S. Jae-Jones

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All her life, Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, dangerous Goblin King. They've enraptured her and inspired her musical compositions. Now eighteen, Liesl feels that her childhood dreams are slipping away. And when her sister is taken by the Goblin King, Liesl has no choice but to journey to the Underground to save her. But with time and the old laws working against her, Liesl must discover who she truly is before her fate is sealed.
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381 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
Publisher
Titan Books
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  • Snowhas quoted6 months ago
    “Don’t look back,” he said.

    I nodded. I love you, I wanted to say. But I knew those words would break me.

    “Elisabeth.”

    The Goblin King was smiling. Not the pointed smile of the Lord of Mischief or Der Erlkönig, but a crooked one. Twisted to one side, lopsided and goofy, it cracked my heart open and I bled inside.

    He mouthed a word at me. A name. “You’ve always had it, Elisabeth,” he said softly. “For it is to you I gave my soul.”

    His soul. I held my music—our music—to my heart. We were sundered forever, never to be with the other again. The grief shattered me, broke me into sharp, jagged pieces. I wanted the touch of his hand, for my austere young man to put me back together, scarred but whole.

    But I was already whole. I was Elisabeth, entire, even if I was Elisabeth, alone. The knowledge of it gave me strength.

    I straightened my shoulders. The Goblin King and I held each other’s gazes for the last time. I would not look back. I would not regret. He smiled at me and pressed his fingers to his lips in farewell.

    Then I turned and walked away, into the world above, and into the dawn.
  • Snowhas quoted6 months ago
    “Are you ready?” he asked.

    No. But I would never be ready. This day and the day after next and the day after that would be full of unknowns, full of uncertainty. And I would face each one as I was, Elisabeth, entire.

    “Yes.”

    He gave me a nod, more a gesture of respect than agreement. “Then,” he said. “The whole wide world awaits you.”

    I walked to the edge of the Goblin Grove. I placed my hands against the barrier, invisible yet tangible. Taking a deep breath, I steeled myself to push through. I stepped past the barrier, and into the forest beyond.

    For a moment, I stood there, beyond the edge of the Goblin Grove. The air, warm and mild, did not change, did not grow cold. I had crossed the threshold, and there was no going back. And yet, still I lingered, unwilling to go, unable to stay.

    “If—if I could find a way to free you,” I whispered, “would you walk the world above with me?”

    My back was to the Goblin King; I could not face him. It was a long time before he answered.

    “Oh, Elisabeth,” he said. “I would go anywhere with you.”
  • Snowhas quoted6 months ago
    “You played them for me; now you should go play them for the rest of the world. Finish the Wedding Night Sonata, Elisabeth. Finish it for us.”

    “I will write it for you,” I whispered. “For my immortal beloved.”

    It was close, so close to what I wanted to tell him. I love you, I insisted, but my lips would not comply.

    “Play it for me,” he said. “Play for me, my dear, and I will hear it. No matter where you go. No matter where I am. I swear it. I swear it, Elisabeth.”

    A name came to my lips. I tried to lift my hand, to hold it against his cheek, to tell him I loved him.

    “Will I see you again?” I whispered.

    “No,” he said. “I think—I think it is better that way.”

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