Faeries

Wicked Lovely / Melissa Marr

Rule 3: Don't stare at invisible faeries, Rule 2: Don't speak to invisible faeries, Rule 1: Don't ever attract their attention.

Asilinn has always been able to see faeries, growing up abiding by the three rules until she is stalked by two of them and everything changes. Ash isn't sure what to do, and tells her friend Seth everything, about being able to see faeries about them following her, everything. Seth helps her by researching, finding out as much as he can about these faeries.

Keenan is at the Summer King, held in a state of reduced power by his mother the Winter Queen (Beira) until he finds the Summer Queen. For the last nine centuries he has tried and failed to find her, turning the women who he thinks might be the Queen into either Summer Girl or the Winter Girl (Donia), who carries Beira's winter chill. He thinks Aislinn is his Summer Queen, and will do what he has to, to get her to see it too.

I really like this book. I found the characters interesting and was instantly enthralled in the world of Wicked Lovely. Marr has created a world that is rich in lore, with much known and unknown to her characters. There is so much to explore that having read the book twice now, I discovered so much more the second time around, the nuances in the story that fill out the narrative that I missed the first time.

Wicked Lovely isn't overly descriptive, instead Marr leaves it up to the reader to fill-in the blanks, making the story more personal. The combination of real and fantasy is so well done, allowing for readers who don't usually enjoy fantasy fiction to still delight in this story.

This book is great, and I look forward to Marr's future excursions into Huntsdale and the Wicked Lovely universe.