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🖤 #1 Sunday Times Bestseller A FEATHER SO BLACK
🖤 A CROWN SO SILVER (2025), A HEART SO GREEN (2026)
🖤 AMBER & DUSK YA duology

So pleased by this generous review from @ala_bookl So pleased by this generous review from @ala_booklist on A HEART SO GREEN!

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Where did you come from? The shine of your eyes m Where did you come from?

The shine of your eyes makes me think I made a net of my want and captured you from the stars. 

The soft fluff of your hair makes me think you blew here like a dandelion, snagging and rooting in the soil of my love. 

The way you breathe in your sleep makes me think I opened a door into the darkness of dreaming—a twilight with every street lamp snuffed—and you alone heard me shouting:
Come inside
Come inside
Come inside, and stay ✨ 

Happy 5th birthday Sweetie-Goose. Mommy loves you!
Three books. Two sisters. One epic romantasy. Swan Three books. Two sisters. One epic romantasy. Swan princesses, faerie courts, star-crossed love—and in just THREE MONTHS, the story is finally complete. A HEART SO GREEN hits shelves January 20th, 2026! 

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Lucky girl, lucky life ✨ 13 years Lucky girl, lucky life ✨ 13 years
My first fantasy ball was smashing good fun! Thank My first fantasy ball was smashing good fun! Thank you to all the readers who came to get books signed, gave me special gifts, and sold AFSB out of the pop up bookstore! I loved meeting you all 🤍

And a huge thanks OF COURSE to @booksgownsandcrowns for inviting me! 

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Bring back yearning in men, you say? I can certain Bring back yearning in men, you say? I can certainly try!!!

I missed #SundaySnippet but anyway. Have a quote from Irian who has become quite the practiced yearner by Book 3 (A HEART SO GREEN) of the Fair Folk Trilogy, a romantasy series with everything: morally grey sisters at war, fae realms in peril, and a love story tangled with fate itself. I hope you’ll pick it up in January!

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Let’s hold some space to admire these exquisite @f Let’s hold some space to admire these exquisite @fairyloot editions of Books 1 and 2 of the Fair Folk Trilogy, A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER. Interior art by the incredible @afterblossom_art and hardcover designs by @blanca.design.

What’s your favorite detail or feature???

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The book is A HEART SO GREEN, the final installmen The book is A HEART SO GREEN, the final installment of the Fair Folk trilogy by Lyra Selene! 

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Back from hiatus with a #SundaySnippet…today’s quo Back from hiatus with a #SundaySnippet…today’s quote is from our favorite brooding MMC who is ✨going through it✨ in A HEART SO GREEN, the final installment of the Fair Folk trilogy! Are you excited for his POV chapters in this book? There’s one in particular that I can’t wait for you to read 👀 

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Thrilled to share the stunning cover of the third Thrilled to share the stunning cover of the third and final book in the FAIR FOLK trilogy, A HEART SO GREEN! Cover designed by the ever-talented @von_brooklyn. Book releases in January from @orbitbooks_us—preörder links are in my bio!

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Although I touch on it frequently in my books, I f Although I touch on it frequently in my books, I find my feelings about motherhood difficult to condense into words. It is so huge and complicated and unwieldy, yet so inconceivably simple. It is as fraught as it is effortless. It is as hard as it is easy. 

The truth is, today I do not feel she owes me any gratitude or gifts, although I know she will  proudly proffer to me something hand-painted and glitter-strewn. She has already given me more than I deserve. She is the teacher, and I the very poor student. She is the lodestar, and if I shine as a mother it is only because of her bright light.

I asked her once whether she remembered what it was like inside my tummy. She smiled and said, simply: “Love.” 

Happy Mother’s Day to all, be it complicated or simple. Sending you all that love today 💗
If you’ve read AFSB and ACSS you know how importan If you’ve read AFSB and ACSS you know how important the Celtic high holy days are to narrative, and how they affect the magic separating the human world from Tír na nÓg. Bealtaine, or May Day, is one of the days when the veil is thinnest, and it’s not TOO much of a spoiler to say it’s also when the climax of Fia’s story takes place in Book 3!

