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The Latch Key

The Latch Key

Cozy FantasyHistorical Fiction
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Told from the perspective of Lord Elias Wilder, Regency England's formidable court magician, this novella picks up just after the events of Half a Soul. Woven through the present-day story are glimpses back into the Lord Sorcier's own childhood spent among the fae, memories that shed new light on the man readers have come to know as brusque, brilliant, and more than a little strange.

A quieter, character-focused entry in the Regency Faerie Tales series, it fills in the corners of Elias's history that the earlier novels only hinted at.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

WhimsicalNostalgicCozy

Genres

Cozy Fantasy Historical Fiction Romance

About the author

O
Olivia Atwater

Olivia Atwater is a Canadian fantasy author based in Montreal, writing whimsical historical fantasy with a hint of satire. She self-published the Regency Faerie Tales trilogy, Half a Soul, Ten Thousand Stitches, and Longshadow, before Orbit Books acquired and re-released it in 2022, and her novella Small Miracles won the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off. Before writing full time she worked as a historical re-enactor, web developer, and self-described "professional witch."

Characters

Lord Elias WilderProtagonist

Regency England's court magician, the Lord Sorcier, whose childhood among the fae is revealed alongside events following Half a Soul.

All characters in The Latch Key