Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner is an intriguing novel that puts quite a twist on the traditional fairytale. Here, the humans and Faerie people were previously at war, and items now exist that are categorized as either from Before or After. Why they began fighting remains unclear, but the remnants of this magic still affect the people in unforeseeable ways.
Liza is one of the many children impacted by magic. Her mother runs away, and when her younger sister was just a baby who happened to possess magical powers, she was immediately abandoned, and the sight of this haunts Liza to this day. Her father is highly protective and does not want any associations with magic. When she begins having visions and realizes that she too has magic within her, she feels that she must run away into the dark wood with a few companions by her side and solve the mystery surrounding her world.
Simner does an excellent job of keeping the novel interesting, though many questions remain unanswered and the descriptions are vague at best. The setting seems to be over dramatized; while the language flows smoothly, it is hard to understand the point of it, and at times it seems almost superfluous. Because of this, the details of the War and the after-effects are unclear. But for a debut novel, this is certainly a great start, and it will be interesting to see whether this story will become a series.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick read in a promising new type of book in the fantasy genre.
xoxo, Liesel
Bones of Faerie can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Bones-Faerie-Janni-Lee-Simner/dp/0375845631/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1241444912&sr=1-1
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ReplyDeleteGreat review! I've been wanting to read this for awhile now.
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