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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
Best book I have read in a long time
I think I have found a new favorite series. The author did an excellent job of keeping me guessing throughout. I appreciate that there are four protagonists with distinct personalities. Getting away from the typical love triangle is particularly refreshing.
I think I have found a new favorite series. The author did an excellent job of keeping me guessing throughout. I appreciate that there are four protagonists with distinct personalities. Getting away from the typical love triangle is particularly refreshing.
i Remember how i fell in love with this book how i loved it characters whom i don't remember since i have a very bad memory and i have read a hundred books after this one so it only fair i forgot.
But of course i do remember the story , how fascinated i was and how it reminded me of fairy tales and made me believe in new books and new writers .
A most read to anyone who love fantasy.
And i haven't started the sequels because they're told from a different point of view so i couldn't actually get myself to read them
But of course i do remember the story , how fascinated i was and how it reminded me of fairy tales and made me believe in new books and new writers .
A most read to anyone who love fantasy.
And i haven't started the sequels because they're told from a different point of view so i couldn't actually get myself to read them
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2.5 Stars
Meh. Wicked Lovely started out interesting enough, with a scene depicting the consequences of not being the girl who’s destined to be the Summer Queen. Several chapters later, though, I was still trying to sort out how the whole Winter Girl/Summer Queen/Winter Staff thing worked. Choppy exposition and characters who floated along without leaving much of an impact made this a mediocre read for me.
As a heroine, Aislinn isn’t anything special. Whereas the Summer Queen test is explained in dribs and drabs, it’s blatantly clear that Aislinn wants nothing to do with the fey world. Consequently, once she finds out that Keenan is pursuing her to be his queen, Aislinn spends a lot of time fleeing from him. The following cycle develops: encounter Keenan, run away. Encounter Keenan, run away. Repeat a few times more. What really got me about Aislinn, though, was when she accepted a drink from a faery. For someone who’s so afraid of faeries and constantly reminds herself of the rules to avoid trouble with them, you’d think that she’d know a lot better than to eat or drink anything that they offer. She doesn’t.
Fortunately for Aislinn, her best friend Seth is there to comfort her when she’s had a rough day being chased by Keenan and other faeries. When the relationship headed for let’s-be-more-than-friends territory, I really got frustrated with the book. I did not buy Aislinn and Seth as a couple. At all. He’s a good listener and a supportive friend, but nothing really stands out about him.
Keenan wasn’t that much more appealing as a romantic interest, although I felt a bit sorry for him because his mother, Beira, is such a witch to him (and everyone in general). For me, the best scenes/dialogue in the book were between these two characters. If the interactions between other characters had crackled this much, the book would have held my attention better.
The character who I became most invested in was Donia, the last girl who failed the Summer Queen test and must remain the Winter Girl until someone else attempts the test. Her story was both absorbing and sad, and I thought that she was the best written character. Personally, I would have preferred it if Wicked Lovely had focused on Keenan’s courtship of Donia and how she became Winter Girl (with a few guest appearances by Beira for comic relief). Unlike Aislinn and Seth, Donia and Keenan definitely had chemistry between them.
2.5 Stars
Meh. Wicked Lovely started out interesting enough, with a scene depicting the consequences of not being the girl who’s destined to be the Summer Queen. Several chapters later, though, I was still trying to sort out how the whole Winter Girl/Summer Queen/Winter Staff thing worked. Choppy exposition and characters who floated along without leaving much of an impact made this a mediocre read for me.
As a heroine, Aislinn isn’t anything special. Whereas the Summer Queen test is explained in dribs and drabs, it’s blatantly clear that Aislinn wants nothing to do with the fey world. Consequently, once she finds out that Keenan is pursuing her to be his queen, Aislinn spends a lot of time fleeing from him. The following cycle develops: encounter Keenan, run away. Encounter Keenan, run away. Repeat a few times more. What really got me about Aislinn, though, was when she accepted a drink from a faery. For someone who’s so afraid of faeries and constantly reminds herself of the rules to avoid trouble with them, you’d think that she’d know a lot better than to eat or drink anything that they offer. She doesn’t.
Fortunately for Aislinn, her best friend Seth is there to comfort her when she’s had a rough day being chased by Keenan and other faeries. When the relationship headed for let’s-be-more-than-friends territory, I really got frustrated with the book. I did not buy Aislinn and Seth as a couple. At all. He’s a good listener and a supportive friend, but nothing really stands out about him.
Keenan wasn’t that much more appealing as a romantic interest, although I felt a bit sorry for him because his mother, Beira, is such a witch to him (and everyone in general). For me, the best scenes/dialogue in the book were between these two characters. If the interactions between other characters had crackled this much, the book would have held my attention better.
The character who I became most invested in was Donia, the last girl who failed the Summer Queen test and must remain the Winter Girl until someone else attempts the test. Her story was both absorbing and sad, and I thought that she was the best written character. Personally, I would have preferred it if Wicked Lovely had focused on Keenan’s courtship of Donia and how she became Winter Girl (with a few guest appearances by Beira for comic relief). Unlike Aislinn and Seth, Donia and Keenan definitely had chemistry between them.
I listened to this book on the way to work over the course of two weeks. The audio book is well done and I enjoyed the story. There are long "filler" segments though that did not move the plot line and could easily have been deleted. Overall a good low key "beach read" kind of book.
Eh. I think it's the fairy thing again where I'm just not into it. Not sure why. It always feels like it'll be right up my alley and then nope. I have 0 interest in reading the rest of the series. Mild interest in what happens to them, but overall just didn't find the characters very compelling or their circumstances that dire.
I only got to chapter 13. It just wasn't grabbing my attention. I love the covers though!
This is on the young reader's choice list this year, so I picked it up. It is about a girl who can see fairies and although this normally isn't my thing, I really enjoyed it. It is a love story with a somewhat predictable ending, but I liked the characters and it was different that what I've been reading.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
This book was pretty good. I didn't care for any of the books after it, and didn't even finish them after I had started. But I definitely liked this book, even though I wouldn't necessarily re-read it.
Decent tale about faeries. Dark, brooding, a little emo but overall a good debut.