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faerie

[fey-uh-ree, fair-ee] / ˈfeɪ ə ri, ˈfɛər i /


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The books follow Feyre Archeron in the faerie lands of Prythian and her love story with the High Lord of the Night Court, Rhysand.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

From the start, Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada appears to be a creature of faerie, or a mythic beast: a captivating beauty, just so long as you don’t look too closely at the wrong moment.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

The Mad Knight knew: “He leaves behind hot, dusty, tedious La Mancha and enters the realm of faerie by what amounts to a willed act of the imagination.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2020

And naturally, the government is well-invested in keeping its foot on the neck of the faerie folk.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2019

“Our mother once stole a faerie child away—me. You know what happened. How will this be any different? How will you keep Madoc and Balekin from hunting Oak to the ends of the earth?”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black