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Arrow (Faery Rebels #3)

by R.J. Anderson (Goodreads Author)

4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 · rating details · 410 ratings · 46 reviews

Rhosmari trembled as the Empress walked over to her. ‘Oh, do not struggle. There is nowhere for you to escape,’ the Empress said, her voice silken and sweet. Then she unsheathed a small dagger from her waist. ‘This will only hurt a little...’

Rhosmari has lived her whole life on a sheltered chain of faery islands. But with the Empress’s power growing, and her desire to ensl...more

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Published January 6th 2011 by Orchard Books

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Sep 23, 2012 Anne Hamilton rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, fantasy, secret-names

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I am an absolute sucker for stories which feature the power of names, so I really loved this!

Arrow begins with the plight of the Children of Rhys, a group of Welsh fairies, whose island homes are hidden in the mists off the coast of Britain. They’ve lost their naming stone, they’ve exiled the followers of Garan who took the stone and has gone off to fight in the War of the Oak somewhere on the mainland and, worst of all, they’ve brought their existence to the attention of the dark queen, Jasmin...more I am an absolute sucker for stories which feature the power of names, so I really loved this!

Arrow begins with the plight of the Children of Rhys, a group of Welsh fairies, whose island homes are hidden in the mists off the coast of Britain. They’ve lost their naming stone, they’ve exiled the followers of Garan who took the stone and has gone off to fight in the War of the Oak somewhere on the mainland and, worst of all, they’ve brought their existence to the attention of the dark queen, Jasmine.

By tasting their blood and thereby learning their true names, Jasmine has enslaved countless fairies and forced them to do her bidding. Her hatred of humans is ironical – she herself is a changeling almost three hundred years old. It is exacerbated however when the fairies of the Oak ally themselves with two boys.

Rhosmari was Garan’s betrothed. Realising the dangers facing the Children of Rhys who are forbidden to shed blood and who would be annihilated in a war with Jasmine’s forces, she resolves to leave her mist-shrouded island and get the naming stone back.

To do this, she has to travel through the world of humans – and, well, her old-fashioned cloak and her attempt to acquire money through trading a perfectly-matched pearl necklace at a jeweller’s, not to mention the fact that she can’t enter a house or shop without an invitation, all combine to make her very conspicuous.

She is found by Martin, a fairy who has acquired a new name from the naming stone and has gained his freedom from Jasmine – and who is now on the run from her forces, in particular the raven brothers, Byrne and Corbin Blackwing.

Only when she is betrayed into Jasmine’s hands does she begin to have any idea that her action in leaving home has changed the balance of power entirely – Jasmine now has a real chance of the ultimate power that had eluded her to that point.

I was initially surprised to read that there would be a fourth book in this series because it seems to be tied up quite neatly at present.

Though on discovering it features my favourite character - Martin - who is the sort of villain you just can’t help feeling sorry for, I ordered it straight away.
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Mar 06, 2012 Rose rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm reading this series with my daughters (age 6 and 10) and we were very disappointed that the third and final book of the series wasn't available in the US. We ended up ordering it via thebookdepository.com. Now that we're done, they're already pestering me to order the next faery book, Swift, which is a new but related series.

Anyway, what I particularly love about Arrow (and yes, you should probably read the other two before this to get the complete back story on why they're fighting this wa...more

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Jun 30, 2011 Larissa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Timothy and Linden left the Green Isles with more then a stone and a few good men of the Children of Rhys, they left with the means of protecting themselves and their fellow faeries against the all conquering Empress. Returned home to the Oak the real work is now to begin. At any time the Empress would descend on the Oak she has vowed to destroy with her many hundreds of follower, willing or otherwise. But would the faeries of the Oak be ready?

When the Stone of Naming was taken from the Green Is...more

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Feb 19, 2011 Mary rated it 5 of 5 stars

This series keeps getting better! In ARROW, we learn about Rhosmari, a young teacher and scholar from the Children of Rhys, a group of faeries. The Children of Rhys live on magical islands off the coast of Wales, and have forsworn all violence. But now their society is in turmoil. (Spoiler alert!)

