Marr, Melissa: Wicked Lovely

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Comments

[calico_reaction]

Interesting. I'd wondered what people would think of the book if they were already versed in faery fiction. What else is out there, btw? Who writes it?

I didn't feel like Marr was writing it for a teenage level, though I did notice her handling of sex and virginity, the particular issues aren't exactly something that would be handled the same way in adult fiction, but should be addressed in YA simply because it's a dangerous thing to let YA read about kids their age not being responsible about it. But that's me, and that may not even be the instance you were referring to. :)

I think my favorite YA novel I've read as an adult is Holes by Louis Sachar. We had to read it for SHU, and I was beyond impressed with it. Talk about handling prose better than some adult fiction does, dang

My two cents

[shadowravyn]

Hi, I hope you don't mind me responding here. I followed a link.

First, to make a few things clear: a) I'm about ten years too old to be YA's target audience, and b) I'm well-versed in other faerie lore, faerie tales, and modern faerie stories.

I loved this book. Don't get me wrong, there are areas that needed work, but I think my absolute favorite aspect of the book itself is that Aislinn isn't stupid. Since I grew up reading stories about the fae, it frustrates me to no end when the main character interacts with a faerie kingdom and is pig-ignorant of even the least of the 'rules'. It's akin to watching the dippy cheerleader go down into the basement in a horror flick--it leaves me screaming "How can you be so monumentally stupid!" Aislinn is the first heroine that I didn't have to scream at, and believe me, it was refreshing. Marr did a very good job of making a character who was intelligent and believable, which I very much appreciated.

Re: My two cents

[calico_reaction]

That's interesting. I feel your pain about dippy cheerleaders going down into the basements. :)

[niamhaevalnimue]

i really really enjoyed this book. i don't think i realized it was YA until after i received it from Interlibrary loan. i really thought that everything was "just right": the character development, the story, everything. just enough of the elements that make a good story. Although I will admit that I almost put it down after the first few pages, after that it was a great first novel.

[calico_reaction]

What made you almost put it down, out of curiosity? :)

[niamhaevalnimue]

the first scene, in the pool hall. but it is almost like that scene is left over from a first draft somewhere, because once you get past it, the rest of the book is wonderful.

[calico_reaction]

I didn't mind it so much, only I realized later that the pool hall never comes back, nor do those characters (we see the faery that was bugging her, like, one other time), so that kind of bugged me a wee bit.

[untilyoubelieve]

I loved this book as well. Excellent review. :)

[calico_reaction]

Thank you! :)

[stormywriting]

Great Review.. I run wickedlovely.com, (WL fansite) do you mind if I put this up on the reviews page with a link?

[calico_reaction]

Thanks! That'd be great, go for it! And thanks for the head's up on the site! :)

[stormywriting]

Sure- thank you! :) I put the review up here: http://wickedlovely.com/node/14 (sorry for the plain url.. does html work on lj...?) if you're interested.

[calico_reaction]

HTML works fine on LJ. :) And thanks! Looks good! :)

[melissa_writing]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

RE: "I hope some of those answers will be given in later books."
They will.

M.

[calico_reaction]

Awesome. :)

Thanks for responding! I really did enjoy this. :)