A Rivalry of Hearts (FAE FLINGS AND CORSET STRINGS #1) by Tessonja Odette EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Tessonja Odette
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I’ve always maintained that a woman in possession of a vast
imagination would want for nothing in life. She’d be superior to
those with such fleeting virtues as wit, beauty, or accomplishment.
The richest woman in the world, if only in her mind.
Today I’d settle for being merely punctual.
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Instead, I’m an hour late, rushing through the streets of Floating Hope,
my mood not nearly as optimistic as the town’s name.
To think I started my morning in high spirits. That, of course, was
before I missed my train stop, disembarked at the next one, caught the first
train back by the skin of my teeth, got lost in town, and then finally—my
most grievous of errors—asked a will-o-the-wisp for directions.
I was warned about wisps in my visitor’s brochure, which included a
handy list of dangers a human should avoid while visiting the isle of
Faerwyvae. It detailed everything from fae bargains to death-by-kelpie. I
found the warnings oddly amusing and promptly restyled them in my
notebook under the title Fourteen Ways to Die in Faerwyvae: An Illustrated
Guide. If only my sketch of the wisp had been even remotely accurate, then
maybe I’d have recognized the blue flamelike creature for what it was.
I have three things to say in my defense.
One: I assumed the creature was a sprite or a sylph. This is the Wind
Court, after all, and my studies on faekind insist wisps are most frequently
found in the courts of Fire or Lunar.
Two: even though following a wisp through swamplands is Way to Die
Number Seven due to the risk of death by drowning, the cobblestone streets
and charming storefronts that comprise the town of Floating Hope promised
safety from said watery demise.
And three: well, the wisp was just so kind to offer a personal escort to
my destination.
After which he led me astray, bringing me all the way back to the train
station before zipping off with a cackle and taking the slip of paper bearing
the address to Flight of Fancy Bookshop with him.
I stand by my opinion that the brochure should have been more specific
about the mundane dangers wisps pose, and not just the deadly ones.
Impatience tightens my chest as I double back down streets I’ve already
traversed, the scowl on my face a stark contrast to the wide-eyed wonder I
held when I first arrived in Floating Hope.
Back then, I still had an hour to
spare and took my time to marvel at the storefronts, the pastel-colored
buildings with their gabled roofs and intricate millwork, the beautiful
people—human and fae alike—in their smart suits or fashionable day
dresses.
Now I only have eyes for street signs. I may not have the address of
my destination memorized, but I do recall it was on Wuthering Avenue. If I
can find that, I can find the bookshop. And if I can find the bookshop, then
perhaps there’s still a chance I haven’t completely blundered the most
important opportunity of my life.
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