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theladygonzalez's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. It was easily one of my favorite young adult fantasy reads. The plot maintained a heart-pounding pace and included plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader on edge. I instantly fell in love with Dana's character; she is now one of my all-time favorite narrators. Her narration and internal monologues are priceless, witty and straight up entertaining. The author often references pop culture during Dana's one-liners and I found them hilarious.The setting of Avalon is so utterly fantastic - I have this outlandish and completely memorizing image of what this magical place looks like - I think the author did a superb job crafting such an amazing world for the story.
Like I said before, I instantly took to Dana as a character - well, the rest of the cast of characters were no different. I absolutely adore Kimber. I cannot wait to see how Kimber and Dana's friendship progresses; I have a feeling they are going to be a great pairing. I also am in love with Finn, the fatherly bodyguard, as well as Ethan the smoldering fairy and Keane - who I hope and pray will have more of a part in the upcoming books.
So my main point here is that Glimmerglass was amazing and every single one of you out there should read it, as soon as possible.
Like I said before, I instantly took to Dana as a character - well, the rest of the cast of characters were no different. I absolutely adore Kimber. I cannot wait to see how Kimber and Dana's friendship progresses; I have a feeling they are going to be a great pairing. I also am in love with Finn, the fatherly bodyguard, as well as Ethan the smoldering fairy and Keane - who I hope and pray will have more of a part in the upcoming books.
So my main point here is that Glimmerglass was amazing and every single one of you out there should read it, as soon as possible.
randomly_kait's review against another edition
5.0
Usually, in books like this, the Faerie world is always hidden away and kept hush hush. But in Glimmerglass, Everyone knows about Faerie, and Avalon is a place where both Fae and Humans live(It reminded me somewhat of Disney World). You see things in Avalon that you wouldn't quite expect to see in a Faerie world, such as Starbucks, and a Victoria's secret. I loved the Characters, especially Finn and Keane. (Even though Keane is mostly a minor character) And although Ethan seems like a player, there is something abut him that makes you think he's not a complete pig. I definitely can't wait for the next book in the Faeriewalker series, and I'm kinda hoping Dana will end up with Keane instead of Ethan. Or, at least, someone will put Ethan in his place and he won't be such a.... never mind. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, right? lol
*TEAM KEANE* (Obviously!)
*TEAM KEANE* (Obviously!)
pipermckoon's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Zero stars. This is the most horrendous book I have ever had the great and immediate displeasure of consuming. What little if a plot there is consists of the world’s stupidest teenager making the most unrealistic, idiotic, and selfish choices ever.
The writing was akin to what I was doing back in fifth and sixth grade. Glimmerglass lacks nuance in every respect. The MC fails to act like an even halfway decent human being, let alone a realistic teenager. The romance is overplayed and outright disgusting. The only thing in this book that didn’t make me want to remove the eyes from my skull was one of the love interests’ sisters, who had one mildly funny line.
I’m not even going to bother with spoiler tags because it’s just that awful. Teenager runs away from home to Fairy Land to be with her father, whom she is well aware abused her mother but doesn’t care about that what so ever. She immediately gets kidnapped by the hottest man she’s ever seen and most disgusting man I’ve ever read. He lets her go only to kidnap her again then RUFEES HER and she’s FINE WITH IT BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM. Anyway her dad is a total asshole and assigns her a security detail so she doesn’t get into any trouble. She then lists over said bodyguard for the entire rest of the book and makes out with his son when she needs to feel something. The MC only really cares about her knockoff Starbucks and looking cute, EVEN WHEN HER LIFE IS IN IMMEASURABLE DANGER. She has to be saved by one vile pretty boy after another because of how much trouble she gets herself into and SURPRISE SURPRISE her father AND HER AUNT ARE EVIL AND TRYING TO MURDER HER AND THE DAMN PRETTY BOYS ( who at multiple points kidnapped her and attempted SA) ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOOD GUYS.
So yeah. I only finished it out of spite to see if it could possibly get worse. It did. But I digress. Glimmerglass is the worst piece of media to ever befall my eyes, and I will hate it until I die.
The writing was akin to what I was doing back in fifth and sixth grade. Glimmerglass lacks nuance in every respect. The MC fails to act like an even halfway decent human being, let alone a realistic teenager. The romance is overplayed and outright disgusting. The only thing in this book that didn’t make me want to remove the eyes from my skull was one of the love interests’ sisters, who had one mildly funny line.
