Much has changed since autumn, when Kelley Winslow learned she was a Faerie princess, fell in love with changeling guard Sonny Flannery, and saved ...
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May 16, 2010
BOOK BUTTERFLY
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It's been six months since young actress Kelley Winslow learned of her true heritage and fell in love with changeling guard member Sonny Flannery. Kelley dreams of the day when she will be reunited with Sonny. Her wish soon becomes reality, though not in the way she imagined. A violent encounter with a murderous leprechaun hurtles Kelley into the Otherworld, and back into Sonny's arms once more.
The magical, romantic saga that began in Wondrous Stage lives on with Darklight, the secon More...
The magical, romantic saga that began in Wondrous Stage lives on with Darklight, the secon More...
May 04, 2010
Rosanne
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Jan 30, 2011
Kelsey
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Darklight picked up rather quickly after Wondrous Strange left off, so if you haven't read Wondrous Strange- you need to before you pick this one up!
Lesley Livingston has a way with words that draws the reader in and holds them to the pages until the end. Her descriptions are beautiful and to the point. The plot is also amazing, I was on the edge of my seat through most of the novel, and by the end when I thought I had everything figured out- BAM, new secrets are revealed, characters More...
Lesley Livingston has a way with words that draws the reader in and holds them to the pages until the end. Her descriptions are beautiful and to the point. The plot is also amazing, I was on the edge of my seat through most of the novel, and by the end when I thought I had everything figured out- BAM, new secrets are revealed, characters More...
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Feb 26, 2011
Three words; Sonny is MINE! or impressive, exciting &captivating
I was even more impressed with Darklight than it's predecessor Wondrous Strange. Livingston was able to weave an unpredictable and entertaining plot, with all the characters that I had grown to love in Wondrous Strange. Not to mention characters that were re-introduced like... Fennrys. Where did this delicious dish come from! I'll have seconds please!
I loved the elements of the Otherworld, Livingston has a be More...
I was even more impressed with Darklight than it's predecessor Wondrous Strange. Livingston was able to weave an unpredictable and entertaining plot, with all the characters that I had grown to love in Wondrous Strange. Not to mention characters that were re-introduced like... Fennrys. Where did this delicious dish come from! I'll have seconds please!
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Mar 15, 2011
Maggie
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Lesley Livingston weaves a unforgettable story that will captivate you long after the last page. Once you pick this book up it will be impossible to set it down. You will take it to work with you and hide it under your desk until no one is looking, stay up late with a flashlight long into the early morning hours and fake deathly illnesses to finish this book. And once you have finished it you will mark your calendar and count down the days until the next one arrives. Fans of Wicked Lovely and Th
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Nov 08, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011
Diana (Offbeat Vagabond)
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It has been a half a year for out Faerie (and not so faerie) friends in New York. After suffering through the devastation of the Wild Hunt, Kelley wants her boyfriend, Sonny, back. Sonny, unfortunately, has a duty to fulfill. He is now a fighter for King Auberon, Kelley’s father. Because of a mistake made in Wondrous Strange (book 1), he can’t come back unless he kill More...
It has been a half a year for out Faerie (and not so faerie) friends in New York. After suffering through the devastation of the Wild Hunt, Kelley wants her boyfriend, Sonny, back. Sonny, unfortunately, has a duty to fulfill. He is now a fighter for King Auberon, Kelley’s father. Because of a mistake made in Wondrous Strange (book 1), he can’t come back unless he kill More...
Jul 01, 2011
Dawnandwini
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Dark light is a little darker than Wondrous Strange, but seized me in an enthralling way! The story starts with Sonny, the Janus warrior being back in the faerie realm completing a task for his King, and Kelley left behind in the mortal world. Two worlds apart, blossoming romance, Kelley frantically wishes she were with Sonny. Beyond her heartache for Sonny, Kelley is in danger and needs a friend or someone to protect her or better teach her how to use her fey gifts. Fennrys, another Janus warr
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the second book in the Wondrous Strange series. There are supposed to be three books total in this series. I liked this book a bit better than the first one; but it still wasn't anything extraordinary. You definitely need to read the first book, Wondrous Strange, to follow what happens in this book.
