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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Stopped at 73%. It was pretty boring and once I picked up some other books I wasn't very keen on resuming to read it. I guess it's a good read if you don't have anything else.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Solidly competent YA which was a pleasant reread. Maybe I'll get to the rest of the series somewhen.
Right. So I remember loving this series as a kid.
It’s one of the old YA’s that does not hold up.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Seth is out of high school (and drinking and tats and piercings and lives on his own- so, 21?) and while age gap relationships can be healthy and fine, the fact that he and a senior in high school are together is just…icky to me. And I know I know, “faeries are immortal so technically Keenan is hundreds of years old”, “Edward Cullen was super old because immortality too” blah blah, I can accept that this is different in the fantasy world. Seth is not a faerie. He is a grown ass man with a high schooler.
The premise is interesting, and I think Donia was a well written character. The rest of the characters are meh to me. I love that Aislinn wasn’t letting Keenan bully her into shit she didn’t want. What I think doesnt make sense (and is also ew, weird) is that he went for her mom, her mom died because she refused him, and then he courts countless more girls before “stumbling upon” Aislinn? It was written as a weird coincidence and that makes no sense to me….and is also ew. If a guy had tried to be with my mom and then tried with me I’d throw him in the ocean.
It’s one of the old YA’s that does not hold up.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Seth is out of high school (and drinking and tats and piercings and lives on his own- so, 21?) and while age gap relationships can be healthy and fine, the fact that he and a senior in high school are together is just…icky to me. And I know I know, “faeries are immortal so technically Keenan is hundreds of years old”, “Edward Cullen was super old because immortality too” blah blah, I can accept that this is different in the fantasy world. Seth is not a faerie. He is a grown ass man with a high schooler.
The premise is interesting, and I think Donia was a well written character. The rest of the characters are meh to me. I love that Aislinn wasn’t letting Keenan bully her into shit she didn’t want. What I think doesnt make sense (and is also ew, weird) is that he went for her mom, her mom died because she refused him, and then he courts countless more girls before “stumbling upon” Aislinn? It was written as a weird coincidence and that makes no sense to me….and is also ew. If a guy had tried to be with my mom and then tried with me I’d throw him in the ocean.
The first one was probably not the best one.. but right now this book series is probably the best fae book series i've ever read. It's somehow raw and real but still romantic and beautiful.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
First in the Wicked Lovely urban fantasy series for Young Adults and revolving around Keenan, the Summer King. The couple focus is on two couples: Keenan and Donia and Aislinn and Seth in Huntsdale.
In 2008, Marr won the RITA® Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Young Adult Romance and the DABWAHA Romance Tournament for Best Young Adult.
My Take
It's a game of cat-and-mouse as Aislinn tries to avoid the fae, to retain her independence, to see Seth.
Seems Seth is worried that if he pushes too hard, she'll run. This is one of the parts I am not buying. If Seth is such a ladies' man, why he is being so patient? And if Grams is so cool about Seth, then why does Aislinn worry that Grams won't let her see him? At least that's the impression I get. Wouldn't Grams appreciate that he lives in a steel house? I want to know what happened with Moira. Was Keenan hunting her back then? Is Aislinn Keenan's daughter? How will this affect the three-way that seems to be developing?
I love and hate that Keenan is so cocky. He's despicable in his faking to be what he thinks the girl wants, especially since he plans to revert once he has her. The one-way track that any girl he's interested in has no real choice. But I also feel for his position. He wants to do right by his people, by humans, and get out from under his mother. It's a tricky two-step.
It's an intriguing fae culture Marr has created. Just enough information to terrify, and not enough to inform. I want to know more about that binding. Why was it done? What kind of king is Irial? What's his stance in all this?
I can understand the events at the carnival, but I would have thought that Aislinn would know enough not to eat or drink anything from a fairy.
In spite of all men whining, I like the twist in this. Aislinn doesn't like Keenan and is determined to keep Seth. But she's changing, she has no choice. As for Keenan, he's so desperate for a Queen, for freedom and power. He has to love her. She has to be his Summer Queen.
The Story
It's been years and she's never let on to anyone. It's too dangerous, but it's getting worse. They're starting to track her, follow her, sniff her. And she caves, confessing what she can see to Seth. The man she loves whom she knows she can never have.
It's a confident, domineering Keenan who doesn't intend to change, not permanently anyway, and he's determined that Aislinn is his Summer Queen. She has to be. He needs his powers.
The Characters
Aislinn Foy, a.k.a., Ash, has the Sight and can't let a fae suspect it. Nor can she let her Grams suspect or she'll lose her freedom. Grams, Elena, is furious over Moira's death. Her daughter. The one who chose death over becoming a Summer Girl. Does this mean that Keenan is Aislinn's father?
Seth is very, very patient and lives in a series of train cars. Boomer is his boa constrictor. Glenn, Jimmy, and Mitchell are some of his friends.
