Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Aislinn is just your average high school junior- somewhat popular, cute, and oh yeah, she can see faeries. Aislinn has had this ability since she can remember, and she has known the rules her grandmother taught her for that long as well: 1. Don’t stare at invisible faeries, 2. Don’t speak to invisible faeries, and 3. Don’t ever attract their attention. These rules have kept Aislinn safe her entire life, until she meets Keenan.
After years of living amongst the faeries and going unnoticed, Aislinn is suddenly being tracked and she doesn’t know what they want. She is terrified to tell her grandmother about the trackers for fear she will then be kept inside where she is safe. That means not seeing Seth, her best friend and secret crush. After some thought, Aislinn breaks another of her grandmother’s rules and tells Seth about her “Sight” and the faeries that live around them. With his help, Aislinn discovers she is being sought after by the Summer King, Keenan. He believes Aislinn just may be the girl he has spent the last five centuries searching for, his Summer Queen. Only problem is, Aislinn doesn’t want to become a fairy and leave her world, and Seth, behind. But without her, Keenan will never regain his full powers and his wicked mother, the Winter Queen, will rule the Earth. Eventually, under the Winter Queen’s rule, all mortals and faeries will die. It’s now up to Aislinn to save them. Will she lose Seth and her grandmother in the process? Can she really be the Summer Queen?
After hearing so many great things about this book I just had to read it myself, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. Wicked Lovely is a fast paced, easy read that I just couldn’t put down. The characters are lovable for their intensity, their love, and their honesty. Aislinn’s struggle to keep
her mortal life and her fear of ignoring who she is destined to be is heart-
wrenching and captivating. The relationships between Aislinn and Seth, and Aislinn and Keenan, are intense and full of the passion of young love and hope. Melissa Marr’s writing is so descriptive, that as a reader you can imagine the wonderful smells of wildflowers and sunshine that Aislinn experiences every time she is near Keenan. You can feel the determination Keenan has for his own personal success in finding his Queen. And you can definitely feel the intense fear and hatred in the Winter Queen’s character. I would recommend this book to all YA readers, but especially those who love fantasy novels. You will love it! The story of the faeries and Keenan continues in Marr’s follow-up novel, Ink Exchange.
In the back of the paperback copy of Wicked Lovely you will find some “Extras” on author Melissa Marr. They include “6 Intriguing Facts about Melissa Marr”, “Chatting with Melissa Marr”, “A Wicked Lovely Playlist”, and “Melissa Marr’s Reading List”. You can read more questions and answers about Melissa Marr at her fansite: http://www.wickedlovely.com/
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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