Different Fairy Worlds Are Enchanting
Instead of reviewing (since I'm reading HEARTS AT STAKE & THE SEVEN RAYS), I thought I'd spend a little time on a subject matter I've read quite a lot of lately. Since December I've read Cyn Balog's FAIRY TALE, Lisa Mantchev's EYES LIKE STARS, Julie Karawa's THE IRON KING and I'm halfway through Lesley Livingstone's Darklight. Since last spring I've read Janni Lee Simner's BONES OF FAERIE, Nancy Werlin's IMPOSSIBLE, Aprilynne Pike's WINGS (I recently received the next book SPELLS) and Maggie Stiefvator's LAMENT: THE FAIRIE QUEEN'S DECEPTION (BALLAD is also on my TBR pile). The one common character they share are fairies, but they are all so diverse and very entertaining. A few titles share some similarities, of course, and most describe the fey as having long, pointy ears. Both WONDROUS STRANGE and EYES LIKE STARS are set in theaters with a strong nod to the characters in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dre