"Wings" was part of either Free Fridays at BN or Author spotlight quite a bit ago. Just like the "Tiger's Curse" series by Colleen Houck, the first was free and then I was hooked. It's a great story about a girl who finds out she's a faerie. And I really like how the authors take on faeries was more plant and flowery than pain in the butt tricksters like those in "The Mortal Instruments" series by Cassandra Clare. Laurel is also pretty smart. While it seems no Young Adult book is complete without a "which boy do I pick?" battle, at least her's is pretty legit. I need to stop here before I write out tons of spoilers and ruin it.
Then there was "Spells" which was pretty good too and had a lot of twists that set the stage for the third book. It was a bit predictable after reading the first book but like I said, still good.
Even though I accidentally read the spoilers for "Illusions" it was still really awesome. Laurel really grew up in this book, not only as a faerie in learning how her magic works, but as a human too. She made some smart and tough decisions and then stuck to em. You go girl!
So not only do I love this author's name, but I really have enjoyed reading this series. This is her site where you can read a cool bit from Tamani's point of view. And then you can keep tabs on when the 4th and final book is coming out. On her blog she says that it takes place shortly after the 3rd and only covers about 24** hours. I'm definitely excited :)
Oh and I definitely love the artwork on these books. Maybe one day if I'm stuck inside for too long, have a color laser, and no new books to read, I want to make a massive collage of all my favorite book covers.
**Totally off topic, but does anyone else love 24? It takes forever to get through a season and then at the end, you're just overwhelmed thinking "Holy cow. That was just one day." And I always think how much it would have sucked if the people at CTU had gone out and partied to hard the night before. Just a thought...
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