By Margaret Rogerson

Overview: I thought this book was really sweet and fun, a little more fluff than was probably necessary, but otherwise it was really good. I loved it, and I’m sure you will too! It was super creative and a fantastically suspenseful book! Kids ages 13 and up will love. Content is kind of high and the faerie political stuff might be hard for younger kids to understand.

What’s it about? In a world of beautiful, terrible faeries, Isobel is an artist, a maker of the creative work the fae themselves cannot produce, and yet so desperately seem to want. One day, Isobel makes the grave mistake of accidentally painting a human emotion into the portrait of a faerie prince, who immediately takes her to the nearest court to stand trial. On the way, they learn they must trust each other and themselves to vanquish a great evil that is beginning to awaken.

My thoughts: This book was so fun! The world of the faerie and how the humans play a part in it is so fascinating and creative, and I loved the way Margaret Rogerson described everything so beautifully. The characters were well developed, and all the faerie lore and culture was rich and wonderful, which is especially rare with single-book fantasies. I felt like Rook, the love interest/I don’t even know, kind of didn’t have a consistent personality. He was all tough and cold in the beginning, and then he suddenly, out of nowhere, fell in love with Isobel or whatever and was all kind and open to everybody, which was especially out of character because he’s supposed to be a murderous, tricky faerie. I also didn’t like how Isobel was all smart and strong in the beginning, and then by the end she was just letting herself be saved by Rook all the time.