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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
http://nyx-shadow.blogspot.com/2011/09/wings-t1-wings-aprilynne-pike.html
One of many audiobooks I've borrowed is Wings by Aprilynne Pike.
Wings follows the life of Laurel, a 15 year old who is experiencing a lot for the first time. She has been home schooled for a while and is noe going to high school for the forst time, making friends for the first time, falling in love for the first time, first kiss, and sprouting a flower out of her back for the first time. That last first, (as you probably already know) isnt normal for humans, so what is she? I loved the ways Laurel tried to hide them and get rid of them, but nothing worked. Then she finds out she's a faerie, and faeries are really just advanced plants and all that strange stuff, and people are after her and she has to protect her house and so on. It's a pretty good book, all things considered.
All in all the story was pretty innocent. I think I was a bit too old to read it. I didnt like Laurel's age at first. Her parents let her do way too much for my taste. Laurel made some pretty dumb decisions and I began to feel frustrated. Then, when her age stuff was clarified, I was even more annoyed. It just doesnt fit for her.
In terms of the audiobook aspect, I didnt like it. The speaker's voice seemed to constantly annoy me and she just didnt seem to make it believable.
The storyline was interesting and I was genuinely interested to know the outcome (which is the reason I'm currently reading the sequel.) This probably isnt a book I'd read again, or buy for the sake of buying, but I also didnt feel like it was a waste of time either. I enjoyed the different theories it presented and the historical details it included. I'd give it 2.5 stars.
Wings follows the life of Laurel, a 15 year old who is experiencing a lot for the first time. She has been home schooled for a while and is noe going to high school for the forst time, making friends for the first time, falling in love for the first time, first kiss, and sprouting a flower out of her back for the first time. That last first, (as you probably already know) isnt normal for humans, so what is she? I loved the ways Laurel tried to hide them and get rid of them, but nothing worked. Then she finds out she's a faerie, and faeries are really just advanced plants and all that strange stuff, and people are after her and she has to protect her house and so on. It's a pretty good book, all things considered.
All in all the story was pretty innocent. I think I was a bit too old to read it. I didnt like Laurel's age at first. Her parents let her do way too much for my taste. Laurel made some pretty dumb decisions and I began to feel frustrated. Then, when her age stuff was clarified, I was even more annoyed. It just doesnt fit for her.
In terms of the audiobook aspect, I didnt like it. The speaker's voice seemed to constantly annoy me and she just didnt seem to make it believable.
The storyline was interesting and I was genuinely interested to know the outcome (which is the reason I'm currently reading the sequel.) This probably isnt a book I'd read again, or buy for the sake of buying, but I also didnt feel like it was a waste of time either. I enjoyed the different theories it presented and the historical details it included. I'd give it 2.5 stars.
I got 2 hours into this audio book, and had to stop. A very short summary is that I think the author had an interesting idea about her own fairy lore, but didn't manage to make an interesting plot out of it. It reminded me of a writing exercise, where we were given a list of words and were told to write a short story including all those words. Generally speaking, it was a failure of an assignment for our class, as most students were too caught up in trying to include this plot element here, and that plot element there, that the end result felt super forced. I've gotten so irritated with it already, I'm not interested in listening to any more of the book.
Oh my god I think I'll just fall over and DIE if Aprilynne Pike doesn't write a sequel to Wings. Honest to goodness it was that good! I have to admit I was skeptical when I first started this book becasue it reminded me of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely books and Meyer's Twilight series which isn't a good sign in an upcoming author. But, I think the similarity with the books ends at the love triangle. Wings is the debut novel of Aprilyenne Pike wherein she explores the realm of faeries as no other author before her has accomplished to do. Pike takes a new look at the Fae and the legends either associated or disassociated with them. And I have to say that her take on fairy life is refreshing if not AWESOME. The only thing that truly holds her back is the resemblence in her writing and plot to both Marr and Meyer's books. (I don't know if I should tell you why becasue you may not have read it yet and I don't want to spoil the plot. So, haha now you have to read it lol.) As Laurel, the main character, trivals public school for the first time she faces changes other than the painful school lunch (har har). Laurel finds out she's a fairy and, with the help of best friend David, learns about a secret world, good and bad. *sigh* It's awesome. There has to be a sequel, there just has to! I want to hear more about Tamani and Avalon.
Resumiendo, Alas me ha gustado mucho. Una historia muy original con unas hadas totalmente diferentes a las que estamos acostumbrados. Una protagonista sin más, con reacciones poco normales. Un triángulo amoroso poco desarrollado, y unos personajes bastante planos. Una trama que engancha a pesar de que el ritmo no es demasiado rápido. Poca acción y muchos pensamientos de la protagonista. Una primera parte algo introductoria, pero que aún así disfruté. Una lectura muy sencilla que se termina en nada y que te deja con bastantes ganas de leer la siguiente entrega. Un final un poco decepcionante.
Reseña completa: http://unalectorasalvaje.blogspot.com.es/2016/07/resena-alas-alas-1-aprilynne-pike.html
4/5
Reseña completa: http://unalectorasalvaje.blogspot.com.es/2016/07/resena-alas-alas-1-aprilynne-pike.html
4/5
Definitely as bad as I remember it being, I'm giving it a pity +1 star purely because my bestie and I had a lot of fun annotating it and remarking how stupid it got. For a teenager, this book is probably fine and whimsical or whatever. For a going on 22 year old who's read better fairy books, my brain is in agony from making sense of this book. Anyways, slay queen
adventurous
slow-paced
Review coming soon!
I'm just really busy with school and Tumblr and stuff.
I'm just really busy with school and Tumblr and stuff.
The first ... 40%? half? of this book is about a girl coping with her body doing some very weird things. It's well-written and a completely different genre from the rest of the series.
And then Tamani is there, and oh man does he suck, and then there's some life-and-death drama because that's how it goes.
Aside from Tamani and everything about his relationship with Laurel, I enjoyed it. The prose is simple but not tedious and Laurel and David felt believable as teenagers.
One of the best things I can say about this book is that the characters felt so realistic and grounded that I couldn't help but apply real-world logic, which is why Tamani bothered me so much. In a typical paranormal romance, he wouldn't really stand out that much, but here he was setting off alarm bells because I was thinking about how I would feel about something like that irl.
I will say the Tamani & Laurel situation is explained (briefly) by the end of the series, which I did appreciate for what it was, but it didn't make me feel any better about any of it.
And then Tamani is there, and oh man does he suck, and then there's some life-and-death drama because that's how it goes.
Aside from Tamani and everything about his relationship with Laurel, I enjoyed it. The prose is simple but not tedious and Laurel and David felt believable as teenagers.
One of the best things I can say about this book is that the characters felt so realistic and grounded that I couldn't help but apply real-world logic, which is why Tamani bothered me so much. In a typical paranormal romance, he wouldn't really stand out that much, but here he was setting off alarm bells because I was thinking about how I would feel about something like that irl.
I will say the Tamani & Laurel situation is explained (briefly) by the end of the series, which I did appreciate for what it was, but it didn't make me feel any better about any of it.
