Review: *****5- Seers, and Foxes, and Fae...oh my! -Stars*****
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
*****5- Seers, and Foxes, and Fae...oh my! -Stars*****~this review may contain minor spoilers~I am completely capable of holding my own in a fight. For the umpteen millionth time, I wonder when, or maybe I should say if Fi will remember I am more than just one more responsibility hanging around her neck. I miss her, which sucks because she’s still right here in front of me. She’s just become this unreachable, sad girl who tries to keep all of her emotions in a little box locked away inside herself. I want my sister back, plain and simple.~Eirnin DolanWell now, that was just....Wow- I'm almost at a loss for words. Two brand spanking new authors in their debut and they have entered the scene with a bang! There were so many layers to the characters, the environment was so vivid you felt like you were there, desperation and despair bled off the pages but there were moments of levity that kept you from drowning under the weight of their situation. This book completely sucks you under and holds you there all the way through to the heart-stopping ending. It was truly amazing, I just loved it.no one really wants to hear from an Autumn Court reject who would like to offer his services. ‘I’m here to help’ didn’t exactly work in their favor the last time.Putting it lightly, I really didn’t think this move through. I never saidI was a genius.~FlintThe year is 2102 and the world is nothing like we now know it. After a nuclear war that has earth on the brink of total destruction, humanity is saved by the Fae not realizing exactly what we are getting ourselves into. Yes, they do save us from extinction and their powers over the elements eventually begin to restore what was lost-but the price is our freedom. The takeover by the Fae is so subtle, most don't even realize what is happening until it is to late and now human's are nothing more than the property of the Fae- captured, imprisoned, branded and used only to the benefit of the Fae courts. But little does the Fae know, a resistance is coming...“We should probably head back. You and Fi aren’t too close yet, and I don’t want you facing her wrath.”“Yeah she terrifies me. Quaking in fear over here.”He smirks at me. “I think that’s truer of a statement than you’d like it to be.”I roll my eyes and punch his arm as he walks by, but I’m smiling anyway. Unfortunately he’s kind of right. The girl is violent, what do you want from me?Fianna Dolan has spent her entire life preparing for the day that humanity takes their freedom back from the Fae. Born and raised in a compound with others like her, they take care of their own and remain under the radar of the Fae. But when her parents leave on a scouting mission one night and never return, Fi is forced into a position of power she isn't quite prepared for. With a community to look after and a younger brother she will protect til her death, Fi learns the hard way to be very careful who she puts her trust in. When a lone Fae known only as Flint breaches their sanctuary promising he is only there to help their cause, can she trust him? Or will having him there risk everything they have built and put everyone she has sworn to protect in more danger than she could possibly realize?Now, a smart man would just drop this altogether. A smart man would let her go off and have her hissy fit, and then try to talk some sense into her in the morning. A smart man would respect the fact she carries multiple weapons that could inflict fatality upon anyone she so desired.I’ve still never admitted to being a smart man.~FlintRight from the beginning this book leaves you guessing, you never know what is gonna happen next, who to trust, or if they have any chance at all of not getting discovered by the Fae eventually. The challenges that Fi faces at such a young age seems insurmountable. She really is an incredible, if stubborn woman who has not been able to rely on anyone in a very long time. She carries the weight of the community entirely on her shoulders and she does it beautifully. But all you really want is for her to find someone who can help her carry the load. Flint was just the best- Sarcastic and cocky but still unsure and naive enough that it was hard not to love him, even if we're unsure of his intentions. But that ending?! WTH DUDES-REALLY?! I really REALLY need to know how long I'm gonna have to wait to find out just WTH happened, seriously. But so worth the frustration and insanity, these authors have taken the paranormal/dystopian genre by storm and I am DYING to see where they take me next.She could be sleepwalking is my justification for worrying about her. After all, she didn’t even notice me lying here. Wouldn’t want her to fall and hit her head on something…Who am I kidding? I can’t even fool myself at this point. I’m actually worried for no justifiable reason at all, except that I care about her. And that thought terrifies me straight to my bones, so I will sit in happy denial for now, thanks.Jenn @ Bookworm Betties