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Aurelie: A Faerie Tale (2010)

by Heather Tomlinson(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0312602758 (ISBN13: 9780312602758)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Square Fish

review 1: Aurelie is a slender fantasy story about a land in turmoil as it faces blockade and possible attack from a neighboring country, Skoe. Aurelie is heir to the throne and is dealing with her mother's death. As a child, she had three near constant companions; Netta, whose family served in the palace, Garin, from the neighboring country, Skoe, and Loic, a river drac, part of the Faery who can use glamour to appear human. He gives the others a gift of being able to see the Faery's true nature in an ointment stolen from his human nanny, indentured to his family through magic. This gift is not without consequence, and unfortunately leads to permanent injury to Netta and splits up the group over fear of the repercussions. Aurelie is sent to Skoe to assist in the negotiations and fi... morends that there are other plans for her in aligning the two countries. She spots a disguised Garin and later both Netta and Loic return into her life as misunderstandings and romance crop up with the four now in their teenage years. Aurelie must solve a mystery and help right some old wrongs in order to save her country and her friends. This was a delightful story with a well crafted world.
review 2: This book had a lot of potential, but fell short of what it could have been. The faerie world was intriguing to me, with the different kinds and abilities of faerie creatures. The characters and plot, too, had the potential to be very interesting. But several things threw me off, and the first thing was POV. The POV switches were too disorienting, esp. as the main character was never given time to talk in 1st person, as the other characters were. Also I thought the reasoning behind the villain's actions were cliche and underdeveloped. If we had seen more interractions with the villain and suspected some of those deep wants/fears/whatever that she had, than it would have been much more believable. less

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