Patrick Fleming read and liked Melissa's review of Spell Hunter (Faery Rebels, #1):

"I will always think of this book as titled "Knife" as (full disclosure) I knew it in some of its earlier stages. However my friendship with and love of this book's author does not at all account for the voraciousness with which I consumed i...more I will always think of this book as titled "Knife" as (full disclosure) I knew it in some of its earlier stages. However my friendship with and love of this book's author does not at all account for the voraciousness with which I consumed it. I had it in my possession for many months and due to a crazy schedule only opened it last night: a bias in favor of the author's success does not at all account for staying up much too late with it, trying to read it while I was driving (!), using one hand to prop it open and turn pages while working on the computer, and sitting in my car, outside my gym for an hour and a half, in order to finish it.

It is a wonderful, immensely readable, creative, and loving book - written with great respect for the ideas of love and mothership and humanity, featuring a smart, fun, tough pair of lead characters that are as admirable as they are faulted.

The part I loved best, however, was the subtle treatment of the effect a relationship with a faery must have had on Paul, who struggles with despair fairly early in the book. It brings particular lightness to the heart to see someone so challenged find solace and wonderment in his life again through his interactions with the faery world. It doesn't overburden the book; the book is not a morality play on overcoming a disability. It treats this young man as simply human, albeit a human with a problem, like all humans have.

This is an excellent book full of strong characters, intriguing plot, and imaginative touches that put me in mind of (yes) Harry Potter. I rarely write reviews here but I had to recommend this for all.
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