For readers who love portal fantasy, fae court intrigue, and slow-burn emotional tension, this story blends shadow magic, identity discovery, and quiet, yearning romance. With the atmospheric danger of Holly Black, the immersive fae worlds of Sarah J. Maas (with a softer, closed-door lens), and the introspective, character-driven tone of T. Kingfisher, this romantasy invites you into a world where dreams bleed into reality—and nothing is as it seems.

She followed the shadows to find her mother… and found a world that was waiting for her.

Lana has always known the rules.

Never stay out after dark.
Never step into deep shadows.
And never linger in doorways.

Because four years ago, her mother broke those rules—and vanished.

Now, the shadows are changing.

They move when they shouldn’t. Watch when no one’s there. Call to her in ways she can’t explain. And when Lana finally stops running from them, when she dares to step into the darkness instead of away from it… everything falls apart.

Or begins.

Pulled into a hidden world beneath her own, Lana finds herself in a cavern city lit by ghostly mosslight, where the air hums with ancient magic and danger lurks in every corner. Her body isn’t her own. Her sister—one she never knew existed—sleeps somewhere deep within her. And the monsters from her nightmares?

They’re real.

Stranded in a realm of fae, hunted by creatures called Hollows, and guided only by a stranger who knows more than he’ll say, Lana is forced to move forward—even when she has no idea who to trust.

Not the quiet fae with too many secrets.
Not the magic that answers her touch.
And certainly not herself.

Because the deeper she ventures into this world, the more the truth unravels:

Her mother didn’t just disappear.

She left Lana behind for a reason.

If the shadows have been calling you your whole life… would you dare to answer?

Tropes 

• Portal Fantasy

• Fae Courts & Hidden Realms

• Slow-Burn, Closed-Door Romance

• Hidden Identity / Awakening Power

• Fish-Out-of-Water Heroine

• Missing Mother Mystery

• Shadow Creatures & Dark Magic

• Body Sharing / Soul Entanglement

• Queer Normative World

Of Dreams and Mosslight is part of the Kingdoms of Kaelum series—a six-book, closed-door romantasy set in a richly imagined, queer normative faerie world filled with magic, danger, and slow-burning relationships that unfold across the series.