#23 The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow

The direct sequel to Spring’s Arcana tells you right in the beginning you need to have read the first book and there really isn’t much of a infodump if you haven’t done so. Nat is on her way to find the last pieces of the puzzle she needs to save her mother. But even as she meets other divinities, she comes to realize that her mother wants to live and take everything from Nat. Nat inner monologue has her coming around to the idea that her mother didn’t plan on ever loving her and instead really saw her as a tool to manifest her power in this new land. Now Nat must finish her quest to retrieve the heart to fulfill her side of her bargain with Baba Yaga and also not become consumed by other gods and powers that might grow from eating her own developing powers.

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# 24 Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire

 October and the rest of the inhabitants of three fey kingdoms have been enchanted by Titania right after the end of the previous book.  Changelings are made to be servants to the full blood fey.  Any that are water based were banished to the Undersea.  All Cait Sidhe have been locked into their courts and only the Kings and Queens can leave to bring food to them all. Only a few have figured out what is going on and they are desperate to break the spell on October and have her be the hero everyone needs to break the spell before it is permanent.  

This is not the book to start this but it is the book that so many people will be happy to get their hands on. 

 

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