Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty-especially if they learn of her Sight-and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King, who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. His is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost-regardless of her plans or desires.
Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; everything.
Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning twenty-first-century faery tale.
Thoughts:
1/5 stars.
No. Just... No. I can't even get my words across to how terribly much I disliked this novel. This book has made me loose all hope for mankind. Gah. I can barely get myself to find words to describe my utter disapproval for this novel.
I have literally been racking my head for at least ONE good thing to say about this very much hyped-up novel, but I just can't. By page 40 I wanted to throw this book into a heaping pile of flames. This story is about this annoyingly annoying girl named Aislinn (whose name I never learned how to pronounce) who sees faeries. I have read and enjoyed other faerie books, such as The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa, so I have little background on the Summer and Winter kingdoms, but this book... gleeghheghg (that was the sound of me slowly dying a painful death). Do you know what book I was reminded of while reading this one? The oh-so-famous Twilight.
The pacing for me was just completely off. One second, Aislinn is saying how she wants to be "just friends" with Seth, and then two pages later they are declaring their love for each other? I just felt Marr's writing was just sloppy and unorganized. When reading any book, you should be able to relate so closely to the characters feeling, able to understand and actually feel for what's going on in their life. But Aislinn was just a terrible character, period. It was Bella Swan all over again. We were supposed to be perceived that she was a "strong, independent women", but I just saw as a broody, whiny, and impulsive girl.
And her friends. THEY WERE THE WORST. Seriously. I would absolutely HATE to have any of those girls as friends. Aislinn says this creepy boy is stalking her, and how she doesn't want any correspondence with him, yet they ENCOURAGE him to keep talking to her, and actually call her an idiot for not falling for his "beyond, beyond good look". Every single one of these characters made me want to gag. Not one of them gave me any hopes for mankind.
The writing was just so pathetic. It reminded me of that one kid in your honors math class who completely sucks, but doesn't drop out. Just keeps pushing himself, and thinks barely passing is the equivalent of an A. There was just no hope. Nothing enchanted me, nor made me want to delve into the story. The plot was atrocious, going nowhere, and nothing seemed to fit together nor make any sense at all.
I'm so sorry if you found this book amusing, but this was just not my cup of tea. I pretty much spit this cup of tea across the room.
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