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gaymidna524 's review for:
Wicked Lovely
by Melissa Marr
I'm not usually a YA reader-- but Marr's voice got me. This was fully in a stack of books I was going through because I expected not to like them. However, about a week later, happy to say I did enjoy Wicked Lovely :) I particularly enjoyed the aesthetic descriptions of both the faerie and different environments. Now, personally, I would squash Keenan under a giant mallet. Not a big fan of the "you were born to belong to me," monologue (amongst other things). With that in mind though, this book had so many explicitly said and important messages that I was really thrilled to see in a YA. "If someone gets you drunk and makes a move on you that makes them a bad person," "get tested before new partners," and "you're leading, we're only going to do what's comfortable with you in this relationship," were all SO exciting to see in a male love interest. Really brought me to tears once when I thought about it. For not only the story to be readable, the characters to be interesting, and to get good morals on top of it all ?! Pretty winning combo. Not sure if I'll wind my way through the rest of the series, but we'll see how things shake out :)