Judy I. Lin

A musician is swept away to the Celestial Realm by a handsome duke in this new YA standalone from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison.

Song of the Six Realms

Kaitlyn

"If you were not the Duke of Dreams, who would you want to be?" I asked, suddenly desperate to know. "If you were not responsible for the Dreaming, where would you go?" I half expected him to laugh, to give a flippant answer, but he replied without hesitation: "I would listen to you play the qín while drifting down the Huali River. I would eat watermelon seeds with you in one of Wudan's finest teahouses, try that spicy noodle dish that you mentioned occasionally craving...”

But all the kisses in the world could not change what we both recognized. We were running out of time.

“Xue'er...,” he said softly. “I care for you in a way where I look forward to your letters, found myself pacing my room if one arrived late. I care for you in a way that I find it impossible to pay attention to anything else when you are in the room. I care for you in a way that I fear what the court and what my mother might do if it were ever discovered. I care for you, and I am afraid."

“This is where you would ask me, if it was something you wanted to know…” He hesitated, then with that slight quirk to the corner of his lip, went on. "You could ask me, And how is that different from the way you care for me, Jinglang?' and I would have an answer for you."

“You are a Celestial. You will live a far longer life than I could ever imagine. I'm only a brief moment in your existence.”

It was a secret I carefully carried inside of my heart. Only for me.

But here, who would even hear me, except the moon and the stars?

The world and magic lost me a little bit at times but lives the characters and how whimsical it all felt 

Song of the Six Realms

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