I’m not even going to bother with spoiler tags because it’s just that awful. Teenager runs away from home to Fairy Land to be with her father, whom she is well aware abused her mother but doesn’t care about that what so ever. She immediately gets kidnapped by the hottest man she’s ever seen and most disgusting man I’ve ever read. He lets her go only to kidnap her again then RUFEES HER and she’s FINE WITH IT BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM. Anyway her dad is a total asshole and assigns her a security detail so she doesn’t get into any trouble. She then lists over said bodyguard for the entire rest of the book and makes out with his son when she needs to feel something. The MC only really cares about her knockoff Starbucks and looking cute, EVEN WHEN HER LIFE IS IN IMMEASURABLE DANGER. She has to be saved by one vile pretty boy after another because of how much trouble she gets herself into and SURPRISE SURPRISE her father AND HER AUNT ARE EVIL AND TRYING TO MURDER HER AND THE DAMN PRETTY BOYS ( who at multiple points kidnapped her and attempted SA) ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOOD GUYS.
So yeah. I only finished it out of spite to see if it could possibly get worse. It did. But I digress. Glimmerglass is the worst piece of media to ever befall my eyes, and I will hate it until I die.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Rape, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Alcohol
catnipped's review against another edition
5.0
I was extremely fortunate enough to receive this in a giveaway from First Reads, and I have to say, I'm so glad that I did because I probably wouldn't have gotten to read it for a very long time (it would be at the end of my to read list, and that's a pretty long list).
As quite a fan of the growing faerie genre, I'm very familiar with all of the ins and outs of the general lore of the faerie world, and I wasn't expecting this to have anything new. However, Black incorporates both familiar knowledge (the Seelie and Unseelie courts, Mab and Tatiana as faery queens, etc), but she adds so much more creativity to this increasingly cliched world.
Dana is a relatable and fascinating character. She's courageous, determined, and entirely human in her responses to this overwhelming new world she's thrown herself into, despite being half fae herself. The characters surrounding her have such depth, there's just so much good and bad in them, and I care for them all, though just like Dana, I'm not sure who to fully trust yet. The way she interacts with them is realistic, even if the decisions she makes are difficult to accept for a reader who sometimes wants her to take the easy way out. But like I said before, Dana is tenacious and will fight for her way, against great odds.
Even though I have a pile of books waiting for me to read, I'm headed out today to pick up Shadowspell because I honestly can't get enough of Dana and her world.
Definitely one of my favorite books of the year so far.
As quite a fan of the growing faerie genre, I'm very familiar with all of the ins and outs of the general lore of the faerie world, and I wasn't expecting this to have anything new. However, Black incorporates both familiar knowledge (the Seelie and Unseelie courts, Mab and Tatiana as faery queens, etc), but she adds so much more creativity to this increasingly cliched world.
Dana is a relatable and fascinating character. She's courageous, determined, and entirely human in her responses to this overwhelming new world she's thrown herself into, despite being half fae herself. The characters surrounding her have such depth, there's just so much good and bad in them, and I care for them all, though just like Dana, I'm not sure who to fully trust yet. The way she interacts with them is realistic, even if the decisions she makes are difficult to accept for a reader who sometimes wants her to take the easy way out. But like I said before, Dana is tenacious and will fight for her way, against great odds.
Even though I have a pile of books waiting for me to read, I'm headed out today to pick up Shadowspell because I honestly can't get enough of Dana and her world.
Definitely one of my favorite books of the year so far.
ladynutbarreads's review against another edition
4.0
I like faerie books...and this was different than other ones I've read. Pretty cool all in all.
lavendermarch's review against another edition
4.0
I've seen this book at the library for a while, but I only picked it up recently, when looking through a list of good YA faerie books. I'm glad I finally picked it up.
Glimmerglass is a fast paced, pretty easy read. It has an interesting world that I can't wait to learn more about, because Avalon and the rest of Faerie sound really exciting! I also liked how the fae and humans lived together in the city of Avalon, and how the humans knew about the fae, rather than secrecy.
The faeries are delightfully double-crossing and devious, with twisted intentions and natures. This makes for a very exciting, intriguing read. I appreciated the balance of this with Dana's teenage nature. She was over-dramatic at times (like all teenagers) though not too much. At any rate, there was a good balance, and I liked Dana's voice. It was very authentically that of a teenager, and someone who had been plunged into the deep end of a nasty political and magical situation.
