat faerie fruit, nor drink faerie wine.
Faeries of all kinds are weakened by iron and salt.
Fae cannot lie, but this has made them a master of words, so never strike a faerie bargain.”
As her town’s greenwitch, Aster Wilden has spent her life using plantlore to keep her people safe from the wicked fae of the forest. But each year, the Beast who rules the Folkwood takes a girl as a tithe.
And this year, the Beast claims Aster.
Thrust into an enchanted mansion full of fae mischief, cruel servants, and dangerous magic, Aster’s determined to do whatever it takes to escape. After all, she’s practical, grounded, and the last person who would ever fall for her fae captor’s savage beauty. Isn’t she?
Then the Beast offers Aster a bargain: break the curse on his court, and he will set her free.
As Aster uncovers the secrets of the cursed court and its brooding master, she soon finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about the fae, the Beast—and herself.
Time is running out to break the curse, leaving Aster faced with an impossible choice: save her people or her heart.
Book 2: A Trial of Thorns
A Court above the clouds.
Ten fae champions. A kingdom to be won.
Torn from Thorne’s side, Aster finds herself bound to Faolan by the magic of a faerie bargain. To pay off her debts, he expects her to compete in the Alder Trials, a deadly competition to determine the next King or Queen of Faerie.
And not only is Aster a human competing against the impossibly powerful heirs to the Fae Courts, she soon discovers that Thorne will also be competing…
Against her.
Exposed to the cruel, cunning politics of the Fae Courts, Aster must risk everything both in and out of the trials.
And at the end of it all, which will she choose—a faerie kingdom or her heart?
Book 3: A Promise of Thorns
Enchantress. Curse-breaker.
Outlawed Queen of Faerie.
Fae enemies are gathering on all sides, forced to bend the knee to the newly crowned Alder King. Now, only Aster stands between Faolan’s wrath and the humans he intends to slaughter and enslave.
From the fiery depths of the Metal Court to the darkest reaches of the sinister Shadow Court, Aster and Thorne must travel the length of Faerie to seek possible allies and hunt down the objects of power they desperately need to challenge Faolan’s rule.
But when Aster discovers the unexpected truth of her magic, her world, and her relationship with Thorne, she realizes that saving her people will mean changing the fabric of Faerie forever…
Can Aster claim her place as the first mortal Queen of Faerie? Or will the price of freedom mean sacrificing everything she loves?
ROMANCE
Clean romance/no spice
Fade-to-black / closed-door moments in later books
READERS ARE SAYING
“I LOVED this book…The best retelling of this fairytale I’ve ever read.”
“It has such major cottage core vibes, I couldn’t help but fall in love.”
“The perfect combination of fae lore with Beauty and the Beast.”
“There are plenty of twists and turns that will have you gasping for breath, and clean romance bits that will make you swoon.”
“I’m currently exhausted after reading through most of the night to finish this book – my advice, get this book, then cancel your plans until you’re done. You won’t regret a thing!”