All That Glows (All That Glows #1)

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Ryan Graudin

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HarperTeen

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13+

Release Date

February 11, 2014

ISBN

0062187414

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Emrys—a fiery, red-headed Fae—always embraced her life in the Highlands, far from the city’s draining technology, until she’s sent to London to rejoin the Faery Guard. But this isn’t any normal assignment—she’s sent to guard Prince Richard: Britain’s notorious, partying bad boy and soon-to-be King. The prince’s careless ways and royal blood make him the irresistible for the dark spirits that feed on mortals. Sweet, disheveled, and alive with adventure—Richard is one charge who will put Emrys’s magic and heart to the test. When an ancient force begins preying on the monarchy, Emrys must hunt through the London’s magical underworld, facing down Banshees, Black Dogs and Green Women to find the one who threatens Richard’s life. In this chaos of dark magic, palace murders and paparazzi, Emrys finds herself facing an impossible choice. For despite all her powers, Emrys has discovered a force that burns brighter than magic: love.

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So this was an interesting read. I really like the cover and the synopsis is what drew me into reading this book. But I was kind of disappointed with some things.

First off, this book is insta-lovey. Emerys sees Richard sleeping and then immediately likes him. I didn't really like that. Also, there is a lot of romance in this book and I felt all the romance kind of took away from the action that was present in the book.

Emerys was kind of annoying as a main character. Her magic fails in front of Richard so she spills all the secrets of the Faery world. Then she is always second-guessing herself, when she is with the Queen, with Richard or her friend. At some point, I just got fed up with that because it was really annoying.

I felt Richard was kind of cliche. He is the "bad boy" who once you get to know, is great and nice and wonderful, and I felt that that was kind of cliche. The bad boy who actually has a heart. So I didn't really like his character.

The ending was my favorite part. There was action which I liked and I did not expect the culprit to be the culprit. So the ending was a nice ending and I liked that there wasn't an epilouge so that the readers could determine for themselves what happened to Emerys and Richard.