Carrie Ardoin's Reviews > Shayla Witherwood: A Half-Faerie Tale
Shayla Witherwood: A Half-Faerie Tale
by Tamra Torero
by Tamra Torero
Carrie Ardoin's review
bookshelves: posted-on-blog, tour, from-netgalley, fae
Mar 11, 12
bookshelves: posted-on-blog, tour, from-netgalley, fae
Read from March 07 to 11, 2012
Shayla has been traveling the USA in an RV with her grandparents for the last several years. But, now that she's 15, her grandmother decides the park the camper and enroll Shayla in a normal high school. But, normal is very hard for Shayla to do, since she's half-faerie.
As the school year goes on, Shayla makes friends, makes enemies, and finds out a little more about just what she can really do. She will also learn a few secrets her grandma was hiding from her--but will they be good or bad?
I thought this was a very cute book! Shayla is a very relatable and real teenage character. I like it when the characters in books actually act (and speak) their age.
This book had more than a few moments that really made me smile--Shayla is woefully uneducated when it comes to just what she can accomplish with her magic, and this makes for some pretty funny and awkward situations at school.
I really liked the author's writing style. Sentences flowed easily and once I sat down with it I breezed through this book rather quickly. The bit of mystery kept me intrigued, though the "villain" who was revealed wasn't a total shocker to me.
Overall, I thought this was a great read! I took away one star because some of the events were I kind of saw coming, and the ending was a bit too unrealistic for me--I won't say why for spoiler reasons. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Torero's work!
As the school year goes on, Shayla makes friends, makes enemies, and finds out a little more about just what she can really do. She will also learn a few secrets her grandma was hiding from her--but will they be good or bad?
I thought this was a very cute book! Shayla is a very relatable and real teenage character. I like it when the characters in books actually act (and speak) their age.
This book had more than a few moments that really made me smile--Shayla is woefully uneducated when it comes to just what she can accomplish with her magic, and this makes for some pretty funny and awkward situations at school.
I really liked the author's writing style. Sentences flowed easily and once I sat down with it I breezed through this book rather quickly. The bit of mystery kept me intrigued, though the "villain" who was revealed wasn't a total shocker to me.
Overall, I thought this was a great read! I took away one star because some of the events were I kind of saw coming, and the ending was a bit too unrealistic for me--I won't say why for spoiler reasons. I look forward to reading more of Ms. Torero's work!
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