I heard about this book when Wendy from Literary Feline posted about it. I love faerie stories and I’m pretty fond of historical fiction too, so this book grabbed my attention right away. When I found out that it was available from the library, I knew I was going to read it.

Midnight Never Come tells the story of two parallel courts – the court of Queen Elizabeth the First and the court of Invidiana, ruler of Faerie England and Queen of the Onyx court. The two courts never meet, but they are bound by a pact made in secret.

Michael Deven, a new courtier to Elizabeth’s courts would do anything to improve his standings. And what better way than to perform an act of service to the Queen? Unfortunately, his investigations lead him into a world he never even knew existed.

Lady Lune is a fae out of favour. But she will do anything to gain her standing, and that includes putting on a mortal disguise and infiltrating Elizabeth’s Court. But soon, she starts to wonder – why does she serve a Queen so heartless?

I absolutely adored this book. It’s very gorgeously written, and I could just see the faerie court existing underneath London. Queen Elizabeth’s Court was given much less attention, but it was the dark glitter of the Onyx court that held my attention anyway, and I really enjoyed reading about it and all its intrigues.

And the court isn’t just Fae. There are water-creatures and foreign courts, all of whom have a vested interest in the workings of the Onyx court and who comes to power. I really hope that the library has the later books because I just found out that this is a series and I would love to read more about the political strife of the faerie.

Michael and Lune were great fun to read about too. I liked seeing Lune gradually become more ‘human’ in her feelings towards Michael. Her journey was probably the more interesting of the two and I would love to read more about her.

Overall, fans of faerie stories and alternate history would enjoy this book. This is a fun imagining of what it might be like if faeries (not the Blyton variety) existed and were interfering with our world.