Review: Fiction for Faery and Magic Fans
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
This handy dandy, and super-cheap collection of fairy stories is a great sampling of first books and stories in series by authors like Terry Spear, Alexa Purdy, Rachel Morgan and more. This is a good way to find new series and authors to try. My favorites are "The Faerie Guardian," The Withering Palace", "Dark Promise," "Blood Faerie" and "The Dark Fae." Most of the books have a young adult feel to them with the exception of Blood Faerie by India Drummond, which is a more unusual, less-romance centered effort. Most of the texts are fairly well edited and the value for the price is excellent. I'm including reviews of my favorites below.The Faerie GuardianFaery guardian Violet is about to graduate at the top of her class....then the human she's supposed to be protecting follows her back to fairy....This exciting and surprising storyline will keep you on the edge of your seat.The Withering PalaceAveta's mother, the evil Unseelie queen, swears her daughter will never be queen, but Aveta finds the strength to overcome where her mother least expects it, in the castle's deadly underground maze.Dark PromiseRylie has lived her whole life as a normal girl. But on her sixteenth birthday, she's unhappy to find she's sprouted wings and pointed ears--and that's only the beginningBlood FaerieThis is the eery story of Eilidh--a fairy that had to flee her homeland because she was sentenced to death--and her battle to save life--even that of the humans she once thought beneath her attention at any price.The Dark FaeAlicia has a special talent. She can see fairies for what they really are....when a handsome dark fae boy finds her out after flirting with her best friend, she's in a world of trouble and she may not get with her heart or life unscathed.