Character Profile
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Summary
A hollow of faeries in contemporary England are losing their magic, so a few brave faeries once more step into the world of humans in search of answers. Combining both pixie fairy and humanlike faery legends, this magical realism series offers an engaging read, especially for girls, with a subtle Christian worldview.
Stats
Genre: Tween (10-14 years) magical realism (fantasy elements inserted in the contemporary real world)
Series length: Three books, plus sequel trilogy (Flight & Flame)
Violence: Moderate fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: High supernatural
Romance: Each book has a light romance subplot.
Christian/spiritual element: Subtle Christian worldview
Recommendation: Excellent for girls who like fairies or a fantasy/real-world mix
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson's mix of fantasy and real world
Series length: Three books, plus sequel trilogy (Flight & Flame)
Violence: Moderate fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: High supernatural
Romance: Each book has a light romance subplot.
Christian/spiritual element: Subtle Christian worldview
Recommendation: Excellent for girls who like fairies or a fantasy/real-world mix
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson's mix of fantasy and real world
Opening Lines:
"I only want to go out for a little, little while," the faery child pleaded. "Just below the window, on that branch. I won't fly away and I won't tell anyone, I promise." "Oh, Bryony, you know you can't." Wink's voice came from the other side of the sewing table, muffled by a mouthful of pins. Her red hair had come free of its knot, falling in bedraggled ringlets, and her cheeks were pink with the room's oppressive heat. "None of us can. It isn't safe." |
Knife (No Ordinary Fairy Tale, Book 1)
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Opening Lines:
The Queen is dying. The knowledge sat in Linden's belly like a cold stone as she hunched over the tub of greasy water, scrubbing her thirty-ninth plate. She'd promised Mallow, the Chief Cook, that she'd wash all the Oakenfolk's dishes in exchange for a second piece of honey cake at dinner, and at the time it had seemed a reasonable bargain. But now that she knew what was happening at the top of the Spiral Stair--that the faery Queen was lying pale and weak upon her bed and might never rise from it again--she wanted to heave up all the cake she'd eaten and throw the last few dishes straight back in the Chief Cook's face. |
Rebel (No Ordinary Fairy Tale, Book 2)
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Opening Lines:
"Faeries of the Oak," said Rob, "we are at war." The young rebel leader paced the dais, torchlight glinting in his dark eyes and turning his fox-colored hair to flame. Above him soared the high ceiling of the Queen's Hall, braced by the roots of the living Oak, while below and before him the great chamber was crowded with faeries. There must have been two hundred of Rob's followers standing or leaning or even sitting at the back of the room, looking almost human in their modern clothes. After them came the upright but markedly smaller group of the Children of Rhys--Garan and his men from the magical Green Isles of Wales, who could have been extras from a Robin Hood film. But at the front of the crowd stood forty or so females dressed in simple, homespun clothing of a style that had not been popular since Jane Austen. It was to this last group that Rob was speaking. |
Arrow (No Ordinary Fairy Tale, Book 3)
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