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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

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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)
by R. J. Anderson

Forget everything you think you know about faeries. . . . Creatures full of magic and whimsy? Not in the Oakenwyld. Not anymore. 

Long ago the faeries of the great Oak mysteriously lost their magic. Robbed of their powers, they have become selfish and dull-witted. Now their numbers are dwindling and their very survival is at stake. 

Only one young faery-Knife-is determined to find out where her people's magic has gone and try to get it back. Unlike her sisters, Knife is fierce and independent. She's not afraid of anything-not the vicious crows, the strict Faery Queen, or the fascinating humans living nearby. But when Knife disobeys the Faery Queen and befriends a human named Paul, her quest becomes more dangerous than she ever anticipated... 

Knife is a gripping tale of lost magic, high adventure, and surprising friendship in which the fate of an entire realm rests on the shoulders of one brave faery rebel. 

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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)
by R. J. Anderson

The last time Timothy broke a rule, he got suspended. But when he defies the faery empress, it might well get him killed. 

Timothy Sinclair doesn't believe in faeries - after all the hardships he's suffered since his missionary parents sent him away to boarding school, he's not even sure he still believes in God. But when a tiny winged girl named Linden bursts into his life and begs him to help save her people, the skeptical Timothy finds himself drawn into a struggle against a potent evil that threatens humans and faeries alike. 

With a deadly pair of hunters on their trail, Timothy and Linden flee across country, drawn by the legend of a white stone that could be the faeries' salvation. But the dangers that await them test their courage and resolve to the limit, threatening to tear their unlikely partnership apart. And when it comes down to one last desperate battle, they and all the people they love will be doomed unless Linden and Timothy can find the faith to overcome... 

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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)
by R. J. Anderson

She swore never to shed blood in violence, no matter how grave the danger. But when a faery war threatens her home, the price of peace may be higher than Rhosmari can pay…

For a thousand years the faeries known as the Children of Rhys have lived in safety on their magical islands, protected from the evils of the outside world. Yet a deadly conflict is brewing on the mainland, as the evil faery Empress gathers an army to destroy the brave rebels known as the Oakenfolk. And when Rhosmari's betrothed Garan steals the sacred Stone of Naming and runs off to help the rebels, she realizes that the only way to keep the Children of Rhys out of the war is to go after him and get the Stone back.

But the world beyond the Green Isles is stranger and more confusing than Rhosmari ever imagined, and Garan and his fellow rebels are not easy to find. Every step she takes leads her deeper into danger, testing her courage, trust, and even the beliefs she holds most dear. If she refuses to fight the Empress, she could end up dooming the whole rebel army… but if she breaks her oath of non-violence, she can never return to her beloved home and people again. Can her new faery and human allies help Rhosmari choose the right path, or will she only end up pointing them all toward destruction?