She was never meant to be a queen.She was meant to be the choice no one survived.Laurel Thornwick carries a power older than the Courts themselves - a living force known as the Bloom, a magic that creates, consumes, and remembers. Crowned Monster Monarch against her will, Laurel stands at the center of a fragile fae world that fears her as much as it needs her.As the Courts test her control and whisper of her instability, something far more dangerous begins to stir. The unseen - an ancient shadow born alongside the Bloom - reaches for Laurel through cracks left by destiny, grief, and prophecy. Every step she takes pulls her closer to a breaking point no Monster Monarch has ever survived.Guided by fractured memories of the First Monster Queen, hunted by political intrigue, and bound to a power that may be protecting her... or preparing to claim her, Laurel must confront a truth the Courts have buried for centuries: The Bloom was never meant to rule alone.And the unseen was never truly gone.As Laurel uncovers the forgotten history of the Lost Courts, she faces an impossible choice - resist the Bloom and risk becoming nothing, surrender to it and become ruin, or attempt what no monarch ever has: hold creation and shadow together without shattering herself - or the world.Legend of the Lost Courts is a lush, emotionally charged fae fantasy filled with dangerous magic, ancient queens, slow-burning tension, and the haunting question of what comes after we break.