Written by: Melissa Marr
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
Length:10 hours and 9 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Publisher: HarperAudio
Aislinn has the third eye and is able to see faeries.
Unfortunately, Aislinn’s mother was killed by faeries when she was young.
Because of this she has been trained by her grandmother to hide her gift in
order to protect her from the evil faeries.
She lives her life by a set of strict rules outlined by her
grandmother. And these rules have kept her safe, until now. Suddenly, none of
the rules apply anymore as she is stalked by Keenan, the faery Summer King.
Keenan is after Aislinn as he believes that she could be ‘THE' Summer Queen and
help release him from his mother’s evil powers.
The review:
Ok. This was not an exceptionally great book but I quite
enjoyed it.
It offered a different take on how I normally see faeries. I
always thought that faeries were like Tinkerbell from Peter Pan… Eh. Wait a
minute. Is Tinkerbell a faerie even? Ok whatever…. Anyway you catch my drift,
faeries: small creatures, a bit mischievous but overall good supernatural
beings with wings attached to them.
My absolute favourite character in this book is…. drum roll
please… SETH! (I’m so predictable right?) He’s the perfect guy (well, maybe a
bit too perfect thus the reason why he only exists as a fictional character). I
love him because he was:
- Patiently waiting for Aislinn (I mean the guy did wait for 7 whole damn months before he told her he was in love with her)
- Supportive (Did not call Aislinn crazy when she told him about her gift plus he even went all out and did research to find out more about the fairies)
- Cool, outgoing, good in bed and apparently the man can cook (two thumbs up from me on this point more than the previous points).
Keenan on the other hand I find a tad annoying. I won’t
comment on the female characters cause … well, none of the characters had a
huge impact on me.
Overall the storyline was ok. I quite enjoyed it mostly
though I thought some parts was like… huh? For example: when grandma met
Keenan.
Storyline revolves mainly around Aislinn (duhhh… she is the
main character Tasha!). But seriously, its Aislinn wondering what’s happening,
Aislinn pissed off at Keenan, Aislinn wondering what to do with Seth and
Aislinn having to decide whether she would take up the challenge handed to her
by the faeries. That about sums up the story. Sorry for the spoiler.
I heard this on audiobook and thought the narration was
great though the narrator’s voice seemed a bit too mature for Aislinn.
Good book but not great. Enjoyable nonetheless because of
the different take on faeries plus I do love Seth tremendously in this book. I
gave it a 3 over 5 on Goodreads.
*Side note:
After writing this post, I did a quick Google search on
fairies vs faeries. I’ve always spelt it as fairies and wanted to know what the
difference was. Turns out there IS a difference between fairies & faeries. My perception on fairies (like Tinkerbell) is right and Marr’s
depiction of faeries is not new or different after all.
Hah! I learn something new everyday. Lets see if I can make any use of this information in real life.
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