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Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
I'm honestly surprised I enjoyed this book so much. I suspected I would (I'm a bit of a sucker for faerie novels), but I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I'm not going to lie; the cover is what dragged me in, and then the promise of 'faerie romance', but this book is a lot more than girl-meets-faerie-boy, girl-and-faerie-boy-fall-in-love.
Maybe it's the fact that Aislinn doesn't fall in love with Keenan. Maybe it's the fact that Keenan is really an arrogant jerk. Maybe it's the fact that Seth and Aislinn stay together at the end. Or maybe it's the different Courts, or the fact that faeries are pretty freaking ugly and scary. Or perhaps it's the fact that Donia looks like a corpse. Or maybe it's the fact that Marr writes about oral sex.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the fact that Marr writes about oral sex.
This book is advertised as being for 13+. While I was reading it, I picked up pretty early that although faeries as a whole typically is a genre for pre-teens, the subject matter in the books goes far beyond that. Aislinn and Seth are rough around the edges, and a lot of the book deals with piercings, tattoos, suggested drug use, and ultimately sex. While the first two aren't necessarily adult only, and teens (and quite commonly, unfortunately, pre-teens) know about the latter two, Marr's frank approach about them is ultimately for middle to late teens.
This is more of an adult approach to faerie tales. No, it's not an adult book, but it's definitely in that direction. A better rating would be 15 or 16+. And that's what makes it so enjoyable.
Maybe it's the fact that Aislinn doesn't fall in love with Keenan. Maybe it's the fact that Keenan is really an arrogant jerk. Maybe it's the fact that Seth and Aislinn stay together at the end. Or maybe it's the different Courts, or the fact that faeries are pretty freaking ugly and scary. Or perhaps it's the fact that Donia looks like a corpse. Or maybe it's the fact that Marr writes about oral sex.
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's the fact that Marr writes about oral sex.
This book is advertised as being for 13+. While I was reading it, I picked up pretty early that although faeries as a whole typically is a genre for pre-teens, the subject matter in the books goes far beyond that. Aislinn and Seth are rough around the edges, and a lot of the book deals with piercings, tattoos, suggested drug use, and ultimately sex. While the first two aren't necessarily adult only, and teens (and quite commonly, unfortunately, pre-teens) know about the latter two, Marr's frank approach about them is ultimately for middle to late teens.
This is more of an adult approach to faerie tales. No, it's not an adult book, but it's definitely in that direction. A better rating would be 15 or 16+. And that's what makes it so enjoyable.