Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1)

Reader reviewed by Jamie

"keep your head down and your mouth shut," Aislinn's grandmother used to tell her. 'focus. control.' she thinks when one approaches her. 'don't run. they love the chase.' she tells herself when all she wants is to run, to reach Seth's house. the safe house. inside the safe steel walls of Seth's railroad car house she can hide. she can hide from the faeries that she sees, invisible to everyone but her and her grandmother. she has been taught to ignore their existence, but she can't quite ignore her faerie stalkers. and these are no ordinary fay, either. oh no, they are court fay. she is soon caught in a dilemma; she has caught the attention of Keenan, one of the fay that are stalking her. she finds out that he is the summer king and has to choose to risk the cold of winter and maybe be the one, or not risk it and become a summer girl. either way, she looses her mortality and she wants that more than anything because she can be with Seth. she also knows that all existence is depending on her.

this is the first book about faeries that i have read. i like it.

Reader reviewed by Stephanie

Aislinn, a fierce and independent girl living in the outskirts of Philadelphia, can see faeries. This is not a good thing. If the faeries find out about her Sight, she and the people she love may be in danger. So Aislinn lives cautiously, fearfully, constantly seeking refuge at her best friend Seths living quarters, a large steel train car.

But Aislinns anonymity is about to be threatened. She has been singled out by Keenan, the Summer King of the faeries, as The One, the mortal girl who has the power to bring back the full power of summer and defeat the icy grip of the Winter Queen, Beira, Keenans mother.

Being the object of Keenans attention is not a good thing, however. Just ask Donia, the last chosen girl who decided to risk mortality for her love for Keenan. Instead, she failed the test and is trapped as the Winter Girl, plagued by cold and pain constantly, until the next girl comes along and agrees to take the test.

Beiras extra-careful attention to Aislinn seems to be a good indication of her fate, though. Aislinn wants nothing to do with the faeries. She would rather stay mortal and be with Seth, who means more than a friend to her, but she has no choice. She must use her brains and courage to accept her fate, while managing to make it as good as possible for herself.

WICKED LOVELY has its moments, but for a debut novel its not impressive enough. The concept of being unable to escape your fate is interesting, but I feel that not enough happened in the book. Nevertheless, I would still encourage any urban fantasy lovers to pick this up.