Kelley is trying to get on with her life as an actress in New York. Sonny is off in fairyland eliminating the Hunt one by one. They miss each other horribly. Kelley feels a need to More...
Kelley is trying to get on with her life as an actress in New York. Sonny is off in fairyland eliminating the Hunt one by one. They miss each other horribly. Kelley feels a need to More...
Dec 02, 2010
Shannon
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Dec 01, 2010
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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4.5 stars
I really enjoyed Wondrous Strange and as soon as I finished it I picked up Darklight and read it in a couple hours. I really liked this sequel. Darklight starts right were Wondrous Strange ends. I liked that I got to know more about the characters, including Fennrys, who was one of my favorite characters. As the plot twists continued answers I had hoped to receive from Wondrous Strange were revealed.
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I really enjoyed Wondrous Strange and as soon as I finished it I picked up Darklight and read it in a couple hours. I really liked this sequel. Darklight starts right were Wondrous Strange ends. I liked that I got to know more about the characters, including Fennrys, who was one of my favorite characters. As the plot twists continued answers I had hoped to receive from Wondrous Strange were revealed.
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Oct 08, 2010
Margaryta
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This is just as amazing as the first book had been and more. The story is beginning to unwind in a beautiful manner and I can't wait to learn more about Sonny's true inheritance.
Lesley Livingston, unlike a great number of authors I know, manages to continue the series beautifully without making the book boring or drag like I know the middle book in a trilogy or in a series often happens to be like. That's not the case with this book though where the series continues running the same More...
Lesley Livingston, unlike a great number of authors I know, manages to continue the series beautifully without making the book boring or drag like I know the middle book in a trilogy or in a series often happens to be like. That's not the case with this book though where the series continues running the same More...
Sep 18, 2010
Maria
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Parece ayer cuando leí por primera vez "La Novena Noche"y leía una frase
la cúal siempre me ha encantado:
"De aquí para allá de alla para aca
soy temido en todas partes duende
aplicalé tus artes"
Esta frase me cautivó,me enamoró¡¡¡el tiempo que he esperado para leer "Los cuatro tronos" se me ha hecho eterno, entre las vacaciones,trabajo...pero me dije a mi misma,necesito saber que pasa con Sonny y con "Polvorilla" More...
la cúal siempre me ha encantado:
"De aquí para allá de alla para aca
soy temido en todas partes duende
aplicalé tus artes"
Esta frase me cautivó,me enamoró¡¡¡el tiempo que he esperado para leer "Los cuatro tronos" se me ha hecho eterno, entre las vacaciones,trabajo...pero me dije a mi misma,necesito saber que pasa con Sonny y con "Polvorilla" More...
Sep 14, 2010
I loved Wondrous Strange when I read it and I have to admit that I loved Darklight even more. I am so happy I discovered Lesley Livingston, I just want to read whatever she writes no matter what it’s about. Her stories are captivating and keep you turning pages until the very last page, and even then you want more. Darklight was an amazing read and had I been able to, I would have read it all in one sitting.
Kelley’s life has changed drastically since she starred as Titania in a produ More...
Kelley’s life has changed drastically since she starred as Titania in a produ More...
Jul 19, 2010
Rhiannon
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The plot thickens to the gummy consistency of taffy in the second book of the Wondrous Strange series, Darklight. Seriously, how's it all going to work out in the end? I'm dying to know!
Sonny and Kelley are thrown into the position of impossible star crossed lovers by a number of things outside of their control. The big one has to be the whole race issue, but the different worlds they are forced to occupy by the Wild Hunt situation doesn't do much to help. Add into the mix a More...
