Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
My most recent love affair with a book has involved Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr. This comes shortly after reading Tithe: a Modern Faerie Tale, Ironside; a Modern Faery's Tale and Valient: a Modern Tale of Faerie, three books by Holly Black which I should also review. I just noticed how all the subtitles are very similar, but are not quite the same. Holly Black is also the author of the Spiderwick Chronicles, which I haven't read but have heard good things about. Enough ramblings and on to the review!
I loved everything about this book, from the quotations at the start of every chapter (which I barely remember to look at in other books) to the protagonist's relationship with her best friend and boyfriend. Aislinn is everything that Isabelle in Twilight should have been, and more. This book has all the adventure and tension that Twilight had, but also gives a strong female role model that girls can admire.
Aislinn has seen the faerie world all her life, and if the faeries ever found out, the nicest thing they would do is put out her eyes. Now she has been chosen by the Summer King to be his queen, a role most girls would love to fill, but Aislinn has already found the love of her life and the offer of queenship is not as light and summery as Keenan would lead her to believe. How will Aislinn keep all the things she loves in her life without letting both Faerie and the mortal plane fall to wrack and ruin?
Melissa Marr's writing is both both beautiful and dark. Her research into the history of faerie shows through-out the book, woven into the story making it a highly believable world. I would recommend this book to age 16 and up, maybe younger if they are advanced readers. There is no explicit content, although Aislinn does stay over at her boyfriend's house with the permission of her grandmother at one point. The only thing I would say is missing is a strong female friendship for Aislinn. All of her friendships feel very shallow aside from the one with her boyfriend.
I loved everything about this book, from the quotations at the start of every chapter (which I barely remember to look at in other books) to the protagonist's relationship with her best friend and boyfriend. Aislinn is everything that Isabelle in Twilight should have been, and more. This book has all the adventure and tension that Twilight had, but also gives a strong female role model that girls can admire.
Aislinn has seen the faerie world all her life, and if the faeries ever found out, the nicest thing they would do is put out her eyes. Now she has been chosen by the Summer King to be his queen, a role most girls would love to fill, but Aislinn has already found the love of her life and the offer of queenship is not as light and summery as Keenan would lead her to believe. How will Aislinn keep all the things she loves in her life without letting both Faerie and the mortal plane fall to wrack and ruin?
Melissa Marr's writing is both both beautiful and dark. Her research into the history of faerie shows through-out the book, woven into the story making it a highly believable world. I would recommend this book to age 16 and up, maybe younger if they are advanced readers. There is no explicit content, although Aislinn does stay over at her boyfriend's house with the permission of her grandmother at one point. The only thing I would say is missing is a strong female friendship for Aislinn. All of her friendships feel very shallow aside from the one with her boyfriend.
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