Published: Dec. 10, 2010
Words: 112,838 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452424606

Description

In a suburban town twenty minutes from the border of Faerie lives a young woman named Karen MacGregor. Though she is the daughter of an exiled Faerie princess, Karen leads an unremarkable life full of homework, punk rock and old science fiction movies. When bloody civil war breaks out in her mother’s homeland her life begins to change rapidly. Her brother is presumed dead . . .

Tags

fantasy, battle, young adult, contemporary, witch, fairy, urban, dragon, modern fairy tale, fae, faery, sidhe, gypsy shadow, fey, banshee, avalon, unseelie, seelie, hob, dragonsbane, bane sidhe, nixie, nixies, m l john

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Review by: Juliann Whicker on March 30, 2011 :
What an intense ride! This book took me from high school to a Tim Burton directed Seelie underworld. It was a fascinating mixture of folklore, high school, and the Wizard of Oz.
My favorite part was where the heroine loses her name and becomes trapped in a black and white emotionless world without any loss of pace or my attention. I love how the writer manages to make wherever Karen is feel real however imaginative and unreal they may be. These are realistic and complicated characters in a rich and subtly portrayed world.
I think people would like this who like Holly Black's Faery world, Or Carrie Jones' Need series as well as Brenna Yanoff's "The Replacement".
I think that for a YA it has more adult themes and would recommend it for older teens or adults.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: mary lavender on March 18, 2011 :
I Loved this book!!
(reviewed long after purchase)

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