On the mainland, a faery who styles herself the Empress has enslaved many, and is intent on attacking and destroying those few faeries - the Oakenfolk and the rebels - who resist her. In a previous vol...more This series keeps getting better! In ARROW, we learn about Rhosmari, a young teacher and scholar from the Children of Rhys, a group of faeries. The Children of Rhys live on magical islands off the coast of Wales, and have forsworn all violence. But now their society is in turmoil. (Spoiler alert!)

On the mainland, a faery who styles herself the Empress has enslaved many, and is intent on attacking and destroying those few faeries - the Oakenfolk and the rebels - who resist her. In a previous volume, two young people - the faery Linden and the human Timothy - came to Rhosmari's people to beg for the stone of naming, which could free anyone who held it from the Empress's slavery. Rhosmari's friend Garan stole the stone and gave it to them. Shortly thereafter, Garan and many other young males left the islands, presumably to join the rebellion against the Empress. The Children of Rhys are afraid that they will have no defense without the stone. Against her mother's wishes, Rhosmari flees to the mainland, intending to find Garan and bring the stone back.

What follows is satisfyingly twisty. Rhosmari encounters several characters readers have met before, among them the faery Martin. Does he mean her good or ill? We meet the empress, as well, and, like Jadis/the White Witch, she is a satisfyingly horrid villain. Readers get to see how she treats her followers, and exactly where she gets her power. To give just one example of her villainy, we see her abuse of an innocent little pug and the dog's human owner. Rhosmari, smart and determined, schemes to right this wrong. She is a fascinating character - a committed pacifist, with a dark secret of her own, plunged into a war. We get to meet other old friends besides Martin, and to view them through Rhosmari's eyes.

If I tried to say much more, I would probably relate the entire plot! Rhosmari - who happens to be a brown-skinned faery (yay!) - is another admirable heroine, intelligent and principled. And this book is a must-read for those who enjoyed the earlier two books in the series. It could stand alone, but gains in depth if read in context.
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Nov 18, 2012 Marina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Arrow, by R J Anderson, is the sequel to Knife and Rebel and is about how the faeries free themselves from the Empress.
The main character is now Rhosmari, one of the Children of Rhys. She is quite timid, shies away from violence and is probably my favourite main character in this series. She also has a crush on Timothy, though of course she refuses to acknowledge the attraction she feels.
All the characters from the previous books are reintroduced, there are many twists and turns and scenes that...more

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Jan 02, 2011 Lyndsey Rushby rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya

The Knife series has been one of my favourites for a long time now, partly due to it being one of the first YA books I read and partly due to its awesomeness. When Orchard asked me to run a giveaway for the newest book, Arrow and to review it, I jumped at the chance.

Rhosmari was a fantastic protagonist. It was nice to see her with other Children of Rhys to begin with as it made a good comparison when she finally made it to the real world. After being hidden away all of her life, Rhosmari has no...more The Knife series has been one of my favourites for a long time now, partly due to it being one of the first YA books I read and partly due to its awesomeness. When Orchard asked me to run a giveaway for the newest book, Arrow and to review it, I jumped at the chance.

Rhosmari was a fantastic protagonist. It was nice to see her with other Children of Rhys to begin with as it made a good comparison when she finally made it to the real world. After being hidden away all of her life, Rhosmari has no idea what to expect or how she is even going to manage to find Garan and the Oak. As soon as she began to find her way, she came across as extremely naïve, trusting people far too quickly but I also thought this was believable. Rhosmari never really knew what was happening when she met Martin, who was helping her on her journey so when things didn’t go as she planned, I felt extremely sorry for her and wanted to give her a big hug! As the story went on, Rhosmari really began to grow as a character and realise who she was and to starting knowing what she really wanted out of life. I was glad that she stood up for herself and what she believed in throughout and because she was such a strong character, I loved her.

The Empress is certainly a nasty piece of work. At times though, I really doubted just how bad she was. She has a strange kind of charm though which made me think twice about her at times. Being as manipulative as she is, I did always have the thought in the back of my head that she wasn’t being as truthful as she was making out to be when talking to Rhosmari. The twists and turns concerning her character were exciting and I was always looking forward to what was coming next because I could never quite figure out what direction she was going to go in.

