![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reluctant to be King he has spent months tracking and tracing the darkest and most forbidden of Magical books in an attempt to find his brother where he crosses paths with Finn, a shapeshifting Thief with a dark past. Prince Alfie hasn’t been the same since an attempted coup that saw his elder brother the Crown Prince swept into a dark void by a mysterious woman and some of the highest ranks of society unmasked as traitors to the throne. This is Maya Motayne’s debut and is an awesome own voices story that is just wonderful storytelling to be embraced by all. I am absolutely head over heels with this sweeping majesty of a fantasy with its cinematic narrative and heady sensory immersion with the scents, sights and flavours of a magical Latinx kingdom. Nocturna is exactly the sort of YA Fantasy i want more from, it’s not presenting as complicated High Fantasy which I can struggle with, but it’s still got incredible rich world building and rounded characters with magic that is compelling and exciting. ![]()
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