Ruler of the Realm

Though this book is a very fun read, I feel it is not quite as good as the first two books. The book is a little more bizarre (if that's possible) than the first two. And the books start to go down in quality after this one, unfortunately. The book is interesting nonetheless, and an enjoyable read. ( )

I enjoyed this book in the series as much as the last, which is to say a lot. I've really fallen in love with all the characters and actually care what happens to them. I adore this series and can't wait to get my hands on the next book. Would definitely recommend. ( )

Blue is now the queen, Prygus is gallivanting around the realm dressed as a commoner trying to have fun, there is unrest between the light and night faeries and a possibility of war. Meanwhile back in the analogue world, Henry is trying to convince himself that his adventures in the faerie realm were all make believe to get away from his unhappy home life and ends up being abducted by mysterious green men in a UFO. A fun story with a little romance (PG)and violence. Somewhat hard to follow because each chapter is told by a different character and it's a little hard to understand the timing of events. Otherwise a great read and I can't wait until the next. ( )

Oh my gosh. Wow. Started at 7 - finished at 1:35. Review to follow...The phrase "not everything is as it seems" could be the slogan of this third installment! Even though the first book is called Faerie WARS, it seems to me that we are finally getting to the 'war' part in this book. Those Nighters don't give up! Those demons aren't dead after all! Those aliens - wait, ALIENS?!?! Don't worry, they're really just the demons. Let's not get toooo into sci-fi. Everything has been leading up to this! If suspense was a cheeseburger, I would have got into a high-cholesterol heart attack. There were chapters where I literally was reading so fast I felt my eyes were burning into the pages. There were also parts where I literally didnt breathe. The last author who deprived me of such air was Rick Riordan at the final battle atop Mt Olympus in The Last Olympian! The series of events in this book were sooo shocking, so unexpected, i truly felt nervous, like "Wow Mr. Brennan, this is some pretty intense stuff!" Then, in typical Herbie Brennan fashion, he drops a major bombshell towards the end that whiplashes the plot in an entirely different direction. The only difference is, in this particular book, it was magnified by like 100x. As I was reading, I kept thinking, "This is not seriously happening, this is not seriously happening!" and at the end, I got my sigh of relief. Sorry, can't get any less ambiguous than that! I'm going to make a bit of a generalization here: I don't think men authors explore "relationships" as deeply and as genuinely as women authors. That's okay - cause they write awesome fight scenes. But I will say that as much as dear Mr Brennan is able, he puts into the relationship between the two lead characters: Blue and Henry. Those two go through soo much in this book, I found myself skimming other chapters just so I could get to their segments! And Pyrgus? Well, the little dude actually annoyed me! Something happened early on that made me go "ohh geez for goodness sake!" but again, NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS, and it was okay in the end. Well, sort of okay. I still was wondering: why would he do that in the first place?!?!?! Ahh, the dreaded (and highly annoying) "shock factor" variable. There's something that is still wavering in my mind: the plot dynamics are SOOO extreme, so creative, and so engrossing, that it seems at times that they are resolved relatively easily in retrospect. IDK why... everything works, and there's little in this book that doesnt seem to add up (like there were in the previous two) but again... it seems like since the drama was soo heavily amplified, i find myself harboring some feelings of uncertainty, like "wow that was really... umm...easy..." Maybe it's just because of all the hype. Oh Henry, why can't you just cut to the chase and stay in the Faerie Realm? Goodness gracious, dude! Quit returning to our boring world! Maybe he'll make a decision in Faerie Lord. =] ( )

Quite enjoyed this one as well. Looking forward to The Faerie Lord.