Arrow has a lot of action scenes so I think that this book would be great for boys as well as girls. The mix of action and romance in Knife and Rebel was one of the main things that I loved about them but this time around, I think I would have liked to have seen a bit more on the romance side. I think that is probably more of a girls’ opinion more than anything though but I can see why Anderson kept the mix as it was in order to widen the appeal of the book. While the romance was sweet, I felt like some of it was a little rushed and that Rhosmari and the boy involved didn’t spend enough time together.

The previous books in the series explored different aspects of faery lore and we get something slightly new in Arrow. As the Stone of Naming is a integral part of the story, faery names are explained in a little more detail and why it is so important when they decide to give someone their real name. The fact that the different faeries in the story had different reasons for doing this was really interesting and I loved hearing different characters explanations of why they have done it. I was left wondering what part of the world of faeries was going to explored in the next book in this series.

Arrow was by far, my favourite book in this series so far because of how exciting and interesting it was. I can’t wait for the next instalment, even though there is quite a while to wait.
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Feb 22, 2012 Karlie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Once again R J Anderson has allowed us to visit the wonderful world that she created in the first of this series “Knife”. (Review of previous book in this series, Rebel.) In this book we are shown the battle for the Oakenwyld through the eyes of Rhosmari, a Faerie who has lived her entire life on the Green Isles as one of The Children of Rhys. The Faerie population of these Isles are pacifist by nature and have no desire to join a fight, but after the loss of their Stone of Naming they are unset...more Once again R J Anderson has allowed us to visit the wonderful world that she created in the first of this series “Knife”. (Review of previous book in this series, Rebel.) In this book we are shown the battle for the Oakenwyld through the eyes of Rhosmari, a Faerie who has lived her entire life on the Green Isles as one of The Children of Rhys. The Faerie population of these Isles are pacifist by nature and have no desire to join a fight, but after the loss of their Stone of Naming they are unsettled and one of the Elders, Rhosmari's mother, is considering aggressive action to get the stone back. The thought of this scares Rhosmari so much that she decides to run away to the mainland and try and find Garan, the Faerie responsible for the removal of the stone from the Isles and Rhosmari's ex betrothed, and get it back.

I loved Rhosmari's attitude in this book, she was strong and yet completely naïve to the world outside of her personal experience. Even though she was very knowledgeable and a very accomplished scholar she had some preconceptions about herself and the world around her that were altered quite extremely throughout her journey. I loved her gentle, idealistic nature and found her a character that was very likeable, especially when she found solace in research. She meets many people on her journey and doesn't always know who to trust, even though she is wise it turns out she is easily manipulated because of her somewhat optimistic spirit. Her morality is tested quite a lot throughout the story as she interacts with people who handle situations differently than she would. She questions her own extreme views and has to accept that in certain situations deception and violence are unfortunately a necessary evil. The development of her character in this way was a fascinating read, I respected her because of her peaceful attitude and watching her morality shift and change because of the distressing situations she finds herself in really pulled me into the story to travel with her on her journey.

Another theme to this story that I found great was the concept of loyalty and betrayal. When you are setting out on a journey on your own how do you know who to trust? What does someone need to do to prove themselves to you? And even then can you ever really know what someone, or even what you yourself are really capable of? Rhosmari's trust is tested a lot in this story, people she thought to be friends turn out to be less than trustworthy and people who she naturally distrusts because of actions which she sees as immoral turn out to be the ones she can rely on the most.

I really enjoyed reading this book and read it very quickly over a couple of days. I had a rather over excited moment when Cardiff was visited in the story, as this is the place that I am currently moving to. : ) Like the previous books in this series I loved the world building and vast amount of characters. This book also had a plot that was like a snowball, once it started to roll it just grew and grew. There was never a slow moment, or a part that felt like it suffered for editing, it was all great reading.

At the end of the book I am treated to the news that not only is Anderson releasing another book in this story, “Swift” but also a story for older readers, “Ultraviolet” I can't wait for more on these. I have great faith in this author to give me a rich world I can fall into it, main characters that I invest so much hope into and villains that I can't bring myself to dislike no matter how deplorable their actions are. This is because whatever she writes she makes it feel real and tangible, everyone has a history and a story of their own. I can't wait for more.(less)

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Mar 14, 2011 Catherine rated it 5 of 5 stars

AMAZING!!!! I love the first two books and I love this one just as much. I think the idea of the bottom of the garden faeries being not as the fairytales will make you believe is a great one.