Sonny and Kelley are thrown into the position of impossible star crossed lovers by a number of things outside of their control. The big one has to be the whole race issue, but the different worlds they are forced to occupy by the Wild Hunt situation doesn't do much to help. Add into the mix a More...
Nov 09, 2011
Tyene
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Dec 01, 2010
Joanna
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4 stars!!!!
I really like this series!
It's like it makes you want to hug all the characters because of what they are feeling. :)
here are some of the things that will explain why I like the book.
first, loss, the feeling of losing someone. I made my point about this in the first book and yes there is still "loss" in this one. I kinda like it. it's not really irritating or anything... ok back to my point. Loss, it hurts to see the characters feel that they are More...
I really like this series!
It's like it makes you want to hug all the characters because of what they are feeling. :)
here are some of the things that will explain why I like the book.
first, loss, the feeling of losing someone. I made my point about this in the first book and yes there is still "loss" in this one. I kinda like it. it's not really irritating or anything... ok back to my point. Loss, it hurts to see the characters feel that they are More...
May 17, 2011
Ifmary
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I loved Darklight the second book even more that Wondrous Strange ! This book was a perfect continuation of WS. It picked up slightly after the first one ended, and immediately threw you into action.
We really discover the Otherworld in this one because Kelley is in it for the first time and Sonny is there for most of the story too. I loved learning more about the Faerie Courts and meet the other Faerie King and Queen that we haven't seen in the first book.
There is also a lot more of More...
We really discover the Otherworld in this one because Kelley is in it for the first time and Sonny is there for most of the story too. I loved learning more about the Faerie Courts and meet the other Faerie King and Queen that we haven't seen in the first book.
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Jan 23, 2010
Heather
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published by HarperTeen
Released December 22nd 2009
Hardcover, 312 pages
4 stars
Summary from Harper Teen "
Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken. . . .
For seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, whose steel-gray eyes mask an equally steely determination to protect her.
Sonny guards the Samhain Gate, which connects the morta More...
Released December 22nd 2009
Hardcover, 312 pages
4 stars
Summary from Harper Teen "
Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken. . . .
For seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, whose steel-gray eyes mask an equally steely determination to protect her.
Sonny guards the Samhain Gate, which connects the morta More...
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Jul 07, 2011
Reading, Eating & Dreaming
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Wondrous Strange is back and better than before.
Darklight, the second installment in the Wondrous Strange trilogy by Lesley Livingston, was a success (at least, in my opinion, more of a success than Wondrous Strange). And although I am still not a huge Kelley and Sonny fan (because I do not understand what their relationship is even built upon), I found myself lured into Darklight. Livingston did a muc More...
Wondrous Strange is back and better than before.
Darklight, the second installment in the Wondrous Strange trilogy by Lesley Livingston, was a success (at least, in my opinion, more of a success than Wondrous Strange). And although I am still not a huge Kelley and Sonny fan (because I do not understand what their relationship is even built upon), I found myself lured into Darklight. Livingston did a muc More...
Dec 13, 2010
Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms)
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This is one time that I think the second book was better than the first. This book was really a 4.5 for me. I am just getting really stingy with 5 stars because I have read so many really incredible books. I liked Darklight better than Wondrous Strange, and I think it is because there was a lot more of the mystique of the Fey in it and less of the mortal realm. That may be because of the new characters that were brought in, and also that I already had been introduced to the world this book tak
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Oct 14, 2010
Danny
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Of course after finishing the first book I HAD to jump into the second book right away. The story goes on where the first book left us and to say it right away I loved the book much more than the first.
This is one of those series that are getting better!
We will discover more about Kelley and see how she tries to handle her newfound Faery Part in herself. She has to face the question if she rather wants to be human or if she has to be more open about being a Faery.
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This is one of those series that are getting better!
We will discover more about Kelley and see how she tries to handle her newfound Faery Part in herself. She has to face the question if she rather wants to be human or if she has to be more open about being a Faery.
