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Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (view source)
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I think ''Wicked Lovely'' would have been a better book if it concentrated the narration on Aislinn's point of view. The other ones (Keenan's and the previous candidate's for the Summer Queen) add to the explanation of the intrigue, but overall weaken the impact: it's hard to make teen-like musings or family dysfunctionality of Keenan the Summer King plausible for a 900 year old faerie king.
None of the above are major criticisms, though. Intertwining the everyday human world with the hidden, invisible to all but very few world of Faerie, ''Wicked Lovely'' is a pacy, suspenseful and verging on the unputdownable romantic tale which presses all the right buttons for its target demographic. I think I would have absolutely loved it at 14 or even 16 and I enjoyed it very much at more than twice the age.
Recommended for a summer read, and particularly for intelligent teenage girls for whom sex still has mystical allure.
Thanks to the publisher for sending this title to the Bookbag! We also have a review of [[Made For You by Melissa Marr]].
Despite its strong love -related theme ''Wicked Lovely'' reminded me, somehow, rather strongly, of Harry Potter (especially in his older ages as in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]), although its focus on the erotic awakening would mean that pre-pubescent children are likely to be rather bored with it.
A much grittier sexual coming of age tale set in a nightmarish Faerie is [[The Iron Dragon's Daughter]].