I think that the main character Rhosmari is a strong willed young faery who not only develops in this book but forces others to develop too. She has her own clear, lous voice and retains her true nature throughout. Even though all three books are similar, in no way did I have the 'I've read this before' fee...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Chloe rated it 4 of 5 stars

While not my favorite book of the series, that doesn't mean its a bad book. Like the others, I really liked it. I enjoyed seeing the familiar characters from previous books, such as Peri, Paul, Timothy, Linden, Rob, and Thorn. I've read this book before, and whilst I didn't enjoy some parts of the book as much as I could have done (probably because I was wanting to get to my favorite parts of the book), I still read the book quickly. It's enjoyable, interesting, and carries on with ideas from th...more

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Jan 11, 2011 Jess rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-gelesen

"Arrow" is the 3rd installment in the series about the Faeries of Great Britain and especially the ones of the Oakenwyld.
R.J. Anderson takes us back into a magical world of love and war, true or false, friendship and revenge and bewitches the reader with her wonderful way of writing.

Yet again the story is from a totally different perspective then the ones before. After Peri ("Knife") and Linden ("Rebel") the reader is introduced to the young Rhosmari.

Rhosmari is one of the Children of Rhys and h...more

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May 09, 2011 Victoria rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone who wants an entertaining read

Shelves: favourites, fiction, read-in-2011, young-adult, sci-fi-fantasy

Let me start by saying how extremely disappointed I am. I am extremely disappointed that the next in the series is not released until next year and I am extremely disappointed that I hear it will be the last. I say that because this series just gets better and better and I desperately want to get stuck into another one straight away. Following the trend of the first two (Knife and Rebel), the book is aesthetically irresistible. Whoever is responsible for the design has done a remarkable job, fr...more Let me start by saying how extremely disappointed I am. I am extremely disappointed that the next in the series is not released until next year and I am extremely disappointed that I hear it will be the last. I say that because this series just gets better and better and I desperately want to get stuck into another one straight away. Following the trend of the first two (Knife and Rebel), the book is aesthetically irresistible. Whoever is responsible for the design has done a remarkable job, from the shiny, shimmering cover to the font and chapter heading font to the nicely spaced, decent sized writing. And of course, my personal favourite – it is right justified – I hate it when the edges of the lines are all different levels but that is just my anal-ness shining through.

One thing I realised when reading this book is that Anderson has a particular talent for cliff-hangers. In another demonstration of my anal retention, I am utterly unable to put down a book unless I am at the end of a chapter. Anderson, however, makes this extremely difficult because she ends her chapters with such suspense and anticipation that it becomes nearly impossible not to carry on – until, that is, your eyelids are drooping and you feel the book fall at your feet with a painful thump on your big toe. This book was one of those – a big toe thumper.

The characters that Anderson creates are magnificent. I love them all. Perhaps though, Knife in the first book, Lyndon in the second and Rhosmari in the third are all a little similar. This is to be expected though as they were all roughly the same age, doing roughly the same things – fighting for justice and peace. They were all brave enough to leave their homes too. So them being a bit samey can’t be too bad a thing. Other than this, Anderson has managed to create a full spectrum of characters, just as you would find in any society, from the brave warriors like Rob to the cowardly lions like Blue-bell to the snide snipers like Mallow. It’s difficult not to adore even the smallest characters in the book as well as the more present ones. The characters did suddenly develop the ability to ‘Leap’ from place to place – something that hadn’t appeared in the first two books. I liked the idea of Leaping though, so I can let go of the fact that the faeries weren’t able to do it until now… The tale, as well, is brilliant – gripping (toe-thumpingly so!), absorbing, enjoyable and above all, damn-right entertaining (which, after all, is the primary purpose of reading).

