Review: Wings by Aprilynn Pike

Laurel isn’t comfortable in her new school—she’s been homeschooled all her life, why would she? Well, there is one saving grace, a guy named David who doesn’t mind talking to the new girl. When Laurel starts learning things about herself that seem impossible, he’s the only one she feel comfortable telling. And that’s fine for a while, but how long can she hide?

No matter how many times I tell myself that there are too many books about girls who get itchy spots on their back and suddenly turn into a faerie (but it’s impossible! Why me? No way am I a faerie! … that’s the general gist of them all), I can’t get over them. Somewhere the little girl inside of me cries: “MORE FAERIE STORIES!”

But I didn’t get irritated with Wings the way other faerie books sometimes annoy me. It was more realistic; Laurel acted how I would have imagined myself acting. She didn’t keep it to herself. She didn’t take a billion years to accept the fact. She was logical and level-headed.

And the explanation is ingenious. Stephenie Meyer described Wings as a “remarkable debut” 

and I agree with my whole heart. Wings is (with the exclusion of Shakespeare), my favorite faerie story. It’s different from the others, and not in a bad way.

Constantly surprising, brilliantly explained, and with just enough romance to give me happy warm fuzzy feelings without the mushy detail of Twilight,Wings will no doubt top the charts in the days to come.

It’s only a matter of time.

p.s. I’m hoping for a sequel, as the end was left open, but I don’t know… it seems more realistic the way it is. You who have read it, what do you think.

ETA: I’ve decided that a sequel would ruin it in my opinion. Series tend to ruin really good books usually.

Rating: 5 Stars

Clean?: Clean

Released: May 5, 2009

Length: 304 Pages

Most Like: The Faerie Path (Frewin Jones)

 

Waiting on Wednesday: Wings, by Aprilynne Pike

What: Wings, by Aprillyne Pike

Why: Gorgeous cover :) And I can't help but love any faerie story.

When: May 5, 2009

Summary: Aprilynne Pike’s Wings is the first of four books about a seemingly ordinary girl named Laurel who discovers she is a faerie sent among humans to guard the gateway to Avalon. When Laurel is thrust into the midst of a centuries-old battle between faeries and trolls, she’s torn between a human and a faerie love, as well as her loyalties to each world. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.