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heorina13's review against another edition
1.0
Ehm...I know, that it´s YA literature, so main character is young and everything, it supposed to be naive and pretty. But this is hardcore.
I am sorry, but Meghan is dumb. She can do literally nothing. Is typical damsel in mistress, falls in love with a totally-not-hot guy and...is she even trying to be so stupid? Plus, the story is full of naive and primitive cliché, I´m surprised I finished it at all. The only good character is Grimalkin, but come on! You could invent your own cat without stealing from Alice´s Cheshire cat.
I am sorry, but Meghan is dumb. She can do literally nothing. Is typical damsel in mistress, falls in love with a totally-not-hot guy and...is she even trying to be so stupid? Plus, the story is full of naive and primitive cliché, I´m surprised I finished it at all. The only good character is Grimalkin, but come on! You could invent your own cat without stealing from Alice´s Cheshire cat.
cheesekie's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
authortristenwillis's review against another edition
4.0
Oh my goodness i loved this book! It was fantasy mixed with adventure mixed with forbidden romance and i cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
danoreading's review against another edition
3.0
I'd give it 4 stars for plot, 3 stars for writing, and 2 stars for the romance.
Super enjoyable fantasy romp through faeryland (my second book in a row with a visit to the Seelie Court!). I will say two things though: a) I am tired of reading YA novels where the main girl character, who's always felt a little different from everyone else, discovers that she is the daughter of a demon/angel/fairy/wizard, and b) I am tired of teen romances where there's no realistic development of the relationship - falling in love requires more than thinking the guy is hot and has soulful eyes.
Super enjoyable fantasy romp through faeryland (my second book in a row with a visit to the Seelie Court!). I will say two things though: a) I am tired of reading YA novels where the main girl character, who's always felt a little different from everyone else, discovers that she is the daughter of a demon/angel/fairy/wizard, and b) I am tired of teen romances where there's no realistic development of the relationship - falling in love requires more than thinking the guy is hot and has soulful eyes.
jesspeachee's review against another edition
3.0
This I think was the most difficult book I've had to read that wasn't for a school assignment. I don't know why but I just had trouble getting into it, but I'm glad that I did cuz it did pick up and I could read more of it for a longer time. I'm glad I read it.
My fav character would have to be Ash and that's cuz he really is an honorable guy. Even though i've never really cared about honor it just seemed like a really redeemable quality for him. He has never broken a promise to his mother Queen Mab or to Meghan which is cool because those two had very conflicting interests. The only promise I don't really want him to keep is the one to his lost love to kill Puck. Something about Puck being in an old classic that I read in school makes me feel for him and I don't want to see him die.
My fav character would have to be Ash and that's cuz he really is an honorable guy. Even though i've never really cared about honor it just seemed like a really redeemable quality for him. He has never broken a promise to his mother Queen Mab or to Meghan which is cool because those two had very conflicting interests. The only promise I don't really want him to keep is the one to his lost love to kill Puck. Something about Puck being in an old classic that I read in school makes me feel for him and I don't want to see him die.
wyvernfriend's review against another edition
3.0
Must get the massive rant of my chest first. It's Tír na nÓg. Now I know that the accents on the vowels are pretty much over the head of most folks but the word means land of the young. Tír is land, na means of, and the Óg means young, the n is a part of grammar to make the pronounciation of two vowels together easier (it's called an urú or in English Eclipsis - see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipsis ). By the way the accent is known as a fada in Irish trans as a long, (it's technically a síneadh fada or a long mark) simply put it means pronounce the vowel as a longer version of that letter. Thankfully in Irish there is only one.
Deep Breath.
The book.
Meghan is living a life of poverty, trying to keep under the radar and not be noticed or bullied too much. She remembers her father disappearing, but her life is otherwise pretty normal. Suddenly she starts noticing someone is watching her, and her life changes for ever. Her brother is kidnapped and she finds that he's been taken to faery, she follows with her best friend Robbie Goodfell (yup she finds out later that he's Robin Goodfellow or Puck) to rescue him and finds that she's the King of Faery's daughter and her life is never going to be the same again.
It's not a bad read, there were occasions when things began to lag a bit but I expect there will be later payoffs. And what was that memory she lost?
Deep Breath.
The book.
Meghan is living a life of poverty, trying to keep under the radar and not be noticed or bullied too much. She remembers her father disappearing, but her life is otherwise pretty normal. Suddenly she starts noticing someone is watching her, and her life changes for ever. Her brother is kidnapped and she finds that he's been taken to faery, she follows with her best friend Robbie Goodfell (yup she finds out later that he's Robin Goodfellow or Puck) to rescue him and finds that she's the King of Faery's daughter and her life is never going to be the same again.
It's not a bad read, there were occasions when things began to lag a bit but I expect there will be later payoffs. And what was that memory she lost?