Glimmerglass

Review Time! I'm really excited about reiewing this one so.. READ IT! Okay, first off it continues with this weeks faerie theme so it's another faerie boom review. IT WAS AWSOME!!!! I loved this book! It was really good.

So basically it's about a girl (Dana, not my first choice of a name for this charcter but...) who is totally sick of her alchoholic mother's behaviour. She moves to Avalon ( the only place on earth where the two worlds meet , that is faerie and human) and goes to live with her dad who is a important politican in Faerie. So the story moves on from there. The plot more interesting (wayyyy more) but I don't want to give anything away.

Now this book is my sort of a book. It starts qucikly and goes straight to the main point. I hate books that drag on and on at the start (bo-ring) So it went right into the action and than... the hot guy comes to the rescue another great thing about the book. No waiting for the hot guy/s, they come to you! Fantastic charcters, great plot, excellent start, smooth ending and DROOL WORTHY GUYS what's not to love? Oh yeah, the name Dana (no comment...seems abit ...plain) Rating 4.5/5(NOOOOO why? Dana....)

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Three Wishes Wednesday #11 (Faerie Edition)

Following the Faerietale theme this week I decided to do my Three Wishes on Faerie Books as well. Nothing more to say here they are...

1) Bitter Frost by Kailin Gow

Releases Date - June 1st 2010

Why- Duh, it's about faeries. The cover creeps me out though....*shivers* Has anyone seen the grudge it kinda remind of the chick from that movie...

Description - All her life, Breena had always dreamed about fairies as though she lived among them...beautiful fairies living among mortals and living in Feyland. In her dreams, he was always there the breathtakingly handsome but dangerous Winter Prince, Kian, who is her intended. When Breena turns sixteen, she begins seeing fairies and other creatures mortals don t see. Her best friend Logan, suddenly acts very protective. Then she sees Kian, who seems intent on finding her and carrying her off to Feyland. That's fine and all, but for the fact that humans rarely survive a trip to Feyland, a kiss from a fairy generally means death to the human unless that human has fairy blood in them or is very strong, and although Kian seemed to be her intended, he seems to hate her and wants her dead. [close]

2) Spell Hunter by R.J Anderson

Release Date - 28th April 2009

Why- Besides the obvious, I have been wanting to read this one since the second book the second book came out last month ( Wayfarer ) So I have to pick this one up before reading the other one.

Description- Deep inside the great Oak lies a dying faery realm, bursting with secrets instead of magic. Long ago the faeries mysteriously lost their magic. Robbed of their powers, they have become selfish and dull-witted. Now their numbers are dwindling and their very survival is at stake. Only one young faery—Knife—is determined to find out where her people's magic has gone and try to get it back. Unlike her sisters, Knife is fierce and independent. She's not afraid of anything—not the vicious crows, the strict Faery Queen, or the fascinating humans living nearby. But when Knife disobeys the Faery Queen and befriends a human named Paul, her quest becomes more dangerous than she realizes. Can Knife trust Paul to help, or has she brought the faeries even closer to the brink of destruction?


3) Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

Release Date- 1st August 2010

Why- Just finished the first one can't wait to get my hands on the second. Besides I HEART the cover it's so pretty. I like it better than the first cover because it's kinda purpleish.

Description- Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron Fey, iron-bound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her. Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's alone in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.

Well, that's my Faerie Edition of Three Wishes Wednesday. What are you wishing for this week?
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The Iron Fey Novella : Winter's Passage (FREE)

Hey Guys! Still following the Faerie theme started by my Read-a-Like list I have found that there is a novella to Iron King (which I reviewed yesterday) It is called Winter's Passage and can be downloaded for FREE from Julie Kagawa's website. However it's only up for free download until July 31st so head over HERE to get your very own copy. This is technically Book 1.5 in the series so it's to be read after Iron King but before Iron Daughter which is out August 2010. Now go get yourself a copy!

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Iron King

Following the Faerie theme from my Read-a-Like post yesterday I have finally finished Iron King by Julie Kagawa which I started in May. I kept putting it off because I kept getting new books and starting them. So today I finally picked it up again and finished it. This is 2010 Debut Author novel so another one to go towards the challenge!

I found this novel was very enjoyable and definitely a great Debut. A good plot, fantastic characters that were well portrayed although I found I would have liked it better if the relationship between the characters were shown alot more. I found it was really clever of the author to bring in reference's to Shakespeare Midnight Summer's Dream and making Puck one of the main characters. However, I couldn't help comparing it to Glimmerglass which I'm currently reading. Although these two novels have nothing in common besides the fact that they are both about Faeries. I am finding myself liking Glimmerglass better. Julie's writing style took abit of getting used to but the writing style in Glimmerglass I found I could easily adapt to. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic novel (and debut!) that is worth reading. I'm pretty sure I'm the only who hasn't read it til now but if YOU haven't go check it out! Rating 3.5/5

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Read-a-Like List (Faeries)

Activity #7 of the Summer break Reading Challenge is to create a read-a-like list of your choice of theme/topic. I have this obession with books that have anything to do with angels and faeries so I had to do the list on one of those. I chose faeries because it was the easier of the two. So here is my list-

1) Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange, Fragile Enternity, Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr -
A great series of books about faeries& love & hot guys. Defintely one of the first ones thaI think of when I think Faeries. I think it's quite original and just a great series to lose yourself in.

