Book Review: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

All teenagers have problems, but few of them can match those of Aislinn, who has the power to see faeries. Quite understandably, she wishes that she could share her friends’ obliviousness and tries hard to avoid these invisible intruders. But one faery in particular refuses to leave her alone. Keenan the Summer King is convinced beyond all reasoning that Aislinn is the queen he has been seeking for nine centuries. What’s a 21st-century girl to do when she’s stalked by a suitor nobody else can see? A debut fantasy romance for the ages; superlative summer read.

I’ve always been a huge fan of all things supernatural; vampires, werewolves, fairies, mermaids… You name it, chance are I’ve at some point been enamored of it.  In the recent years, YA literature has taken a couple of different routes where a certain creature happens to figure prominently in most of the popular books.  We all know what happened with vampires, don’t we?

When I saw not just a book but a whole series of books about fairies, I got all excited.  I love fairies in just about any form, and the descriptions I was able to find about this book made it sound right up my alley.  When I went to Books-A-Million and saw that they had the first four books in the series on sale, I figured it was divine providence.

Unfortunately, the book didn’t blow me away as I had hoped it would.  This book was good.  It wasn’t great, it wasn’t awful, it was just good.  The writing was good.  The plot was good.  To be honest, I only finished it a couple of days ago, and I can’t recall much about it.  It’s just one of those books that you don’t hate enough to stop reading, but that once you’re done, you’ll never think of again.

It was disappointing, definitely, and maybe some of my disappointment is my own fault for putting such high hopes into a series and author I was unfamiliar with.  Either way, it just didn’t make a lasting impression on me.  I’m glad I have the other three books, and once the fifth comes out in paperback I’ll buy it (I’m so glad I didn’t spend $18 on it), but chances are they’ll all just become part of my collection.  They do have pretty covers, don’t they?

Color Score: Green  (for an explanation of my rating system, click here.)