This book deals in some way with different political systems – although whether this was consciously added by Anderson or just a great by-product of a wonderful tale, I’m not so sure. She seems to question which kind of ruling is best and gives us three to choose from. On the one hand, there is the despotic, evil-doings of the Empress. On the other, we have the more communist but still somewhat tyrannical rulings of the Green Isles, who believe in peace and strict rules in order to protect their people. And finally, on the third hand (huh?), there is Queen Valerian of the Oak. She rules calmly and fairly. Anderson pinpoints the problems and benefits of each kind of system through her narrative and it seems that Valerian’s method of ruling definitely wins the day, even though they needed assistance from the Elders of the Green Isles to help overcome the Empress. I am inclined to agree with Anderson here and find this an absolutely fascinating addition an otherwise charming novel.

I can’t praise Anderson and this series enough. I have recommended them to many folk (my mother is swiftly making her way through the second one as I write, having adored Knife) and will no doubt recommend it to many more. Apart from the odd insidious “it was all I could do” sentences (requires too long an explanation as to why I abhor this sentence), the sudden ability to leap and the perhaps somewhat samey-ness of Knife, Lyndon and Rhosmari, it is difficult to find fault with this series. I am itching for the next to be released and in the mean time, I will just have to find what else of Anderson’s that I can find.

Just an extra note – to Anderson herself if she reads this – I read an interview with Anderson in which she says it took her a long while to accept that her books were YA rather than adult fantasy. It is YA, that is obvious enough but it is that kind of YA that is wide-reaching and just as enjoyable for adults of all ages. This makes them even more special as they are suitable for a much wider audience, young and old alike. :D
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Jul 02, 2011 Josie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-fiction

I'm not sure how I feel about the character of Rhosmari! I liked that she had a reason for being a pacifist and that she was determined to stick to her principles, but she could be so passive at times that I just wanted to shake her.

Timothy was even more awkward in this book than he was in Rebel. And not in a genuinely awkward-teenager way, but in a sentimental spouting-deep-feelings way that was awkward to read. Did we HAVE to have another human/faery romance? I refuse to believe that everyone...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Magic Tiglao rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: finished-2012

Just to make myself clear, I rated this book 4.5 / 5. Seriously, I can't tell you how pissed I was regarding the main character, Rhosmari. GOSH, she was just so FREAKIN' annoying. I mean I liked her personality it was kind off great, seeing that she WAS a GOOD person. Still, having the fact that it took her almost 300 pages to just face reality, to do the thing that was ACTUALLY right. From that point in the story, I didn't know what I felt, it was so confusing, but not in a bad way really...more Just to make myself clear, I rated this book 4.5 / 5. Seriously, I can't tell you how pissed I was regarding the main character, Rhosmari. GOSH, she was just so FREAKIN' annoying. I mean I liked her personality it was kind off great, seeing that she WAS a GOOD person. Still, having the fact that it took her almost 300 pages to just face reality, to do the thing that was ACTUALLY right. From that point in the story, I didn't know what I felt, it was so confusing, but not in a bad way really, but in a more slightly good way. I love books that play with my emotions, a little stir-up, not a problem. To be frank, I wanted to close the book because of the main character, but when she used that bow. Oh.. I was just like "KATNISS" :))

Just like the previous books, GREAT! GREAT! I loved the plot! I loved how everything intertwined to each other, bridging each scenario with scenes and events that will cause you to grab the book and continue reading. Right now, I'm so pissed that I didn't read this book sooner ( I hate it, why was it so hard to find it in my country? ). Then, the romance AND the trickery, I NEVER FELT IT COMING. It was just utterly surprising! I never guessed the ending too! I probably forsaw that the Rhys will be cooperative but not THIS ending.

One more thing that made the book different from the other fairy books was that our amazing R.J. Anderson connected this fantasy-fairy storybook of hers into the real world. How racial discrimination and trust put on walls for people to feel secure and safe but in the contrary, not. They actually are the ones that ruin one's self confidence and the ability of trusting other people. Anyway, it was greatly implied in the story.