2) Wings & Spells by Aprilynne Pike -

One of my favourite series all-time (thanks to Tamani who is the smexiest faerie out there). This series is absolutely adorable. Really cute read, with love and everything. It's not as I guess as hard-core as Wicked Lovely. So if you're into the softer 'stuff' this one is for you.

3) Tithe, Valiant, Ironside by Holly Black-

This one is really hard-core (seriously) The faeries in this one aren't nice and cute. It's like muderous, rebellious faeries who aren't excately good-looking. It's..weird in a good way but gard-core all the same.

4) Wondrous Strange & Darklight by Lesley Livingston

I still haven't quite worked out what this one is about. I read the first book last year and have the second one but haven't read it yet. I found it was interesting BUT at the same time extremely confusing. It's like a whole jumble of faeries rolled into a jam roll. However, I plan to read the second soon so maybe it would make more sense.

5) Iron King, Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

I am writing this while I'm finishing the first one so I can't say much about it except it's so far so good.

6) Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

Can't say much about this one either since I have 50 pages to go that I have to read after I finish Iron King. However, this is turing out to be one of my fav I think (maybe).

So that's my list of Read-a-Likes for Faerie Books!

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Wicked Enchantment

Hey all!!! It's Actvity three time! We are writing catch up for all the books we have read lately and well I have to say I probably write one review for every three that I read so yer this is a great. It's a today thing so if you see a chain of review this is why!!!!

Alright first catch up review is Wicked Enchantment by Anya Bast. It is the first in her new series Dark Magick which was released earlier this year. I finshed this on Friday but because I finished Changeless on the same day I reviewed Changeless and left this one (oops). Anyway this is the first Dark Fantasy non YA book I have read in a while. I can't really think of anything wrong with it but it wasn't really anything different either. It was 'Just Another Book' the plot was alright, characters alright, ending alright. Everything was just alright so really nothing memorable. However I really liked how it weaves the Wild Hunt into the story.It was an alrightish book but it was one of the betteralrightish book. ; P Rating 3/5

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Spells

Review Time. AGAIN! Yesterday was the first day of holidays and I read one of the most amzing book in the world so I couldn't not write a review. I finished Spells by Aprilynne Pike yesterday! This is the sequel to Wings which is like one of the best books in the world ( I HEART TAMANI!!!! TEAM TAMANI!!!! DAVID CAN GO JUMP OFF A CLIFF !!!!!!!) Anyway, I had very high expectations for this book since I absolutely loved Wings and I wasn't disappointed either! Amazingggggg

The plot was really good however I would have liked to see more of Tamani and less of David. Honestly, I loved half the book (the half with Tamani and Laurel) but kinda wanted to rip out Laurel from the pages for the other half and shkae some sense into her. Gosh, that girl is sooooooo selfish! She thinks she can have the best of both world and..and SHE CAN'T ! She hurt Tamani and I don't like it D: ( I am seriously in love Tamani you know) Anyway besides that fact the book was really good ! The best book I have read in a while (since Spirit Bound) . Great charcters, although I'm a tad disappointed with Laurel and I think David should go play on the road BUT Tamani *swoooooon*. Fantastic plot, Great Romance, loved the cover and yer nothing really I can pick on soooo Rating - 4.5/5 (Laurel cost the book the .5 *sigh*)

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Modern Faeirie Tales vs. Wicked Lovely

VS.

Okay, I have decided to do another one of these this vs. that. This time it's not vampires but ...Faeries ! So, the two I'm going to talk about today are...The Modern Faerie Tale trilogy by Holly Black and The Wicked Lovely  series by Melissa Marr. Now both author are well known and good writers with brilliant plots but which of their Faerie series shine brighter?

So both are about faeries, they are all set with a summer and winter court, they are all set in the iron city ( New York...i think) and both were quite interesting. So, what sets one above another? Well, just to let everyone know I'm not very objecive, everything is usually subjective. For me, in order for a book to capture my attention it has to have 1) A Good Cover (sucker for good covers) 2) Interesting Blurb ( some books are fantastic stories but have crappy blurbs) 3) They have to be of a genre that I read.

Now, Mordern Faerie Tale by Holly black...it was good BUT it could have been better. The series was really weird, like the first and last book are about the same character than the middle book is about someone else all together. The charcters are creepy ( green faeries with black eyes , purely black). Another downer is that I don't really like reading about kids with issues. I don't reading about alcoholic mums or about your mum is secretly hooking up with your boyfriend. I don't like to read about being homeless, taking drugs or that you live in a train station. So, quite a bit on the don't like. Plus, the covers were nothing special.

Wicked Lovely on the other hand was ...better. It was more of something that I would read. Hot charcters, interesting plot that is not about kids with issues and much happier to read. Fantastic covers too! It was still dark fantasy but at least it dark fantasy with sorta happy endings. The relationships were kinda cute and sweet. Faeries are al least normal in this one ( I have nothing against the weird but Modern Faerie Tale was like REALLY weird) However, charcters annoyed me. Leslie was pratically useless. She finds out faeries exist and runs and hide.

So both series' had their flaws but overall I think I would liked Wicked Lovely Better!

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