From critically-acclaimed author Sarah Porter comes Never-Contented Things: a standalone surreal young adult fantasy of teenagers ensorcelled into a wicked bargain with otherworldly beings...
Every moment of the night- Forever changing places- And they put out the star-light With the breath from their pale faces...
-Edgar Allan Poe, "Fairy-Land"
Bound by haunting tragedies, Ksenia Adderley and Joshua Korensky have shared a home as foster siblings since they were children. Despite their opposite personalities- Ksenia is prickly, mistrustful, Josh, flamboyant and outgoing-they are fiercely protective of one another. As teens, they've grown even closer. Some say unnaturally so.
With Ksenia's eighteenth birthday approaching, their guardians expect her to move out. They want to free Josh of his obsession with the foster-sister whom they regard as a strange, unhealthy influence. But, they don't understand the depths of Josh's feelings for Ksenia and how desperate he is to ensure they stay together-forever.
The one called Prince understands all too well. Attracted by the intensity of Josh's desires and Ksenia's fears, he can grant them a home among his kind: beautiful creatures not of this earth. All they have to do is surrender their very humanity and succumb to the cruel whims of Prince and his fae courtiers...
"Tragic and engrossing, filled with nightmarish dreamscapes and menacing villains, it also treads the tender terrain of family, and the strange and sometimes dysfunctional ties between siblings. Highly recommended!"
Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns on When I Cast Your
"You'll never think of your nightmares the same way again. Darkly seductive. Sarah Porter's writing glitters and her storytelling stuns in this twisted tale of siblings, love, and death."
Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval on When I Cast Your Shadow
