Glingaeril
"Intense gleam in her eyes" is what my parents saw, apparently - glîn+gaer(intensive/Sea)+il(female)or ril(brilliance) - https://www.elfdict.com/
[@i=5|42] The Summer Court [@i=5|43] > King Sigurd of Illyria
* A Court of Thorns and Roses (Book 1) “Who wants someone around who's so covered in thorns?” - Sarah J Maas
* A Court of Mist and Fury (Book 2) "Someone once did the same for me and mine at a time when we needed it most. Figure it's time to repay what's due."
(Faeries & High Fae adventure featuring legendary monsters, romance, fairy porn, courtly intrigues, riddles, trials, magic and epic battles) * Analysis: basically it's Stockholm Syndrome, more than once even...and there's more issues, but it is strangely fascinating*
The Reading Hag reads A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
Rest of the series: A Court of Wings and Ruin /A Court of Frost and Starlight /A Court of Silver Flames (and an Illyrian(!) Blood Rite... and smut)
* Temple of Shakara is where an elf sorceress is appointed priestess after most magic seems to have disappeared from the world - from Michael Peinkofers Sorcerers trilogy (Original in German, not available in English). He also has a humorous series about two orcs
* Coding wizard Tensmoors Illy support site and profile links <--
Motivational stuff from the web: Illyrian Blood Rite (in ACoSF, and ACoWaR & ACoFaS)