Recommend Me is a weekly event hosted by Kate at The Neverending Shelf in which participants will pick one of their all time favorite reads to share. This could be a book that your read yesterday or years ago.
To play along, grab a favorite read and tell us about it. You can include your thoughts about the novel, its summary, your favorite memory related to the novel... the possibilities are limitless.
So this week my pick is: Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
The war between humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so fifteen-year-old Liza has been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza's world bears the scars of its encounter with magic.
Corn resists being harvested; dandelions have thorns. Trees move with sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Still Liza feels safe. Her father is strong and has protected their town by laying down strict rules. Among them: Any trace of magic must be destroyed, no matter where it is found. Then Liza's sister is born with faerie-pale hair, clear as glass, and Liza's father leaves the baby on a hillside to die. When her mother disappears into the forest and Liza herself discovers she has the faerie ability to see--into the past, into the future--she has no choice but to flee. Liza's quest will take her into Faerie and back again, and what she finds along the way may be the key to healing both worlds. (GoodReads)
I loved this book because it offered such a different take on magic, instead of the book centering on a girl who is or is becoming a faerie, the protagonist has a magic taint which takes her down a dark, creepy journey. The scary elements in the book really don’t come from the twisted forests, the man eating vines and blackness that covers the land. It was more the blackness left in people, Liza’s father is by far more menacing than any twisty tree ready to eat you. I also loved this because it was a novel fit for the YA audience but also a joy to the adult reader who loves a good fairy tale. I highly recommend to anyone who loves a magicial tale, but is also looking for a fresh look at the Faerie genre.
This does sound good
ReplyDeleteI read this book and really enjoyed it last summer, I'm glad to hear you liked it too. It's definitely different from all the other faerie books out there, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteOoooh. That does sound good. I'm gonna have to participate in this. I love these things.
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