false 6076413 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 6076413 2 6252991 book 1 10 2009 Ballad: The Gathering of Faerie total:297|5:129|4:103|3:49|2:11|1:5| 297 1231 1140 104 1330292 4.10 4449 1555 73420401 2615211 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 3 false Thu Oct 08 15:51:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:19:31 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 15:51:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60910278 470067 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 3 2 false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:27:49 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 16:56:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79705253 2785996 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 18:50:07 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 18:50:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79004200 132823 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 3 false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 18:25:05 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 20:43:53 -0800 2009
You torture me.
I love your writing, I love your ideas, I love your books. I DO NOT love the way you leave me hanging. I get that you have your Mercy Falls books to finish, though I think that Shiver ended fine, and I am certainly excited about those. . . BUT...more...]]> 75498827 1589265 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 1 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:36:29 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:42:30 -0700 2009 here at Mom-Musings


My Letter to Ballad


Dear Ballad,

Oh Ballad, Ballad, Ballad. You have woven me around your finger even when I was unsettled and not sure I wanted to like you as much as I do.

From your firs...more...]]> 73060707 2758899 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 true Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 18:03:35 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 15:05:44 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 59732648 50378 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 2 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:32:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 08:35:11 -0700 2009 Shiver comes BALLAD--the sequel (perhaps companion novel would be a better term) to Lament. In a shift similar to the one in between Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, BALLAD switches narrators from Dee to her best friend James Morgan. And James, like Marr's Les...more...]]> 73537480 2176078 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:32:11 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:01:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79686835 2555203 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 1 false Mon Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 16:11:30 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 12:55:44 -0800 2009
Description: In this mesmerizing sequel to Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts...more...]]> 80023931 2734074 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 18:49:49 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 14:44:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 73433092 217775 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 14:36:02 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 06:54:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78623597 2798668 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 08:14:07 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 10:42:35 -0800 2009 Lament, I NEEDED to read Ballad...I mean, well yes, I just needed to read it!

Ballad opens up right where Lament leaves off; only now James finds himself at the prestigious Thornking- Ash School for Music, only problem is, James is a Piper – and Thornking-Ash does not even...more...]]> 78346639 1963075 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Fri Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:44:06 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 00:50:21 -0800 2009


The story was narrated with James and Nuala's ...more...]]> 75777277 2871271 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:41:29 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:15:44 -0800 2009
After reading Maggie Stiefvater's first novel, Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, a few months ago and loving it (as my previous review on it can attest), I waited impatiently for Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie to come out. I dove into it this past weekend...more...]]> 77378814 2269907 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 17:33:02 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 18:50:38 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 75601363 1194422 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 13:07:48 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:29:35 -0700 2009 Lament before I read its sequel. I know that I felt okay about it and that it wasn't very memorable, but I did quite enjoy this book. It reminds me of The New Policeman and Wicked Lovely smushed together, with its focus on a human piper and faerie dances. I loved Nuala's ...more...]]> 71043079 2710558 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 5 0 true Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 05:08:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 14:03:16 -0700 2009
Ballad is, as James would say, painfully beautiful.
Ever since I read Lament, and heard that Ballad would be written from James' point of view, I could not wait for this book. When I first started reading I was afraid the only side of James' we would see would be the b...more...]]> 72172245 851151 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 17:34:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 22:54:18 -0700 2009
Ballad continues the complex battle b...more...]]> 76305925 1913711 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 3 0 true Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 11:34:45 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 12:18:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 78655801 2934258 6076413 0738714844 9780738714844 104 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076413.Ballad_The_Gathering_of_Faerie 4.14 297 Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, music prodigy James Morgan and his best friend, Deirdre, join a private conservatory for musicians. James' musical talent attracts Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. Composing beautiful music together unexpectedly leads to mutual admiration and love. Haunted by fiery visions of death, James realizes that Deirdre and Nuala are being hunted by the Fey and plunges into a soul-scorching battle with the Queen of the Fey to save their lives.]]> 2009 5 0 false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 13:56:10 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 14:34:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6076413