Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

July 30th, 2008

Wicked Lovely
Melissa Marr
328 p.

Harper Teen, 2008.
(First published 2007.)

Back cover blurb:

RULE #3:
Don’t stare at invisible faeries.
RULE #2:
Don’t speak to invisible faeries.
RULE #1:
Don’t ever attract their attention.

Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. When the rules that have kept Aislinn safe from them stop working, everything is suddenly on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; her life; everything.

Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr’s stunning twenty-first century faery tale.

Right. The cover of this book is gorgeous. The story, not as much. It isn’t a bad story, no. It just reminded me a bit of the Twilight series, which I can’t really say is praise. However, it didn’t feel as far-fetched. I can buy glowing faeries, but never glowing vampires. Like in Twilight, there is a bit of music that I do not find appealing (e.g. Limp Bizkit), which kind of put me off. Despite this, it was pretty fun!

As usual, I felt more sympathy for the mythical creatures than I did for the humans. Aislinn was a little boring, her grandmother was annoying, and Seth was just… dull. Aislinn’s would-be faerie boyfriend is much better. He was ~dazzling~, without the annoying Edward Cullen-aspects. Okay, maybe he wasn’t very cool, but he was like Edward Cullen without the Lame-o. (I hate Edward Cullen. Almost as much as I hate Bella Swann.)

There is apparently a second book in this series, but I don’t really feel that interesting. Especially as it isn’t even about sparkly-king. It’s about tattooes! I’m not even interested in tattooes! Of course, it does have a very pretty cover. Maybe if it’s on sale. Or if I feel like half-bad teenage fantasy.

Entry Filed under: English, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult