Quicksilver
Saeris Fane is a water-scavenger in the desert city of Zilvaren, and the only thing keeping her and her brother alive is her gift for slipping through places she should not fit. When a stolen blade drops her through a portal into a freezing fae kingdom, she lands at the feet of a brooding warrior called Kingfisher and a court that has no reason to let a mortal thief live. What begins as a captive's standoff becomes an uneasy alliance as an old war stirs, a hidden talent for quicksilver begins to surface, and the line between enemy and match starts to blur. Callie Hart's 2024 fae fantasy pairs the enemies-to-lovers beats of the Fourth Wing era with a prickly, self-taught heroine and a slow-building mystery about what Saeris actually is.
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Saeris Fane, a part-fae thief in a desert town, is yanked through a portal into a frozen kingdom of warring fae. The brutal swordmaster Lord Kingfisher wants her gone, until her stolen blood says otherwise.
Yes. Quicksilver is an explicit fantasy romance with multiple on-page sex scenes. Most readers rate it 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale, comparable to Sarah J. Maas's adult novels.
Yes. Quicksilver is an explicit fantasy romance with multiple on-page sex scenes. Most readers rate it 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale, comparable to Sarah J. Maas's adult novels.
Yes. Quicksilver is the first book in The Fae & Alchemy series by Callie Hart. A sequel is planned to continue the story of Saeris Fane and her fae captor.
Quicksilver contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, captivity, and dark fae politics. It is aimed at adult readers familiar with the romantasy subgenre.
Quicksilver shares the human-girl-meets-fae-male premise, court politics, and explicit slow-burn romance with Sarah J. Maas's ACOTAR series. Readers and BookTok creators frequently recommend it as a next read for ACOTAR fans, which drove much of its 2024 popularity.
Quicksilver was written by Callie Hart, published in 2024 by Forever.
Quicksilver is 394 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Quicksilver takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Quicksilver is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
