So This Is Ever After (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534496866)

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Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this subversive, "delightfully original and whimsical" (Kirkus Reviews) young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it...and to stay alive.

Arek hadn't thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he's finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don't come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next.

As a temporary safeguard, Arek's best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she's dead. Now Arek is stuck as king, a role that comes with a magical catch: choose a spouse by your eighteenth birthday, or wither away into nothing.

With his eighteenth birthday only three months away, and only Matt in on the secret, Arek embarks on a desperate bid to find a spouse to save his life--starting with his quest companions. But his attempts at wooing his friends go painfully and hilariously wrong...until he discovers that love might have been in front of him all along.

Author: F. T. Lukens
ISBN-10: 1534496866
ISBN-13: 9781534496866
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2022
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.33w x 1.33d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 12/01/2021 pg. 95
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 01/10/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2022
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 51

About the Author
F.T. Lukens is the author of In Deeper Waters, So This is Ever After, and five young adult novels published through Interlude Press. Her book Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic was a 2017 Cybils Award finalist in YA Speculative Fiction, won the ForeWord INDIES Book of the Year Gold Award for YA Fiction, and the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction, and it was also recently named to ALA's 2019 Rainbow List. F.T. lives in North Carolina with her husband, three kids, three dogs, and three cats. Visit her at FTLukens.com.