This is about Aislinn and her best friend Seth. She is being stalked by fairies, and she is not sure why. It becomes somewhat clearer when Keenan introduces himself. Boy, oh boy did I like him, ok he was arrogant and demanding, but he is the King after all (it’s good to be the King!). That is when the trouble all began. Of course, Ash being the feisty independent girl that she is, is having none of it. She likes her life with her Grams and her friend Seth. Ok the Summer King would have had me at hello.

I have never read any books with the urban fantasy genre, so I have no way of knowing if this is standard or an unique novel. Well it was unique in my life. I just loved the way Melissa Marr would pull back bits and pieces of the fairy court and the immortals that lived in it as the novel progressed. Countless strange and glamorous fairies and they are everywhere.

The only thing that distracted from this book is that some of the characters seemed to be really good or really bad. For one example Seth, he is patience, thoughtful, kind, understanding, tolerant, oh and hot! He was just too perfect. He would have bored me in about two weeks, just no edge to Seth besides his piercings and his snake.

Ok I did have a good time reading this. Wicked Lovely is fast paced, exciting and only 328 pages. Will I be running out to get the next book, probably not, but I will be reading the reviews to try to get to the bottom of this series. ( )

SYNOPSIS
Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries.
Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty-especially if they learn of her Sight-and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.

Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries.
Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is afraid to answer.

Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention.
But it's too late. Keenan is the Summer King, who has sought his queen for nine centuries. Without her, summer itself will perish. His is determined that Aislinn will become the Summer Queen at any cost-regardless of her plans or desires.

Suddenly none of the rules that have kept Aislinn safe are working anymore, and everything is on the line: her freedom; her best friend, Seth; everything.
Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning twenty-first-century faery tale.

MY REVIEW
I love fairies, it was dark and fun. It was a great book but my heart was torn between Seth and Keenan. I'm not gonna lie i wanted Ash with Keenan. But i don't know if he just wants a stronger court or if he really loves Ash. I can't see how Seth will fit in the Fairy realm. But i'll have to wait and see.

I always thought fairies were like Tinker bell, but Melissa Marr's fairies are the total opposite, dark and unpredictable. I love her fairies And this book. ( )

A girl with the Sight attracts the Summer King's attention.

I don't know why, but I'd always assumed that WICKED LOVELY was in the first person. It's actually in third, and I think it works better for it. Marr utilizes three viewpoint characters: Ash, who has struggled with the Sight all her life; Keenan, the Summer King who has searched for his bride for centuries; and Donia, whose love for Keenan wasn't enough to make her the Summer Queen. We first see Keenan and Donia through Ash's eyes, and they're cast in a decidedly unflattering light. As we get to know them, though, they become more sympathetic. We come to see why they are the way they are.

What's more, Marr does a good job of showing us how they relate to one another, and this helps the romance along. She doesn't tell very much; it's show, show, show, and it works well. But the time she actually came out and said what was going on between the characters, I was eager to see if I was reading the signs right and wanted to see my theories confirmed or denied.

The book is a quick read, overall. Marr doesn't exactly keep you guessing, but she does make you eager to see how everything will go down. I gobbled it down with very little difficulty.

But I've got to admit, I'm not exactly over the moon about it. It was a quick read. It was fun. But it wasn't special. I appreciated how Marr developed each character and their relationships with all the others, but I myself never really came to care for them. I felt the most for Donia, and I related to her in a fairly abstract way.

I think much of the problem was that everything was so clear-cut. I guessed the ending early on. I was eager to see if I was right or not, but since there weren't really any surprises along the way... well, it just didn't have the same impact as something with a lot of twists and turns. Pair that with the good-but-not-stellar characters, and you've got a satisfied-but-still-kinda-disappointed me.

I'm glad I read it, and I do recommend it to those who enjoy YA and/or contemporary fantasy. But I'd say it's one to borrow from the library, not one to rush out and buy.

(A slightly different version of this review originally appeared on my blog, Stella Matutina). ( )

This book was fabulous. I've wanted to read this book for a while but was biding my time and hoping that maybe it'll show up on one of my many wishlists. Well, my friend told me about the book but then brought it in. I could have squeezed the life out of her!!!! LOL That's how excited I was that she brought me this book. So of course, I had to start reading it right away!

I'll admit, in the Prologue it does tend to confuse, just a tad. But if you dive right into the story you'll soon learn as to what was actually going on in the prologue and who Ms. Marr was talking about!

I've never been a huge fan of faeries but this story was incredible. Troublesome, bothersom faeries, causing trouble. Tripping mortals, just having a good old time. But poor, Aislinn was born with the Sight and unfortunately for her she can see them and what they do.Now all of a sudden, she seems to be being stalked by these two faeries. Now what is she to do, when they glamour themselves to look like mortals. She has to follow the rules and pretend that she doesn't see them.

As the plot thickens, she tells her friend, Seth about these beings, so he enlists himself into helping her try to get them to leave her alone. But what they don't know is that Aislinn is going to be playing a very huge part in the faery world. But there are some battles that have to be fought before that takes place.

Melissa Marr's characters had me from the beginning. Although the fey seem a little obnoxious and full of themselves. The main characters Keenan, who is the Summer King - looking for his Summer Queen and Donia, one of the winter girls, who must try to prevent the Summer King from finding his Summer Queen, you really begin to feel for them and the battles of emotions that face throughout the story. Whether that is good or bad, you'll have to read the book yourself! Thep lot was amazing, moving quick like a blizzard blowing through and then leaving as quick as it came! I am so in love with this series - I can't wait to move onto Ink Exchange!!!

I would highly recommend this book to anyone that I know! ( )

How does one describe Wicked Lovely? Officially, it has been labelled 'fantasy' – a genre probably attributed after a cursory glance at the blurb and maybe the first few pages. Those who read further, however, will discover that Wicked Lovely is not the Artemis Fowl-esque action-fantasy that they may have expected. Instead, it is more of a romance novel set against a fantasy backdrop. Marr's continuous focus on the emotional interactions of her characters brings their complex love-quadrangle to the foreground, while Aislinn's actual predicament is reduced almost to subplot status. Despite its moments of suspense and excitement, Wicked Lovely feels, for the most part, like a soap opera.

One can still call it fantasy, however – especially in the sense of readers fantasising about Marr's lead male. Rarely, if ever, has so much Prince Charming been packed into one literary character. His name is Seth. He's tall, dark and handsome – with a sense of fashion to match – lives in his own private train carriage with his pet boa constrictor, and, most importantly, has a steadfast commitment to his girlfriend that does not waver once throughout the entire book. While young female readers are likely to fall all over him, he can seem slightly unrealistic at times.

Then again, perhaps a Prince Charming character is entirely appropriate. One of Wicked Lovely's greatest strengths is its retainment of classic fairy tale devices – the wicked ice queen, the curse to be broken by true love – to produce a contemporary fairy tale with a traditional premise. Where novels such as Artemis Fowl have picked out the fairies and discarded the rest, Marr has done the opposite. She has delved deep into classic faery lore to bring us a novel which, despite its occasional corniness, is actually quite enjoyable. Marr's description is strong, her vocabulary effective, and her writing style fluid. Her creations are perfectly characterised; 'Wicked Lovely' seems an ideal choice of words to describe their passionate, volatile grace. She reveals her plot with patience and skill, letting readers speculate and theorise about the workings of her world, before unveiling a few small twists towards the end.

It may be a soap opera – but it's a very well written soap opera, and it will certainly be enjoyed by many teenagers. Recommended for the girls, but maybe not for the guys.