Tempestuous

Tempestuous
Lesley Livingston
New York: HarperTeen, 2011
368 pgs

Kelly is in big trouble. She's broken up with her boyfriend to keep him safe, been stripped of her winter powers by her father Auberon, and is not getting along with her mother, Mabh. She may be a fairy princess, but Otherworld is falling apart and taking earth with it.
Sonny's not doing so hot either. He's not sure why Kelley's left him, his friends on the Janus guard have defected, and his liege, Auberon is dying.

The third and final volume in Canadian author Lesley Livingston's series which began with Wondrous Strange is non-stop chaos to the final page. Secrets are revealed, sides are changed, and only Kelley and Sonny stand a chance of saving both worlds.

Rife with characters straight out of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, anyone who enjoys the books by Melissa Marr, and Aprilynne Pike will love this trilogy.

Book Count: 8 read, 192 to go!

Illusions

Illusions
Aprilynne Pike
New York: HarperTeen
2011

In this third installment of the Laurel books by Aprilynne Pike, we find our heroine with a dilemma of the heart. After surviving a massive altercation with her enemies at the end of the last novel, Laurel finds herself once again at home in the human world but torn between her human boyfriend David, and her Faerie protector Tamani. Mix in a mysterious new faerie and hunter duo and the threat of attack at any moment, Laurel is a mass of conflicting emotions and faced with many difficult decisions.

There are many faerie books out on the market these days, but to my knowledge only this series has described faeries as a sentient form of plant life! Filled with science experiments, teenage angst, and a little mayhem, this series is a lot of fun for those who enjoy similar stories by Melissa Marr and Lesley Livingston.

Book Count: 5 read, 195 to go!