Ongoing Series
Sarah Hawley's dark fae trilogy: a human servant dragged into an underground Fae kingdom, six deadly trials, and a rebellion that turns into civil war.
Reading Order
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451 pagesBook one of Sarah Hawley's Shards of Magic. Kenna Heron, a half-feral village girl, is trapped as a servant in Mistei, the faeries' underground kingdom, where she has to get her mistress through six deadly trials or die alongside her.
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498 pagesBook two of Sarah Hawley's Shards of Magic. Once a servant, now a Fae princess of her own house, Kenna Heron holds the deciding vote in a three-way fight for Mistei's throne, and someone wants her dead before she can use it.
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512 pagesThe conclusion of Sarah Hawley's Shards of Magic, out December 8, 2026. One wrong move from Kenna breaks the Accord and plunges Mistei into civil war, and with the rebel princes captured, two rulers crueler than the last king claim the throne.
The Shards of Magic follows Kenna Heron from servant to princess to warrior in Mistei, the Fae kingdom under the earth. Servant of Earth (2024) traps her in a set of six trials, one per Fae house, with a rebellion growing around her. Princess of Blood (2025) turns the story into a three-way fight for the throne with Kenna holding the deciding vote. Warrior of the Shards closes the trilogy on December 8, 2026, with Mistei at civil war.
Read them in order. It is darker than Hawley's Glimmer Falls romcoms, with on-page violence and a slow burn that pays off across all three books. If you like the trials in The Serpent and the Wings of Night, this is a strong next pick.
