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He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan's betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict's bloody politics. And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity . . .

Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

Kaila vive con su madre en Aguas Claras, una de las localidades que rodean el lago Milagro. Desde la muerte de su padre, un biólogo empeñado en demostrar la existencia de la criatura que, según una creencia popular, habita en el lago, Kaila está atrapada en un duelo sin salida. No duerme, no come, se despierta empapada en el agua dulce del Milagro. Cuando varias mujeres desaparecen, Kaila se une a la búsqueda con el afán de demostrar que su padre tenía razón y que sea lo que sea lo que habita bajo esas aguas es el responsable de las desapariciones. A través de la mirada de una chica que ha hecho del autoengaño su tabla de salvación y que vive atrapada en un paisaje de postal plagado de trampantojos, Criaturita se mueve sin miedo entre el thriller rural, la novela de aprendizaje y el género fantástico.