Review: I don't think faerie books are for me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2011
I haven't read the other books in the series, but there is nothing here to make me feel as though I'm missing out on much.  Puck and Ash are sworn enemies who decide to travel together and collaborate on a quest.  Puck calls Ash "Ice Boy" about fifteen times per page.  In my experience, a derisive nickname has more power if it isn't used constantly, but Puck doesn't seem to share that opinion.  Ash has promised a favor to a faerie queen, which involves using glamour to trick another faerie queen.If you are a fan of the faerie sub-genre, this may be just the novella for you.  For me, after reading a handful of books, I'm starting to think that I'm the one who doesn't get it.  They're beautiful, often selfish, adhere to a different moral code than humans, and tricky.  Their powers are vague - it seems like that in faerie books, they possess whatever powers are necessary to drive the story forward.