I still love PERI HAHAHAH KNIFE!! I love her, she is my favorite character up until now, ever since Knife to Rebel to Arrow. I loved the fact that she was BLONDE, she was BEAUTIFUL, she was KICKIN'ASS, and hell yeah she was SMART. The fighting scenes and death scenes also kind of picked up my emotion a little bit. This transformed the book series into a whole new level. I'm expecting a lot to the next book, SWIFT. Seeing that it's not connected to any of the previous plots and story ( Kind of Sad T.T , and only the deceitful and mysterious Martin, I'm REALLY looking forward to it.(less)

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Feb 27, 2011 Hallie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, ya

I really wish I were feeling more energetic, and more coherent, in order to say what I liked so much about this book. But I'm not, so will only point out a couple of things. 1) Rhosmari is as strong a protagonist as Knife/Peri and Linden are, and is still herself. Writing three (with one more probably already largely written) books with intersecting characters but with the POV character changing from book to book without having the protagonists start to seem either samey or obviously constructed...more

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Feb 10, 2012 Abi Holligan rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Arrow is the third book in the Faery Rebels series, following on from Knife and Rebel. The main character in this story is 16 year old Rhosmari, who lives with her mother Lady Celyn on the Green Isles, which is sheltered away from other faeries and humans. When Rhosmari finds out that Garan, her betrothed(even though she doesn't love him) has stolen the Stone of Naming, which gives Faeries new secret names so that the Empress doesn't know them and therefore cannot control t...more *May contain spoilers*

Arrow is the third book in the Faery Rebels series, following on from Knife and Rebel. The main character in this story is 16 year old Rhosmari, who lives with her mother Lady Celyn on the Green Isles, which is sheltered away from other faeries and humans. When Rhosmari finds out that Garan, her betrothed(even though she doesn't love him) has stolen the Stone of Naming, which gives Faeries new secret names so that the Empress doesn't know them and therefore cannot control them. He has headed off to help the Rebels. Rhosmari cannot stand back and wait she has to find Garan and explain how he has gone wrong and persuade him to give back the Stone of Naming and leave the Rebels to their fight.
On her journey she encounters Martin a fellow faery who is on the run from the Blackwings which are also faeries that turn into Ravens to search for their Empress's wanted. Rhosmari helps Martin out and so they continue on their journey together with Martin saying he will help Rhosmari find the Rebels to get Garan.
But when Martin leads Rhosmari right into the Empress's Lair, she is shocked and betrayed, she doesn't know what to do or how to help the other faeries and when the Empress tells Rhosmari she plans to use her to get into the secret passage to the Green Isles and claim her faeries as her own, to join her army and defeat the Rebels at the Oak, Rhosmari is desperate to save her people, but now she realises she made a mistake and wants to help the Rebels too.

The Good:
- Storyline: The storyline was great, a little slow I found but once Rhosmari left the Green Isles it really kicked off. I also enjoyed the part where Rhosmari is captured at the Hall where the old lady and her dog are also being held prisoner that was so sad.

- Rhosmari: She was a good character, at times I thought she was a bit whine-y. But she took charge when she needed to and going out into the human world made her change her perspective on things for the better, especially Timothy. I loved how she changed so much from, never wanting to give her name away, feeling sick at the thought, to finally trusting in Timothy and telling him her name between a kiss, sweet.

- The McCormick's: I love Knife/Peri, Timothy and Paul. Their family is fantastic, Peri being a former faery has stayed true to her roots and helped her fellow faeries when they needed it. Peri is the one really who makes Rhosmari see things differently, especially when she tells her why she decided to become human. Timothy is great as well, he is charming and has the right amount of cockiness which made me laugh and he brought out a fun side in Rhosmari, Paul was featured much but he had a part at the end killing one of the Blackwings. I was heartbroken when it made out that Peri had been killed/was dying. I was so glad when she popped up at the end.

- Descriptions: I thought they were fantastic reading about how Rhosmari felt, especially when she was under control from the Empress and couldn't control her body. And descriptions of the places, such as the Hall where the Empress catches Rhosmari first.

The Bad:

- Empress: For obvious reasons, she was totally cruel, especially to humans even though she was born human.

- The beginning: started off a little slow.

- Martin: He was also a bad character to start with, totally selfish and would betray anyone to get his freedom. Although he did redeem himself as the end by killing the Empress and Veronica, woop!(less)

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Jun 04, 2011 Sally rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: i-own-this, adventure, fairies-and-similar, battles, country-wales, ya, series-fairy-rebels, own-elwood

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That's what I think of this book!

