Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful--too beautiful for words.
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Jan 06, 2012
Kira
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This books sucks so much, I'm speechless.
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It reminds me of The Hills Have Eyes. Everyone told me how amazingly scary and jarring that movie was, and that I would get nightmares just by watching the credits at the start. Needless to say, I was less than enthusiastic, so I thought nothing more of it.
A while back I called my then-boyfriend and suggested we hang out. He said he'd be over in half an hour, and he'd bring movies with him. I thought, " More...
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It reminds me of The Hills Have Eyes. Everyone told me how amazingly scary and jarring that movie was, and that I would get nightmares just by watching the credits at the start. Needless to say, I was less than enthusiastic, so I thought nothing more of it.
A while back I called my then-boyfriend and suggested we hang out. He said he'd be over in half an hour, and he'd bring movies with him. I thought, " More...
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Jan 04, 2012
Phoebe
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Jan 05, 2012
Kat
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I probably shouldn't have read this. If you read the pre-read section at the bottom of the review, you'll see that I didn't even intend to order it. Yet, since I had it, I thought I'd give it a go.
I lasted 24 pages because that's all my sanity could take.
Laurel is a magazine-beautiful, waif-like teenager who leaves homeschooling in grade 10 in order to begin her high school career.
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I lasted 24 pages because that's all my sanity could take.
Laurel is a magazine-beautiful, waif-like teenager who leaves homeschooling in grade 10 in order to begin her high school career.
And that's when the story stops making sense. Not that the above makes any sens More...
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Feb 27, 2011
Wings was definitely a unique take on fairy mythology. And I finally get the significance of the cover now, which I have to say fits the novel perfectly.
I’m a huge fan of the Faery/Fairy/Fae... (was it is really?) genre, or rather sub-genre. I wasn’t surprised that I really liked this novel. Sensational plot line, really different than anything I’ve read. The first part of the novel moved a little slow for me. But once I became fully engrossed in the world that Pike created, I co More...
I’m a huge fan of the Faery/Fairy/Fae... (was it is really?) genre, or rather sub-genre. I wasn’t surprised that I really liked this novel. Sensational plot line, really different than anything I’ve read. The first part of the novel moved a little slow for me. But once I became fully engrossed in the world that Pike created, I co More...
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Mar 14, 2011
Jessica
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TBR Reduction Challange #5 (Kirsten)
Alright guys, I’m throwing in the towel. I just can’t get over the fact that the girl has a giant flower growing out of her back. Ew. I mean, eeeew. Yeah, and then there are some things that just plain annoy me. Dialogues like this one for example:
...It took her a few seconds to find her voice.
"Who are you?"
He paused and studied her with a strange, unflinching look in his eyes.
"Well?" Laurel prompte More...
Alright guys, I’m throwing in the towel. I just can’t get over the fact that the girl has a giant flower growing out of her back. Ew. I mean, eeeew. Yeah, and then there are some things that just plain annoy me. Dialogues like this one for example:
...It took her a few seconds to find her voice.
"Who are you?"
He paused and studied her with a strange, unflinching look in his eyes.
"Well?" Laurel prompte More...
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Feb 12, 2011
Katya
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*Kate limps in the kitchen. Roommate looks up.*
Roommate: What happened to you?
Kate: Fell through too many plotholes.
You know, at least in one aspect, the caption doesn't lie: You do get a different viewpoint on faeries (fairies?). As for the magic, intrigue, romance and danger, I didn't get much on that, and the extraordinary bit kind of slipped me as well.
Good things first - the novel is short and reads easy. You're not given too much time to groan and More...
Roommate: What happened to you?
Kate: Fell through too many plotholes.
You know, at least in one aspect, the caption doesn't lie: You do get a different viewpoint on faeries (fairies?). As for the magic, intrigue, romance and danger, I didn't get much on that, and the extraordinary bit kind of slipped me as well.
Good things first - the novel is short and reads easy. You're not given too much time to groan and More...
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Oct 07, 2010
Arlene
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Spoiler Alert!!! Spoiler Alert!!!
This book contains content that can cause a reader to inflict bodily harm to oneself. Proceed with caution! Oh and my review might contain a spoiler or two… you've been warned.
"Don't worry. I'll keep my distance from your blossom. I know whose petals I'm allowed to get into and whose I'm not. *he inhaled deeply* Mmmmm. As fabulous as you smell, your petals are off limits to me."