I really liked Finn and Keane. They seemed like solid, generally good people, as far as faeries go. I wouldn't mind Dana and Keane getting together, but frankly, I think she needs to get the rest of her life sorted out first, because death threats are no laughing matter.
Ethan, I was not a fan of. He betrayed her, and seems a bit too experienced for her, not to mention his allegiances. I hope they don't get together, but we'll see.
Dana's parents are awful, by the way. Her mom's an alcoholic and her dad's willing to use her for political gain, because of course parents should do that to their children! Ugh.
On the magic: very cool. I hope we actually see more of it in book two. It was here and used in this book, but I'd to learn more about it and see what Dana can do.
4 stars. I recommend reading this book if you're looking for a good faerie novel.
Glimmerglass is a fast paced, pretty easy read. It has an interesting world that I can't wait to learn more about, because Avalon and the rest of Faerie sound really exciting! I also liked how the fae and humans lived together in the city of Avalon, and how the humans knew about the fae, rather than secrecy.
The faeries are delightfully double-crossing and devious, with twisted intentions and natures. This makes for a very exciting, intriguing read. I appreciated the balance of this with Dana's teenage nature. She was over-dramatic at times (like all teenagers) though not too much. At any rate, there was a good balance, and I liked Dana's voice. It was very authentically that of a teenager, and someone who had been plunged into the deep end of a nasty political and magical situation.
I really liked Finn and Keane. They seemed like solid, generally good people, as far as faeries go. I wouldn't mind Dana and Keane getting together, but frankly, I think she needs to get the rest of her life sorted out first, because death threats are no laughing matter.
Ethan, I was not a fan of. He betrayed her, and seems a bit too experienced for her, not to mention his allegiances. I hope they don't get together, but we'll see.
Dana's parents are awful, by the way. Her mom's an alcoholic and her dad's willing to use her for political gain, because of course parents should do that to their children! Ugh.
On the magic: very cool. I hope we actually see more of it in book two. It was here and used in this book, but I'd to learn more about it and see what Dana can do.
4 stars. I recommend reading this book if you're looking for a good faerie novel.
zoet's review against another edition
3.0
I honestly
could not even get past the first few chapters, let alone the whole book, without forcing myself.
could not even get past the first few chapters, let alone the whole book, without forcing myself.
so_bleuwenn's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
teodora_paslaru's review against another edition
3.0
It was really hard for me to rate this book. It had moments when I felt like I would give it 2 stars,but it also had moments when I felt like I would give it 4 stars... so I gave it 3...
My main problem with this book is that I disliked the main character. She seemed very stupid and had this thing that teens seem to have this days: she believed that she knew everything better and that her life experience had given her so much wiseness... I don't know exactly how to formulate this, but I guess it's not hard to understand. She was just the kind of girl that would make a perfect target of human trafficking in real world. She was so naive and she believed she knew everything better, even when she had made a lot of similar mistakes previously. I like to think that I was never like that and I can surely say that my sister (the same age with this girl) isn't. I know that a lot of girls are, but I don't even know if they can learn something from this girl experience. Well I still don't know how this series is going to end, so I can pronounce myself on this matter, but since I guess she will become very powerful in the end and end up with everything she just wanted, I don't even think that she would make a good role model.
The world the author created was interesting, and it had moments when it kept me reading, but it also had moments when it seem so hard to believe. For example, if someone would have the body temperature higher than normal, it would be more affected by the cold, not less. Also, a mountain in the middle of London is kind of hard to believe, since you already know it's nothing there. I would have liked to be able to imagine that everything would have been possible in the real world.
After I've written all this, I realised that this would be more of a two stars for me, but I'm not going to change my ratting because this book still had something interesting in it that made me think that at some point in the future I might be tempted to read the next book... or maybe not... I will see. I like stories with magic, but this is not the best one... Let's say that the 3 stars are because there were moments when I was interested on the way the story would progress, but I wouldn't have miss anything if I would have skipped this book....
My main problem with this book is that I disliked the main character. She seemed very stupid and had this thing that teens seem to have this days: she believed that she knew everything better and that her life experience had given her so much wiseness... I don't know exactly how to formulate this, but I guess it's not hard to understand. She was just the kind of girl that would make a perfect target of human trafficking in real world. She was so naive and she believed she knew everything better, even when she had made a lot of similar mistakes previously. I like to think that I was never like that and I can surely say that my sister (the same age with this girl) isn't. I know that a lot of girls are, but I don't even know if they can learn something from this girl experience. Well I still don't know how this series is going to end, so I can pronounce myself on this matter, but since I guess she will become very powerful in the end and end up with everything she just wanted, I don't even think that she would make a good role model.
