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A review by pwbalto
All That Glows by Ryan Graudin
2.0
Beautiful Emrys is a member of the Faery Guard, old by human standards - she remembers Camelot - but still a relative “youngling” among her people. She is therefore considered the ideal candidate to provide invisible protection for the teenage heir to the British throne, the fun-loving and very Harry-like Prince Richard. Sparks fly, however, when she meets the prince, and she cannot resist revealing herself to him. When Richard’s father dies, assassinated by a rogue Faery power, they fight for their lives as well as their love.
Blending otherworldly glamour with contemporary glitz, suspense with passion, this book offers a lot to fans of the genre. Emrys’s adventure takes her from the shores of “tar-dark” lochs to the “flourishing, gold-leafed ceilings” of Windsor Castle. Some readers will overlook occasional missteps (“Richard’s lips turn sheepish with a grin”), while others may find such phrases unintentionally amusing. Fits well with Maggie Steifvater’s Lament and Ballad and Holly Black’s Tithe books.
for Booklist — Paula Willey
Blending otherworldly glamour with contemporary glitz, suspense with passion, this book offers a lot to fans of the genre. Emrys’s adventure takes her from the shores of “tar-dark” lochs to the “flourishing, gold-leafed ceilings” of Windsor Castle. Some readers will overlook occasional missteps (“Richard’s lips turn sheepish with a grin”), while others may find such phrases unintentionally amusing. Fits well with Maggie Steifvater’s Lament and Ballad and Holly Black’s Tithe books.
for Booklist — Paula Willey