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Apr 18, 2010 Paula Phillips rated it it was amazing

Abandoned as a toddler on her new parents doorstep, being uprooted from all you know and starting high school after being homeschooled for all your schooling years can be quite traumatic. Laurel has just entered high school as a sophomore for the first time and is starting to experience some odd things, having not gone through puberty yet she gets a bump oh her back and shrugs it off as an everyday zit , but little does she know that she is in the stage of blossoming and sprouting petal like wi ...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Carrie Ardoin rated it liked it

Shelves: i-own-this, favorites, posted-on-blog, fae

So, this book has been on my nook forever. I finally sat down and read it after hearing so many reviews about it. Great, another new series to keep track of, LOL!

Laurel has always been different from other kids her age. For one thing, she is adopted--she was left on her parents' doorstep as a toddler. (I know...a little cliche, right?) She has pale blond hair and fair skin. She is a strict vegan and would rather spend all her time outdoors than in. You see where this is going, right?

Laurel's par So, this book has been on my nook forever. I finally sat down and read it after hearing so many reviews about it. Great, another new series to keep track of, LOL!

Laurel has always been different from other kids her age. For one thing, she is adopted--she was left on her parents' doorstep as a toddler. (I know...a little cliche, right?) She has pale blond hair and fair skin. She is a strict vegan and would rather spend all her time outdoors than in. You see where this is going, right?

Laurel's parents move from her childhood home to a town where she will be attending high school for the first time ever. She becomes fast friends-with-an-undertone-of-being-more with a sweet guy named David. One day Laurel discovers what she thinks is her first ever zit on her back. But then it doesn't go away. In fact, it gets bigger and bigger, until one morning she wakes up to find she has a whole friggin set of flowery wings sprouting from her back!

David sticks by her side and helps her learn the truth that yes, she is indeed a faerie. On a trip back to her old home, she walks into the forest behind her house and meets a faerie guardian, the too gorgeous for words Tamani. He seems familiar but she is not sure why. Together with the help of both her guys, Laurel finds out the hard to believe truth about herself and why she must be kept safe at all costs.

At first I was wondering if I was going to like Laurel. I couldn't decide if she was socially inadequate from being home schooled or just plain old snobby. Fortunately as the book went on she got more tolerable, and eventually even showed a bit of backbone and took some action when it was necessary.

I'm also anxious to see who she's going to end up with. Both guys are likable to me, and I can't see how she could choose one over the other. This book was very short, only 200 pages. And it took more than half the book for some substantial action to actually occur! I hope to get a bit more character development in the next book. Finding out why Laurel is so important to the faerie kingdom, and seeing what happens with her two guys, are enough reasons to make me want to continue to read this series. ...more

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Apr 15, 2010 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: faery-novel, signed-by-the-author

4-4 1/2

Now I haven't read many faerie books, and as it so happens I decided to start with this series as sort of my intro into the faerie world. And let me say I think that either this is a really easy genre to write about or Pike is just making it look easy. I really liked her writing style and how it flowed and was so happy when I found out that the sequel to this had just come out!

**SPOILERS!!**
About Laurel: First off, it was a little hard to get used to the name, but I think it's funny that 4-4 1/2

Now I haven't read many faerie books, and as it so happens I decided to start with this series as sort of my intro into the faerie world. And let me say I think that either this is a really easy genre to write about or Pike is just making it look easy. I really liked her writing style and how it flowed and was so happy when I found out that the sequel to this had just come out!

**SPOILERS!!**
About Laurel: First off, it was a little hard to get used to the name, but I think it's funny that it sounds almost like floral as in flowers, because apparently that's what sprouts out of her back in the Fall after she has her first couple weeks in an actual public school (she's been home-schooled most of her life). The only thing that bothered me about a beautiful flower growing out of her back was how well she took it. Now I don't know about you, but I think I'd freak out like crazy before I thought about how I was going to hide it from my classmates. I suppose it was right thing to do at the time, to try and live as if it wasn't there, but I still think she needed a little more time to accept it then what she actually took. She was also a mostly level-headed protagonist, which is refreshing.

Her and David are such a cute pair, although you're not sure they're a couple until near the end. He's, of course, the perfect boyfriend/best friend/friend with benefits, but he also kind of accepts the fact that she has a flower growing out of her back too quickly. There was little skepticism, though maybe that's because he's just a curious biology geek. But he is there for her even when he could have completely blown her off because she just wanted to be friends even after they had that amazing kiss. Oh, if only! She doesn't deserve him for all the things he's done for her, and then she has feelings for the creepy faerie Tamani who apparently has been watching her all her life. I understand that they once had a special bond from before she became a changeling and was brought into the human world from Avalon (faerie realm), but it's still just a little creepy and annoying because you know and even she knows that she belongs with David. But she can't shake the feeling she gets around him, and I feel this is going to be a huge issue in the future while David is still in the picture.

Overall a very interesting book. I would definitely reccommend it if you like faerie novels or want to start liking them. ...more

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Mar 13, 2014 Quantum Thief- Behind the Mask rated it it was amazing

just fell in love with this book period!

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May 05, 2009 A rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, romance, fairies, just-a-little-disappointing

Meh.

I've never had much luck with faerie books. I still think Lament is the best one I've read so far.

If you're just looking for romance, this is the book for you.

If you're looking for action and adventure, and maybe a little substance to your story, I've got lots of other great suggestions.

Recommended for younger YA readers (there is a *mention* of S-E-X, but none actual). ...more

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