Have a blessed Bealtaine, nothing to be concerned about over here! 🫶🏼🫣😘😘😘

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✨ Hi, I’m Lyra Selene — lover of myths, moonlight, ✨ Hi, I’m Lyra Selene — lover of myths, moonlight, and all things magic. I’ve seen a lot of new faces around here lately so figured it was high time for another intro post!

✨ I write dreamy fantasy adventures where ambition tangles with destiny while tortured romance blooms. If you love morally gray characters, lyrical prose, and worlds that shimmer darkly…you’re in the right place!

✨ When I’m not weaving stories, you’ll find me wandering the woods, perusing used bookstores, or drinking my third cup of coffee on an empty stomach ☕️ 

✨ I spent my 11th year of life living in rural Ireland—wandering windswept moors, chasing feral ponies, braving drizzle, and reading every book about Irish myths and legends the tiny local library carried. The stories and landscapes imprinted on me like a green handprint, inspiring the FAIR FOLK series ☘️ 

✨ I’m an Aquarius 🌞, Leo 🌕, and Capricorn ⬆️…so basically I fancy myself a rebellious visionary who wants applause for being chill while secretly plotting world domination from the comfort of her couch

✨ In the past few years I’ve begun gravitating toward “dopamine dressing,” ie. wearing outfits that honor my inner child and romantic sensibilities. While I do own one or two pairs of jeans, I collect all things cottage-core and whimsi-goth and I will wear a corset to the function…even if the function is working on my laptop at the local coffee shop 👗 

✨ I’m an enormous Miyazaki fan…My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle are my evergreen comfort films 

✨ I can still recite the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Middle English (thanks Mrs. Moretta, you were a real one for making us memorize that in 10th grade)

I’m so glad you’re here! I would love to hear a fun fact about you too 😘

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A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER are both A FEATHER SO BLACK and A CROWN SO SILVER are both available now, with Book 3 coming early 2026! For romantasy readers who love mythology, retellings, otherworlds, stabby heroines, and brooding love interests! 🪶 👑 

(This reel was entirely inspired by this Take On Me cover and I WILL be using this audio again 🤩)

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Holding my first ever foreign edition is an author Holding my first ever foreign edition is an author dream come true 🖤

The Italian edition of A FEATHER SO BLACK hits shelves today from @ilcastoro_off, and to say I’m obsessed would be a massive understatement! Between the gold foiling, the sprayed edges, and the hardback detailing, it’s impossible to choose a favorite element! What’s yours???

Thinking of doing a giveaway for one of these puppies in a few weeks, what do you think? 👀 

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Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Fair Folk Book 3 Today’s #SundaySnippet comes from Fair Folk Book 3. I just received second pass edit notes and I’m so pleased with how this book is coming together! 

What are you most excited about in the conclusion to the Fair Folk series????

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Oh hey it’s St Patrick’s Day! If you’re in the moo Oh hey it’s St Patrick’s Day! If you’re in the mood for a romantic fantasy rooted in Irish mythology, have I got the book for you! A FEATHER SO BLACK is out now and available wherever books are sold ☘️ 

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A little spoiler-free ✨moment✨ from Book 3 for tod A little spoiler-free ✨moment✨ from Book 3 for today’s #SundaySnippet ❤️‍🩹 Any guesses about who says these lines? 👀

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Happy first birthday to my adult debut, A FEATHER Happy first birthday to my adult debut, A FEATHER SO BLACK! It’s been such thrill to watch the book of my heart take wing straight into so many of your hearts. Thank you to all my readers who have read, listened, shouted about, bought multiple copies of, or otherwise supported this book I love so much! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

Picture credits:
1) @ericabingesbooks 
2) @kitpill_reads 
3) @the.moon.also.reads 

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