Whoaaaaaaaaa!! Get your mind out of t More...
This book contains content that can cause a reader to inflict bodily harm to oneself. Proceed with caution! Oh and my review might contain a spoiler or two… you've been warned.
"Don't worry. I'll keep my distance from your blossom. I know whose petals I'm allowed to get into and whose I'm not. *he inhaled deeply* Mmmmm. As fabulous as you smell, your petals are off limits to me."
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Jul 28, 2011
Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~*
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3.5 - 4 Stars
Wings was a fast and enjoyable read. I was struggling with how to rate it, though, as I'm somewhere between "Liked it" and "Really liked It".
This is a debut novel by Aprilynne Pike and has an endorsement by Stephenie Meyer as "A Remarkable Debut". While not quite remarkable for me, it was certainly a good enough start to a series that I am interested to read the next book.
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Wings was a fast and enjoyable read. I was struggling with how to rate it, though, as I'm somewhere between "Liked it" and "Really liked It".
This is a debut novel by Aprilynne Pike and has an endorsement by Stephenie Meyer as "A Remarkable Debut". While not quite remarkable for me, it was certainly a good enough start to a series that I am interested to read the next book.
If you want to read a twist on the faerie st More...
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Jan 03, 2009
Debbie
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Though I haven't read "Twilight" due to my abhorrence of anything vampire, this may be the fairy equivalent. Main character discovers she's a plant fairy, does battle with trolls, and must decide between two love interests, one a human and the other a fairy. Compelling story!
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Dec 27, 2008
Kristina
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Wings was my first ever fairy book and I adored it. Aprilynne Pike is so clever and creative. She has such a unique twist on fairies and I kept reading passages over and over again because they were just so interesting.
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Aug 04, 2011
Amanda
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Laurel is just a bit different from other teenagers. She showed up in a basket on her adoptive parents’ doorstep when she was three. She only eats fruit and vegetables. And now a huge lump starts to grow on her back, a lump that suddenly blossoms into flower-like petals. Terrified of being labeled a freak of nature and turned into a medical experiment, she doesn’t confide in her parents, though she does confide in her new friend and/or boyfriend, David. Then, one day, she meets a strange and bea
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Jan 25, 2011
Jennifer
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What Meyer has done to vampires, Pike has done to faeries. This book is sweet, funny, senusaly and beautifully told. She gives every single character their justice and purpose. Amazingly composed. This has got to be a part of a series. I need more.
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Mar 10, 2009
Sara B.
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At first I wasn't sure if I liked it, but by the end I was definitely sucked in. It is a very different take on fairies, very interesting. I'm definitely curious to see how this series turns out...
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Nov 20, 2011
Stacia ~ platonic
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2.5 stars, almost a 3, but not quite. So I wasn't completely disliking Wings the way I was half expecting to. It had a very simple, almost elementary start. Once I stopped picking at the writing, I settled in to give the book a fair shot and found myself having fun with the book. It was a fast and fun read, so I can't complain too much.
Sure, cocky, perfect guys have completely saturated the market, leaving us lovers of YA looking for different male leads. We want flaws. We want real. More...
Sure, cocky, perfect guys have completely saturated the market, leaving us lovers of YA looking for different male leads. We want flaws. We want real. More...
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Mar 07, 2011
Kiirsi
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I reallllly wanted to like this book. The first 5 chapters on the internet piqued my interest. I really wanted this book to be good!
But it didn't happen. It started out with a lot of promise: home-schooled teen girl starts high school, is a bit of a loner, and gets befriended by cute boy. So far, so good. I saw a lot of potential conflict in how the girl would react to her new, more public life. (Especially since I was mostly home-schooled myself up till college.)
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But it didn't happen. It started out with a lot of promise: home-schooled teen girl starts high school, is a bit of a loner, and gets befriended by cute boy. So far, so good. I saw a lot of potential conflict in how the girl would react to her new, more public life. (Especially since I was mostly home-schooled myself up till college.)
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Mar 07, 2011
Kirsten
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I really liked this. Enough that I'll put it on my 2nd favorits shelf. It was so unique and fresh and I'd never read a faerie story like it. And I found it refreshing to know that the faeries were not evil sneeky beings out to make humans look foolish.
