Friday, February 29, 2008

Wicked Lovely

WICKED LOVELY: Melissa Marr: HarperTeen: 2007: Young Adult: 328 pages

Aislinn has always been able to see faeries. It is something she inherited from her mother and grandmother. The fey are an unpredictable even sometimes cruel bunch and because of this she has always followed her grandmother’s rule to never let them know she has the Sight. Aislinn takes refuge in her friend, Seth’s, home which is a converted railroad car. Faeries are weakened by iron so they avoid it if they can.

But now Aislinn is being followed by two faeries. She has been chosen by the Summer King to be his queen. Many mortal girls have been chosen in the past but none have ever been the One. They are then cursed by the Winter Queen to carry her frost until another girl is chosen. Keenan, the Summer King attempts to woo Aislinn but discovers she is in love with Seth. Keenan must win his queen at any cost because united they can defeat the Winter Queen and save the world from a permanent winter.

This book comes the closest to the feel of Twilight as anything I have read except for the ending which disappointed me just a little. That being said, I would recommend this book to any one looking for a good story whether they liked Twilight or not.

AJ

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I thought this book was okay. I liked the main characters and I did want to keep reading to find out what would happen to each of them. I did not like how much of the book was focused on having or not having sex and there was some swearing so this is not a clean read. That being said, it was a quick easy read.

AL