She's a devout reader of holy books and is well-versed in the military strategy text Belleza Guerra, but she has been kept in ignorance of world affairs. 12-14)Īdventure drags our heroine all over the map of fantasyland while giving her the opportunity to use her smarts.Įlisa-Princess Lucero-Elisa de Riqueza of Orovalle-has been chosen for Service since the day she was born, when a beam of holy light put a Godstone in her navel. Genre fans won’t be disappointed, and surely the rest of the series will reveal the truly important answer: Team Ash or Team Robbie? (Paranormal romance. Though Kagawa’s faeryland initially appears decorated with the stock set dressing of the genre, the novel’s eponymous villain adds a clever, unexpected twist. Good thing she’s got a crew of helpers: Puck, who seems awfully affectionate Grimalkin, a vanishing cat with motives of his own and Ash, an Unseelie prince of cold, unearthly beauty. Robbie escorts Meghan into the Nevernever on a dangerous rescue mission, where she unsurprisingly discovers she is more than your everyday bayou schoolgirl. On Meghan’s 16th birthday, everything changes: Her four-year-old brother is replaced by a changeling, and Robbie admits he is a faery (Puck, of course). At least she’s got one friend-spindly prankster Robbie Goodfell. Meghan Chase loves her family, but she doesn’t love living on a pig farm in the Louisiana swamps. Paranormal romance in the style of Melissa Marr and Cassandra Clare.
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