That being said, some of the ideas are a little too fresh for me. There are Trolls in this story. Trolls? Yes. Trolls. It was awkward for me to go along with this when I think that she she could've used just about anyother myth to make More...
That being said, some of the ideas are a little too fresh for me. There are Trolls in this story. Trolls? Yes. Trolls. It was awkward for me to go along with this when I think that she she could've used just about anyother myth to make More...
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Oct 23, 2011
Sarah
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Forget vampires and werewolves. This is all about something new. I find it really refreshing since it's my first book with little fluttering things on it. I won't say what it was so as not to spoil it. I only guessed what the lead was when I was maybe 1/3 of the book. Call me dumb or ignorant but it's true.
I also heard that this was going to made into a movie with Miley Cyrus as the lead cast. Hmmm. Sounds interesting. I must say that I would like her here than her playing Janie in t More...
I also heard that this was going to made into a movie with Miley Cyrus as the lead cast. Hmmm. Sounds interesting. I must say that I would like her here than her playing Janie in t More...
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Mar 26, 2009
Katie
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Mar 21, 2011
Dawn
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Wings is an entertaining read, so if you are in the mood for escape into melodramatic teen romance, you'll probably like this book. But it doesn't stand up well to scrutiny. It is endorsed on the cover by Stephenie Meyer, and there are a lot of similarities to Meyer's Twilight. Like Meyer, Pike is a good storyteller, but her writing could be better. I actually noticed the writing problems much more in Wings than in Twilight. Then there is the plot. The main character, Laurel, is a teenage
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Feb 24, 2009
Jennifer
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What happens when you find out that you are different. Not just a little different but really DIFFERENT?!
Laurel finds herself in public school for the first time when she is a sophomore. She has been homeschooled in a small cabin in the forest. Her parents moved to Crescent City, in Northern California, about an hour away from her cabin to open a bookstore.
At her high school Laurel meets David, and he invites he More...
What happens when you find out that you are different. Not just a little different but really DIFFERENT?!
Laurel finds herself in public school for the first time when she is a sophomore. She has been homeschooled in a small cabin in the forest. Her parents moved to Crescent City, in Northern California, about an hour away from her cabin to open a bookstore.
At her high school Laurel meets David, and he invites he More...
Aug 15, 2011
Haleema
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I actually finished the whole book.
But I skipped a few pages here and there.
So Pike's first book did not please me, nor did it downright disappoint me either. It was simply mediocre. Meh. Some parts of it were slightly tolerable. Others were idiotic.
"Aprilynne Pike's WINGS is a remarkable debut; the ingenuity of the mythology is matched only by the startling loveliness with which the story unfolds."
Guess who said that?
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But I skipped a few pages here and there.
So Pike's first book did not please me, nor did it downright disappoint me either. It was simply mediocre. Meh. Some parts of it were slightly tolerable. Others were idiotic.
"Aprilynne Pike's WINGS is a remarkable debut; the ingenuity of the mythology is matched only by the startling loveliness with which the story unfolds."
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Jan 12, 2011
Helena
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My initial reaction was that the writing seemed rather clumsy and juvenile, but it did smooth out once she got past the exposition dump. It was still punctuated with such jarring lines as "he said with a soft smile as he sat beside her head" and "as he leaned back against the tree he had just stepped out from behind."
It's a YA, inventive in places, and not overly long. It kept my interest well enough, in spite of some eye-rolling. I may or may not read the re More...
It's a YA, inventive in places, and not overly long. It kept my interest well enough, in spite of some eye-rolling. I may or may not read the re More...
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Jun 29, 2009
Connie
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I really enjoyed this book and am excited for the rest of the series. I am going to say that I wanted more and not more that is going to come in the series. I just wanted more description which is funny coming from me because I usually skip over to much description.
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Sep 29, 2011
♡ K J Shadows ♡
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2.5 stars OK...I know what you all must be thinking....Eewwwwwy beautiful a BLOSSOM growing out of her back? How ridiculous! Actually before I even READ this book, I looked at the reviews but its been sitting on my shelf for well, awhile now and I never got around to reading it. This sounds harsh to speak this way but I think most people bought it because of the author from Twilight.
HOWEVER, I was really turned off at first by the whole idea of Laurel being well, a plant. Much less a More...
HOWEVER, I was really turned off at first by the whole idea of Laurel being well, a plant. Much less a More...