Fellow students at Bishop O'Connell High School
Leslie, Rianne, and Carla are Aislinn's friends. Father Myers insists that Aislinn guide the new student around.
Keenan is the bound Summer King, looking for his true Queen. The Summer Girls are the humans who fell in love with Keenan but didn't want to take the test and include Eliza. His advisers: Niall is cunning and Tavish is the oldest.
Queen Beira is the Winter Queen, Keenan's mother, and a major bitch; she bound his powers and delights in tormenting him any way she can. She also murdered his father. Irial is the Dark King, and he's complicit for some reason in binding Keenan's powers.
Deadgirl is Donia, the Winter Girl, the last human who thought she was Keenan's queen. Sasha is the white wolf who protects Donia. Liseli and Rika are former Winter Girls. Evan is the rowan-man who so carefully guards Donia. The Eolas tell Keenan Aislinn is special.
Denny is a friend at the bar with whom she plays pool. Rabbit owns the tattoo shop.
The Cover
The cover is a very hazy gray with a clutched handful of pink and yellow pansies nestled in ice, the perfect blend of Summer and Winter. The title is a low-key green with vines sprouting from the letters, a metaphor for emerging summer.
The title is Keenan — he's Wicked Lovely with no morals.
In 2008, Marr won the RITA® Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Young Adult Romance and the DABWAHA Romance Tournament for Best Young Adult.
My Take
It's a game of cat-and-mouse as Aislinn tries to avoid the fae, to retain her independence, to see Seth.
Seems Seth is worried that if he pushes too hard, she'll run. This is one of the parts I am not buying. If Seth is such a ladies' man, why he is being so patient? And if Grams is so cool about Seth, then why does Aislinn worry that Grams won't let her see him? At least that's the impression I get. Wouldn't Grams appreciate that he lives in a steel house? I want to know what happened with Moira. Was Keenan hunting her back then? Is Aislinn Keenan's daughter? How will this affect the three-way that seems to be developing?
I love and hate that Keenan is so cocky. He's despicable in his faking to be what he thinks the girl wants, especially since he plans to revert once he has her. The one-way track that any girl he's interested in has no real choice. But I also feel for his position. He wants to do right by his people, by humans, and get out from under his mother. It's a tricky two-step.
It's an intriguing fae culture Marr has created. Just enough information to terrify, and not enough to inform. I want to know more about that binding. Why was it done? What kind of king is Irial? What's his stance in all this?
I can understand the events at the carnival, but I would have thought that Aislinn would know enough not to eat or drink anything from a fairy.
In spite of all men whining, I like the twist in this. Aislinn doesn't like Keenan and is determined to keep Seth. But she's changing, she has no choice. As for Keenan, he's so desperate for a Queen, for freedom and power. He has to love her. She has to be his Summer Queen.
The Story
It's been years and she's never let on to anyone. It's too dangerous, but it's getting worse. They're starting to track her, follow her, sniff her. And she caves, confessing what she can see to Seth. The man she loves whom she knows she can never have.
It's a confident, domineering Keenan who doesn't intend to change, not permanently anyway, and he's determined that Aislinn is his Summer Queen. She has to be. He needs his powers.
The Characters
Aislinn Foy, a.k.a., Ash, has the Sight and can't let a fae suspect it. Nor can she let her Grams suspect or she'll lose her freedom. Grams, Elena, is furious over Moira's death. Her daughter. The one who chose death over becoming a Summer Girl. Does this mean that Keenan is Aislinn's father?
Seth is very, very patient and lives in a series of train cars. Boomer is his boa constrictor. Glenn, Jimmy, and Mitchell are some of his friends.
Fellow students at Bishop O'Connell High School
Leslie, Rianne, and Carla are Aislinn's friends. Father Myers insists that Aislinn guide the new student around.
Keenan is the bound Summer King, looking for his true Queen. The Summer Girls are the humans who fell in love with Keenan but didn't want to take the test and include Eliza. His advisers: Niall is cunning and Tavish is the oldest.
Queen Beira is the Winter Queen, Keenan's mother, and a major bitch; she bound his powers and delights in tormenting him any way she can. She also murdered his father. Irial is the Dark King, and he's complicit for some reason in binding Keenan's powers.
Deadgirl is Donia, the Winter Girl, the last human who thought she was Keenan's queen. Sasha is the white wolf who protects Donia. Liseli and Rika are former Winter Girls. Evan is the rowan-man who so carefully guards Donia. The Eolas tell Keenan Aislinn is special.
Denny is a friend at the bar with whom she plays pool. Rabbit owns the tattoo shop.
The Cover
The cover is a very hazy gray with a clutched handful of pink and yellow pansies nestled in ice, the perfect blend of Summer and Winter. The title is a low-key green with vines sprouting from the letters, a metaphor for emerging summer.
The title is Keenan — he's Wicked Lovely with no morals.