Nicole B. (noisechick) reviewed on 8/24/2011 + 95 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I love faerie books. I really, really do. Having read all of Holly Black and Melissa Marr's series, I was looking in the YA section for a new take. A 12 yr old recommended this one to me.
*sigh*
I couldn't make it past the first chapter. It was so... childishly written (the main character has all the makings of a Mary Sue, perfect and loved by everyone, talented and wonderful... and the author plunks her down in front of the mirror on the first page to describe how pretty she is.) And it only gets more syrupy and sparkly after that.
So my advice? Skip it. Go get some REAL fairy/fae/ fairie books that don't have a soppy main character written with all the cliche of a jr. high girl's first fanfic.
Harsh? Yes. But check out the the authors I mentioned above. Then you'll see how well YA fiction can be written.

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