Hello all my fellow readers :)
I hope everyone's having a great week. I can't believe it's already the second week of March! In no time at all it seems like spring and summer are going to be here, which is always exciting. Especially with all the amazing new book releases that are set to come out this spring and summer. I hope everyone's having a great Friday, and looking forward to the weekend :)
I'm here today to review a book that has been on my TBR list for quite sometime, and that, as you can tell by the title, is Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. For anyone unfamiliar with this book, here is the synopsis from goodreads:
"Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her Sight - and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King, who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost — regardless of her plans or desires.
Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.
Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning twenty-first-century faery tale."
Aislinn is not like other teenagers, and she never has been. Like her mother, and grandmother before her, she has inherited the sight. She can see the fairies that exist in the mundane world, who no one else can see, and she's been raised to know the consequences that will arise if this is ever made known to the fairies themselves. She prefers to stick to areas covered in iron and steel, as most fey are unable to be around these metals, and she does whatever is necessary to stay under their radar. But one day everything changes when a court fairy starts stalking her. He even goes so far as to develop a glamor so he can register in her high school, and get to know all of her friends. Aislinn knows times are changing, and she has no clue what she's just gotten herself tangled up in.
Aislinn's priorities are keeping her Gran and her best friend, Seth, off of the fairy's radar. She will do whatever it takes to keep them safe, but even she's not expecting the dark elements that are at play in this world, and just how big her part really is. Keenan is the king of the Summer Court, and he's been searching for his rightful queen for many, many years so he can finally stand up to the twisted winter queen, his mother Beira. Only the two of them together will have to power to finally put a stop to her horrific reign, but his chosen queen, Aislinn, wants nothing to do with him or his world.
I'm going to say that I honestly found this book a bit darker than I was expecting it too, but in a good way. I liked how Melissa Marr focused on the darker elements surrounding the fey culture, and didn't hold back in demonstrating this to the reader. But I also found this book slightly confusing, although I blame this entirely on myself. For some reason I always find books about the Fey to be a bit confusing, and this one was no different, but I did really enjoy it. My favorite parts were:
1) Aislinn's friendship with Seth. It was so awesome to see how she was willing to do whatever it took to keep him safe, and he, in return, was willing to do whatever it took to help her in this complicated situation of which he had no previous knowledge.
2) I really loved the character of Donia, who is "The Winter Girl." She's the girl who chose to love Keenan, but she wasn't the chosen one, and so she is doomed to roam the earth as a winter girl until someone else makes the same mistakes and becomes the new one. I loved how conniving she was, and how she was honestly a true friend to both Aislinn and Keenan, even though it was because of him that she was currently dealing with the situation she's in.
3) Lastly, the ending completely blew me away. I thought I had it figured out, but Melissa Marr managed to throw in a twist that I never saw coming, and had me honestly anticipating reading the next novel, Ink Exchange.
In conclusion, I gave this book four out of five stars, and I recommend it to anyone who likes supernatural books, especially about they fey culture, like Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.
My Favorite Quote: "seeing him without his glamour was like looking at a perfect sunrise over the ocean, like seeing a meteor shower in the desert, and then having someone ask you if you wanted to keep it for your very own."
Thanks for reading everyone :) I'll see you all in my next post.
This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. This particular photo does not belong to me, and all rights are to the respective owner.
I hope everyone's having a great week. I can't believe it's already the second week of March! In no time at all it seems like spring and summer are going to be here, which is always exciting. Especially with all the amazing new book releases that are set to come out this spring and summer. I hope everyone's having a great Friday, and looking forward to the weekend :)
I'm here today to review a book that has been on my TBR list for quite sometime, and that, as you can tell by the title, is Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. For anyone unfamiliar with this book, here is the synopsis from goodreads:
"Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty - especially if they learn of her Sight - and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King, who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. He is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost — regardless of her plans or desires.
Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.
Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning twenty-first-century faery tale."
Aislinn's priorities are keeping her Gran and her best friend, Seth, off of the fairy's radar. She will do whatever it takes to keep them safe, but even she's not expecting the dark elements that are at play in this world, and just how big her part really is. Keenan is the king of the Summer Court, and he's been searching for his rightful queen for many, many years so he can finally stand up to the twisted winter queen, his mother Beira. Only the two of them together will have to power to finally put a stop to her horrific reign, but his chosen queen, Aislinn, wants nothing to do with him or his world.
I'm going to say that I honestly found this book a bit darker than I was expecting it too, but in a good way. I liked how Melissa Marr focused on the darker elements surrounding the fey culture, and didn't hold back in demonstrating this to the reader. But I also found this book slightly confusing, although I blame this entirely on myself. For some reason I always find books about the Fey to be a bit confusing, and this one was no different, but I did really enjoy it. My favorite parts were:
1) Aislinn's friendship with Seth. It was so awesome to see how she was willing to do whatever it took to keep him safe, and he, in return, was willing to do whatever it took to help her in this complicated situation of which he had no previous knowledge.
2) I really loved the character of Donia, who is "The Winter Girl." She's the girl who chose to love Keenan, but she wasn't the chosen one, and so she is doomed to roam the earth as a winter girl until someone else makes the same mistakes and becomes the new one. I loved how conniving she was, and how she was honestly a true friend to both Aislinn and Keenan, even though it was because of him that she was currently dealing with the situation she's in.
3) Lastly, the ending completely blew me away. I thought I had it figured out, but Melissa Marr managed to throw in a twist that I never saw coming, and had me honestly anticipating reading the next novel, Ink Exchange.
In conclusion, I gave this book four out of five stars, and I recommend it to anyone who likes supernatural books, especially about they fey culture, like Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.
My Favorite Quote: "seeing him without his glamour was like looking at a perfect sunrise over the ocean, like seeing a meteor shower in the desert, and then having someone ask you if you wanted to keep it for your very own."
Thanks for reading everyone :) I'll see you all in my next post.
This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own. This particular photo does not belong to me, and all rights are to the respective owner.
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