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Apr 01, 2009
Turi
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Grabbed this advance reader copy to read aloud in the car on a recent road trip, and liked it enough that I breezed the rest of the way through it when I got home. Way more YA girly-book then my usual reading style, but it was well written and fun to read. It's the story of Laurel, a teenage girl struggling with the transition from homeschooling to public school, who soon finds out she has a much bigger transition to deal with. Also well-placed as the first book in a series; it'll get a lot m
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Jun 10, 2011
Tania
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Entre le jour où j'ai vu pour la première fois ce livre à la librairie et celui où je l'ai acheté, il a bien dû s'écouler au moins un an. Pourquoi avoir attendu aussi longtemps? Pour tout dire, je n'en sais rien. Il n'y avait aucun résumé au dos du livre et, dans ce temps-là, je ne suivais pas encore beaucoup l'actualité littéraire sur internet. Plus tard, lorsque j'ai vu que beaucoup des sites que je visitais chaque jour l'avaie More...
Entre le jour où j'ai vu pour la première fois ce livre à la librairie et celui où je l'ai acheté, il a bien dû s'écouler au moins un an. Pourquoi avoir attendu aussi longtemps? Pour tout dire, je n'en sais rien. Il n'y avait aucun résumé au dos du livre et, dans ce temps-là, je ne suivais pas encore beaucoup l'actualité littéraire sur internet. Plus tard, lorsque j'ai vu que beaucoup des sites que je visitais chaque jour l'avaie More...
Jul 19, 2011
Nafiza
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So I was hesitant as hell to begin to reading this since people compared it to Twilight and we all know how much we love the sparklies. But I saw it at the library and there was no way I could just stop myself from reaching out and grabbing it in my grubby hands.
To being with, Ms. Pike, as I’m sure lots of other people have said so, brings something fresh, something new to the faerie genre. I applaud her creativity and ingenuity. I won’t give away what it is because I don’t w More...
To being with, Ms. Pike, as I’m sure lots of other people have said so, brings something fresh, something new to the faerie genre. I applaud her creativity and ingenuity. I won’t give away what it is because I don’t w More...
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Oct 16, 2011
Stray
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RE-READ IN 2011: I really have to read Spells now :)
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Book Name: Wings
Author/s: Aprilynne Pike
Language English
Original Title:Wings
Publisher, year: Harperteen, 2009
Page total: 294
Date Read: 21st june 2010
Genre/s: YA, fantasy, faeries, romance
First line of Book:Laurel's shoes flipped a cheerful rhythm that defied her dark mood.
Review: "Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly More...
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Book Name: Wings
Author/s: Aprilynne Pike
Language English
Original Title:Wings
Publisher, year: Harperteen, 2009
Page total: 294
Date Read: 21st june 2010
Genre/s: YA, fantasy, faeries, romance
First line of Book:Laurel's shoes flipped a cheerful rhythm that defied her dark mood.
Review: "Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly More...
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Mar 09, 2011
Laurel (The Book Garden)
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What an excellent debut that Aprilynne Pike has crafted! I was enthralled with Wings.
I picked a paperback of this book up at a local bookstore on a shopping trip.
I loved Wings from the first page right up to the very last sentence. I thought it had amazing narration, as well as being woven with wonderful mythology, amazing description and a very neat take on faeries.
The amazing description was the first thing that popped out to me. Aprilynne Pike describes More...
I picked a paperback of this book up at a local bookstore on a shopping trip.
I loved Wings from the first page right up to the very last sentence. I thought it had amazing narration, as well as being woven with wonderful mythology, amazing description and a very neat take on faeries.
The amazing description was the first thing that popped out to me. Aprilynne Pike describes More...
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Feb 28, 2011
Anila
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All was well and good until Tamani's explanation of faerie reproduction, and then I was just painfully creeped out for the rest of the book.
The concept was interesting and, since I knew it beforehand, I could spot some of the foreshadowing in the first few chapters and appreciate it. As something of a biology nerd, I appreciated that part... but that was really the best part of the whole book, and those who didn't get the basic idea spoiled for them beforehand won't even have that More...
The concept was interesting and, since I knew it beforehand, I could spot some of the foreshadowing in the first few chapters and appreciate it. As something of a biology nerd, I appreciated that part... but that was really the best part of the whole book, and those who didn't get the basic idea spoiled for them beforehand won't even have that More...
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