Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mated to a Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 2 | Mage You Blink | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 3 | Mage You Look | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 4 | Shadow Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 5 | Mage Crafted | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 6 | Mage of Misfortune | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 7 | Mage in Hell | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 8 | Sunny Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 9 | Half-Blood Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 10 | Sea Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 11 | You Mage Me | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 12 | Midwinter Mage | 2021 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
| 13 | Mage To Disobey | 2022 | Cassidy K. O’Connor | Buy |
The Nightshade Guild: Year 1: The Elven Princess is a thirteen-book fiction series by Cassidy K. O’Connor. Twelve of the thirteen books were published in 2021, with the final entry, Mage To Disobey, arriving in 2022. The series begins with Mated to a Mage and follows an elven princess through a story steeped in mage-related magic, as the recurring “mage” motif in the titles makes clear.
The books play with the word “mage” throughout their titles, from Mage You Blink and Mage You Look to Shadow Mage, Half-Blood Mage, and Sea Mage. This gives the series a playful tone even as it explores themes of identity, power, and belonging within the Nightshade Guild. Because the books form a continuous story across a single narrative year, reading them in publication order is the best approach.