# Quicksilver by Callie Hart

### Quicksilver

**Callie Hart** · The Fae & Alchemy, book 1 (ongoing) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver](https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver)

A thief from a walled human city is dragged into Yvelia by a fae warrior who despises her, into a court where she is a curiosity and a liability. The most direct answer to what people are asking for when they ask what comes after ACOTAR.

- Spice: 5/5 — Scorching. Explicit throughout and unusually frank, with scenes long enough to be structural rather than punctuation.
- Romance prominence: 5/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 4/5
- Writing craft: 3/5
- Burn: slow
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fated-mates, touch-her-and-die, morally-grey-mmc, forced-proximity, one-bed
- Creatures: fae, humans
- Setting: Yvelia, a fae kingdom beyond a wall that keeps humans out
- POV: first person, dual
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: graphic violence, sexual content, captivity, gore
- Best for: ACOTAR readers who want the same shape with the heat turned up two notches.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Quicksilver+Callie+Hart

## What to read next

- [A Court of Mist and Fury](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-court-of-mist-and-fury) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 4/5. Readers who found the first book slow and were told to keep going. They were right.
- [From Blood and Ash](https://houseofareader.com/books/from-blood-and-ash) by Jennifer L. Armentrout — spice 4/5. Readers who want forbidden romance where the prohibition is enforced by an entire state.
- [The Serpent and the Wings of Night](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-serpent-and-the-wings-of-night) by Carissa Broadbent — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the tournament structure with sharper prose behind it.
- [These Hollow Vows](https://houseofareader.com/books/these-hollow-vows) by Lexi Ryan — spice 2/5. ACOTAR readers who want the fae courts at a much lower spice level.

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