“An Oshellith is a type of butterfly,” he called as he went. “Osha for short. They hatch, live, and die all in one day. The cold kills them very fast. Isn’t that right, Renfis?”
― Kingfisher

Quicksilver, the opinions about this book vary so much that I didn’t want to read it at first, since people said that the spice was through the roof. After a friend read it and recommended that I do to, I picked up a copy and started right away.  

This story does contain some spice; it isn’t much but that what’s described is out there… It contains chocking whilst having sex. Magic, Fae and folklore. It also contains severe poverty, death due to malnourishment and war battles.  

The story didn’t disappoint, it has been well thought out and detailed and those are the things I like in a fantasy novel. The girl from a warded off bit of lands living like the poorest of the poor. A girl that isn’t worth anything and people tend to underestimate. After getting into a fight with a guard and stealing a gauntlet (a golden piece of his armor) she has truly done it. She has forsaken the third, which she comes from with the wraith of the guards when they come looking for said missing piece of armor. After killing two guards she’s taken away to the cells in the queen’s castle. With the promise of meeting the queen, which is something you really really don’t want. The queen is ruthless, merciless. Which means Saeris knows she’ll meet her maker soon. But she won’t go out without a bang. She’ll go down fighting.  

When in the queen’s domain, awaiting to be slain. Something calls to her. A sword, stuck in a pool of silver? It wants to be freed. Beaten, battered and with her guts hanging out, she crawls over. With her last bit of strength, she’ll unleash the sword and will try to kill the guard who has been assigned to slay her. Barely conscious, the silver moves and something emerges from within. A man, death?

After waking up, in an unfamiliar place where a beautiful woman stands in the doorway. Is she? Wh… Where is she?! Why does this woman have pointed ears. Like a fae? They don’t exist. It’s all been folklore, right?  

*Fast forward* Kingfisher aka Death has taken Saeris away from the castle, kidnapped from the king of fae. Saeris is only to be released and able to go to her own world, her old live after she makes enough relics for him to move fae through quicksilver without harm. But… Where to start? She never even knew she could do what she did. How was she supposed to know how to make relics? God, how she hated kingfisher. But also… How she yearned for his hands on her body… No… No… 

This book is a solid ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 !

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