The ever after /

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Amanda Hocking, the New York Times bestselling author of The Kanin Chronicles, returns to the magical world of the Trylle Trilogy with The Ever After, the final novel in The Omte Origins arc.

Buried memories...

Ulla Tulin has lost a month of her life. Her journey to learn who her parents are has brought her to the attention of the Älvolk sect--and a man claiming to be her father. But instead of a long lost family reunion, Ulla has forgotten her time there, and fears something terrible happened.

Sacred flower...

The Älvolk released Ulla alive for one reason only, to exchange her for a rare flower with mystical properties. Determined to break her amnesia, Ulla risks her life against a dark enchantment capable of killing her to remember the Älvolk's secrets--to use the flower as part of an incantation that will open the bridge to Alfheim, the First City.

Blood prophecy...

But opening the bridge will unleash a menagerie of monstrous creatures upon Earth that will consume everything in their path. Knowing she may lose Pan Soriano, the love of her life, Ulla nevertheless gathers an army of Trylle to stand with her and defend humanity as well as her own kind. And it is Ulla's very heritage that holds the key to victory.

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Kirkus Book Review

Ulla battles magically induced amnesia to unravel a dangerous, world-changing scheme. The closing volume of the Omte Origins trilogy is a bit of a farewell tour for loyal readers, as the characters travel to visit troll kingdoms, their rulers (and other familiar beloved characters), and the trolls' various fantastical hidden cities (with a helpful, extensive glossary to track all the spinning pieces). In the opening, Ulla is on an airplane back to Minnesota, confused and disoriented, with no recollections of the past month, and needing to be told about the trade that enabled the Trylle and the Vittra to secure her and her friends' release from the Älvolk. Struggling against the Älvolk magic's blocking of her memories, Ulla unlocks various flashbacks to help her piece together their endgame. To cope with her parental revelations, she seeks out her sisters and finds even more surprises as endless blood tests reveal an ever more complicated web of parentage and other familial relationships. Ulla and Pan, with shared memory loss, initially dance around their romance, though the storyline climaxes in some steamy scenes. By the time all the revelations and twists land and the full stakes are realized, the world is in danger. A large, cinematic set piece of a final battle pulls together all corners of the troll world with fast, point-of-view--jumping storylines and hard losses. A fitting farewell with the right amounts of bittersweet and hopeful. (Fantasy. 14-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Amanda Hocking was born on July 12, 1984. She is an author who garnered a following by self-publishing many of her young adult novels. Her works include Virtue, the My Blood Approves series, the Trylle Trilogy, the Hollows series, and the Watersong series. Her title Frostfire made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)