The world the author created was interesting, and it had moments when it kept me reading, but it also had moments when it seem so hard to believe. For example, if someone would have the body temperature higher than normal, it would be more affected by the cold, not less. Also, a mountain in the middle of London is kind of hard to believe, since you already know it's nothing there. I would have liked to be able to imagine that everything would have been possible in the real world.
After I've written all this, I realised that this would be more of a two stars for me, but I'm not going to change my ratting because this book still had something interesting in it that made me think that at some point in the future I might be tempted to read the next book... or maybe not... I will see. I like stories with magic, but this is not the best one... Let's say that the 3 stars are because there were moments when I was interested on the way the story would progress, but I wouldn't have miss anything if I would have skipped this book....
lazygal's review against another edition
3.0
I'm giving this 3 stars because IT'S ANOTHER FRICKIN' SERIES. I cannot tell you how much I hate this "let's thin out the plot and extend the profits by making the book a trilogy (or more)" trend. Publishers have oohed and aahed over each book, and NO. It is NOT exciting and the thought that there's a sequel or two does not make me get all tingly. For the love of all that's holy, stop!
Ok, now that's out of my system...
Dana's being raised by a single, alcoholic mother, moving every few months. She's been forced to grow up too quickly, doing all the adult work in the house (paying bills, etc.). She's also very embarrassed by her mother's antics, wishing that just once she could have a normal mother. The last straw is Mom's behavior at Dana's vocal recital.
So Dana decides to run away to finally meet her father. Thing is, Dad lives in Avalon, a city-state that's technically in England but is actually a separate entity that links to Faerie. Oh, and Dad's a very powerful Fae. Mom, of course, is human. Dana's introduction to Avalon is not quite the warm, fuzzy greeting she'd like to have gotten; she's basically imprisoned by her Aunt Grace. And then rescued by the impossibly good-looking Ethan and his sister Kimber... which is great until the Spriggans appear (don't ask).
There's a whole lot of "Seelie Court" this and "Unseelie Court" that (read Marr's Wicked Lovely series for more on this topic) and a Knight and his incredibly good-looking rebel son and more kidnappings and fighting and, well... you get the picture. Dana's trust in people is continually being challenged, particularly after Mom flies to Avalon to take her back. And Dad? Like the others, there's manipulation and hidden motivation going on.
With a little good editing, some tightening up of the plot and a commitment to a larger physical book, this could have been one really good book (didn't Twilight, Inkheart and the last four Harry Potters, not to mention Larsson's Millennium trilogy prove that people will read thick books?). As it is, my guess is that it will make an ok series.
ARC provided by publisher.
Ok, now that's out of my system...
Dana's being raised by a single, alcoholic mother, moving every few months. She's been forced to grow up too quickly, doing all the adult work in the house (paying bills, etc.). She's also very embarrassed by her mother's antics, wishing that just once she could have a normal mother. The last straw is Mom's behavior at Dana's vocal recital.
So Dana decides to run away to finally meet her father. Thing is, Dad lives in Avalon, a city-state that's technically in England but is actually a separate entity that links to Faerie. Oh, and Dad's a very powerful Fae. Mom, of course, is human. Dana's introduction to Avalon is not quite the warm, fuzzy greeting she'd like to have gotten; she's basically imprisoned by her Aunt Grace. And then rescued by the impossibly good-looking Ethan and his sister Kimber... which is great until the Spriggans appear (don't ask).
There's a whole lot of "Seelie Court" this and "Unseelie Court" that (read Marr's Wicked Lovely series for more on this topic) and a Knight and his incredibly good-looking rebel son and more kidnappings and fighting and, well... you get the picture. Dana's trust in people is continually being challenged, particularly after Mom flies to Avalon to take her back. And Dad? Like the others, there's manipulation and hidden motivation going on.
With a little good editing, some tightening up of the plot and a commitment to a larger physical book, this could have been one really good book (didn't Twilight, Inkheart and the last four Harry Potters, not to mention Larsson's Millennium trilogy prove that people will read thick books?). As it is, my guess is that it will make an ok series.
ARC provided by publisher.