Oh my goodness, at the end I seriously did the whole hugging the book to my chest and jumping up and down and squealing thing again. It was just so amazing. I've read so many awesome books lately and written so many gleeful reviews that it probably comes across as though I love everything, but seriously you should go read how infrequently scathing I can be about books I don't like. (Although that really is infrequent because I don't want to hurt any...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Angela Oliver rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, young-adult, urban-fantasy

This is the third instalment in the series, and picks up with a new character - a dark skinned island faery, one of the children of Rhys. It is an enjoyable, quick read with engaging characters and a well paced plot but ultimately leaves no lasting impression. It was an easy read with a few darker moments and a few unexpected occurances to keep the reader on their toes. I would recommend starting with "Knife" however.

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May 27, 2012 Milly rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked this book better than I liked the other two, possibly. Knife and Rebel I would recommend just as highly as this one if you enjoy faeries, with a twist. Rhosmari was a good heroine, but not my favourite of the three (Knife, Linden and Rhosmari - main roles from 1st book to 3rd), that posistion is filled by Knife.
Overall, really liked Arrow and would read it again.

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May 08, 2012 Tessa Duncan rated it 4 of 5 stars

This series just keeps upping the ante. Even with all the new characters being added, Anderson doesn't stop developing older ones and the new ones slot into the plot seamlessly. I found this book to be really exciting and well up to the standards of the previous ones. Can't wait til the next one comes out!

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Aug 07, 2012 Salima Korri rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: did-not-like

Okay now this is weird. Each time a new book is released in the series, it is as rubbish as before!

Again the author has decided to name a new fairy the main protagonist which I find annoying because now it throws you off pace.

I guess the conclusion to the fact that the fairies are aging and they need a cure is finally put at peace because adventurous Arrow finds a way and a new Queen is named but the first book was much better with its mystery, romance and adventure whereas here the sole purpos...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

I think this is a great book. I really enjoyed it and thought it was a great 3rd book. I think you should by this book, but read the first 2 books before this one and there is one more book after this one. I would give it a 8/10 rating.

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Jul 27, 2011 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 100-books-2011

A very sweet fairy story.

It took some time for me to get back into this story again, but the I felt at home again. Once again I liked the characters a lot, even if I had my problems with the elders of the children of Rhys at first. But they, as well as other fairies, changed and were more like-able in the end.
The lovestory was kind of obvious (more for the reader as for the lovers themselves) and this time it was really great to read more about Knife/Peri and Paul, and even Linden was back again...more

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Apr 13, 2012 Helli rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

It was an amazing ending to the series and all the UK covers were so beautiful. I was a bit sad that I didn't get to know more about what happened afterwards but still an amazing book.

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Aug 12, 2011 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars

I can't wait for the next book!
It's frustrating how it ends because it makes you want to just pick up the next book and see what happens next even though you can't. Really because the next book isn't out till next year.

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Aug 30, 2012 Elevetha Houre rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Pretty much anyone

Recommended to Elevetha by: Miss Clark

Shelves: adventure, fantasy-adventure, fey, gorgeous-covers, magic-and-other-magical-substances, need-a-re-read, quite-good, 2011, own

3.5 stars. Good good. I still like Knife better though. Birthday Book!

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Oct 05, 2010 R.j. rated it 5 of 5 stars · (Review from the author)

I am as proud of this book as I am of anything I've ever written. I hope those who've enjoyed the first two in the series will find it a satisfying resolution!

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Nov 30, 2012 Micah Schmid rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a very, very good book. I really enjoyed the story and I love all of the characters, even some of the bad ones and after I picked it up, I couldn't put it down again. It made me smile, laugh and cry at times but it was overall a great story and I definitely recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a good book.

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Sep 04, 2011 georgia -ωαт¢н ɱє fℓу- rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-ve-reviewed

Well written and exciting, RJ Anderson writes very well. Can't wait for Swift to come out.

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Feb 24, 2011 Brandy Painter rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, young-adult

My review can be found here.

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Dec 23, 2010 Ella marked it as to-read

it does not come out till january but i am sure i will love it!!

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