by Suzanne Lazear
Published August 8th 2012
by Flux
ARC from Netgalley
Thoughts:
The book sounds so promising and the first chapter instantly hooked me in. But once Magnolia/Noli was apprehended by the hovercops for joyriding in her father's Hestin-Dervish Pixy (flying car) and sent to a reform school then the story just went sort of downhill from there.
I wished there was more steampunk elements but apparently this is more of a fairie story as Noli was taken by the mysterious Kevighn Silver to become a human sacrifice in the Otherworld. Apparently Noli is one of the few humans to have the Spark which makes them very special and highly coveted by the fairies.
I am very confused with Noli. At the beginning, she's this brilliant mechanic and the next she has a talent for gardening. Seriously? And the fact that Kevighn just instantly fell in love with her just seems out of place. Fans of books featuring fairies might enjoy this one but as a steampunk fan, I'm sorely disappointed.
Verdict: 2 stars.
In my Debut Author Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
Summary from Goodreads:
Wish. Love. Desire. Live.
Sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock's hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from home. On mid-summer's eve she wishes to be anyplace but that dreadful school. A mysterious man from the Realm of Faerie rescues her and brings her to the Otherworld, only to reveal that she must be sacrificed, otherwise, the entire Otherworld civilization will perish.
Sixteen-year-old Noli Braddock's hoyden ways land her in an abusive reform school far from home. On mid-summer's eve she wishes to be anyplace but that dreadful school. A mysterious man from the Realm of Faerie rescues her and brings her to the Otherworld, only to reveal that she must be sacrificed, otherwise, the entire Otherworld civilization will perish.
Thoughts:
The book sounds so promising and the first chapter instantly hooked me in. But once Magnolia/Noli was apprehended by the hovercops for joyriding in her father's Hestin-Dervish Pixy (flying car) and sent to a reform school then the story just went sort of downhill from there.
I wished there was more steampunk elements but apparently this is more of a fairie story as Noli was taken by the mysterious Kevighn Silver to become a human sacrifice in the Otherworld. Apparently Noli is one of the few humans to have the Spark which makes them very special and highly coveted by the fairies.
I am very confused with Noli. At the beginning, she's this brilliant mechanic and the next she has a talent for gardening. Seriously? And the fact that Kevighn just instantly fell in love with her just seems out of place. Fans of books featuring fairies might enjoy this one but as a steampunk fan, I'm sorely disappointed.
Verdict: 2 stars.
In my Debut Author Reading Challenge
Available on: Amazon
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