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Book Review: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Sep. 5th, 2007 01:59 amTitle: Wicked Lovely
Author: Melissa Marr
Published: New York: HarperTeen, 2007
Page Count: 328
Total Page Count: 38,234
Text Number: 108
Read For: my own enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: Aislinn can see faeries—but has lived her whole life pretending she can't. Faeries are mischievous and sometimes malicious, especially to those that see them, and Ash must feign ignorance to protect herself. But when the faeries start to notice her—the Summer King Keenan, who has chosen her to be his Queen—it endangers Ash and budding relationship with her best friend Seth. This books strength is its premise and its faeries, which are vividly conceptualized and more than a little creepy; its weakness is its plot, which begins well but becomes increasingly narrow, leading to just one possible solution and a flat ending. This is a strong first novel and I recommend it (although not enthusiastically) to YA and adult readers.
( Long review. )
Review posted here at Amazon.com.
Further thoughts upon reread, May 2014.
Author: Melissa Marr
Published: New York: HarperTeen, 2007
Page Count: 328
Total Page Count: 38,234
Text Number: 108
Read For: my own enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: Aislinn can see faeries—but has lived her whole life pretending she can't. Faeries are mischievous and sometimes malicious, especially to those that see them, and Ash must feign ignorance to protect herself. But when the faeries start to notice her—the Summer King Keenan, who has chosen her to be his Queen—it endangers Ash and budding relationship with her best friend Seth. This books strength is its premise and its faeries, which are vividly conceptualized and more than a little creepy; its weakness is its plot, which begins well but becomes increasingly narrow, leading to just one possible solution and a flat ending. This is a strong first novel and I recommend it (although not enthusiastically) to YA and adult readers.
( Long review. )
Review posted here at Amazon.com.
Further thoughts upon reread, May 2014.