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Jan 21, 2010
Eleni ( La Femme Readers )
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Darklight is yet again another magical, action packed installment of one of the best faerie series I've ever read! I love how this book continues to enlighten the reader with character development. I strongly feel I know more about these characters with every page I read. My favorite aspect of this second book is experiencing the faerie realm. Lesley's choice of words to describe the fae world sparkled (literally!) in my mind with beautiful images. I once again fell in love with Sonny, however I
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Feb 10, 2010
Erica
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Even though I just read Wondrous Strange less than two months ago, so much happened in that book that I was afraid I wouldn’t remember what happened and would be trying to piece everything together. Luckily as I began reading, everything started coming back to me. I also have to say that this is the only time I’ve read a book in any series that the recapping of the previous installment enhanced my reading rather than distracted me from the current action. This is something that I very much ap
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Jan 01, 2011
Jamie
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Jul 19, 2010
Clarissa
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Darklight starts with a scene 100 years in the past. The next chapter jumps us back to the present where Kelley is attacked by a leprechaun in the park. The pov changes between Kelley and Sonny again, mostly staying with Kelley. The scene from the past that starts the novel just sat there unattended and unremarkable until the last few chapters of the book brought it back into significance. This may have been done better. I'm not a writer so I'm not sure how, I just know it felt a bit flat, or la
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Jun 11, 2010
Bookworm1858
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Summary: Kelley is living in NY and continuing to act while her love Sonny tracks down the remainder of the Wild Hunt in the Otherworld. New secrets emerge and new magic is uncovered.
Thoughts: I'm so pleased that I wrote a mini-review of Wondrous Strange because while I knew that I read it, I didn't remember much about it. This blog helped me get psyched up about this although I still don't really remember much about Wondrous Strange. Some parts of it came rushin More...
Summary: Kelley is living in NY and continuing to act while her love Sonny tracks down the remainder of the Wild Hunt in the Otherworld. New secrets emerge and new magic is uncovered.
Thoughts: I'm so pleased that I wrote a mini-review of Wondrous Strange because while I knew that I read it, I didn't remember much about it. This blog helped me get psyched up about this although I still don't really remember much about Wondrous Strange. Some parts of it came rushin More...
Feb 12, 2010
Drew
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I loved this book. Livingston kept the story going through the whole thing. But now I'm depressed, because the book ended. She left me wanting more of Kelley, Sonny, Maddox, Tyff, Fennrys, and everyone else. I can't say anything else without telling you the whole story in detail...but I can say this again. I loved it. It's as simple as that..just don't read it until the next book comes out. Or we'd both be dying inside.
"Faerie can't lie...or can they?
Much has changed sinc More...
"Faerie can't lie...or can they?
Much has changed sinc More...
Jan 24, 2010
All Things Urban Fantasy
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Can you imagine what it would be like to discover that the characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream were real? That the Faerie realm actually exists and you are a Faerie princess? As the daughter of the Winter King and the Autumn Queen, Kelley Winslow doesn't have to imagine.
Darklight is the second book in the Wondrous Strange trilogy and follows the story of 17-year-old Kelley Winslow. While performing A More...
Can you imagine what it would be like to discover that the characters from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream were real? That the Faerie realm actually exists and you are a Faerie princess? As the daughter of the Winter King and the Autumn Queen, Kelley Winslow doesn't have to imagine.
Darklight is the second book in the Wondrous Strange trilogy and follows the story of 17-year-old Kelley Winslow. While performing A More...
Oct 28, 2011
Asma
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After the events on Halloween, not a single day goes by when Kelley wonders how Sonny is doing in the Otherworld. Though she misses him, Kelley is busy with the theater's new production, but her roommate is offering enticing nights of dance as distractions. But Kelley's exposure to the Fae proves to be more dangerous when two leprechauns are out for blood. Even though this bout of disaster brings Sonny back to her world, Kelley discovers there's more to the changeling's kidnapping -and hers- tha
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