Review: Great story about the Fae that isn't a fairy tale.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2013
I was a little nervous when I started this.  I was worried that I would be lost for awhile until I caught up to what was going because I hadn't read the first two books in the series.  You know how that happens when you read a book that isn't a stand alone, you just have this feeling of what in the world happened before this book? until you get completely caught up.I had no problem though.  While the book didn't tell me exactly what happened in the first two books, I was able to catch on from the first page.  Rachel did an excellent job with that, while still making us want to pick up the first two books in the series, we aren't completely lost either in book 3 if we haven't read The Faerie Guardianand The Faerie Prince.I loved this one.First, technically, it was well written.  No major mistakes that jumped out at me, smooth flowing, just enjoyable in general.The actual story line was awesome. These aren't pretty little delicate faeries that we are reading about.  These are faeries as I truly imagine they are, different types, different colors, different magical abilities, and each with their own fierce way of protecting themselves.We start out in this book with Vi not having any memory of who she is, what she does, why she ended up where she did.  She's being held captive by the Reptiscillas who don't like Guardians (which they know she is because of her markings).  She is with Jamon in the forest trying to find something that will trigger some memory of who she is.As the story continues on, there is a battle of good and evil between the unmarked fae and the marked, those that are under Lord Draven's control.  At 334 pages, I was able to read it all in one day.  It was a quick moving and exciting read.  I' seem to be reading a lot of YA lately, and sometimes have problems with there not being enough to keep my interest peaked in YA books.  This one kept my interest and it is definitely something I would be comfortable with my 14 year old son reading.  There is some kissing, but nothing explicit at all. It was completely appropriate but not childlike.I'd recommend this to readers young and old that enjoy books that while not quite faerie tales, are about the world of faerie.  Excellent series.  I definitely want to grab the first two and dive into more detail about what brought around them around to this final battle they have.