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A review by nikkixreads
13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
4.0
As someone who’s recently begun reading more middle grade fiction I found this novel to have a few similarities to the Spiderwick Chronicles, which makes sense since both series are about fae and things of the like and people generally enjoy reading about fae, especially children. That’s really were the similarities end though.
Moving on to this novel, I found myself really enjoying the characters, especially the fairies themselves. You can’t mistake one for the other and Tanya was done very well in my opinion. She’s very believable as a 13 year old girl who’s been tortured by fairies and sent to live with her grandmother. Speaking of which, the world that Tanya finds herself in once she gets to her grandmother’s house was an interesting one to explore, and provided a great background to all the weirdness going on.
I will say that some parts of the novel were slightly predictable, at least they were to me, as far as some of the reveals about the 13 Treasures went. I do have to say that I enjoyed the inclusion of both Seelie and Unseelie courts, and how each rules for part of the year and thus we have the seasons. Not a lot of people include that in their novels and I appreciate that Michelle did.
Honestly, I just enjoy reading about fairies and other fae creatures, and it seems to me that Michelle did her research on their folklore and included a lot of interesting things into her narrative. There are so many different legends and things of the like about the fae, that it’s just so much fun to play around with.
I do have to say that I wish I’d done a little research into the series when I picked up the first book because I would have liked to read the prequel first, obviously because it would’ve given more backstory into how Tanya got on the fairies radar and things like that.
Moving on to this novel, I found myself really enjoying the characters, especially the fairies themselves. You can’t mistake one for the other and Tanya was done very well in my opinion. She’s very believable as a 13 year old girl who’s been tortured by fairies and sent to live with her grandmother. Speaking of which, the world that Tanya finds herself in once she gets to her grandmother’s house was an interesting one to explore, and provided a great background to all the weirdness going on.
I will say that some parts of the novel were slightly predictable, at least they were to me, as far as some of the reveals about the 13 Treasures went. I do have to say that I enjoyed the inclusion of both Seelie and Unseelie courts, and how each rules for part of the year and thus we have the seasons. Not a lot of people include that in their novels and I appreciate that Michelle did.
Honestly, I just enjoy reading about fairies and other fae creatures, and it seems to me that Michelle did her research on their folklore and included a lot of interesting things into her narrative. There are so many different legends and things of the like about the fae, that it’s just so much fun to play around with.
I do have to say that I wish I’d done a little research into the series when I picked up the first book because I would have liked to read the prequel first, obviously because it would’ve given more backstory into how Tanya got on the fairies radar and things like that.