A gentle take to the life of a fairy all to curious about a boy named paul. As a hunter knife must protect the oak but sneaks to see her human friend. I enjoyed this book as it was a unique look at fairy fantasy ( )

An iconoclast fairy girl befriends a young man in a wheelchair, contrary to all the teachings of her people, which say that human contact kills. Together they solve the mystery of why fairy magic is dying off.

This book had lots of promise and strong moments (I particularly loved that our main character perceived her man to be very important because he was constantly seated on a throne), but it struggled from clunky writing and some very awkwardly filled plot holes. Overall I got the sense that the author was aiming for a middle grade book, but chose content for a tame YA romance, and then cast her characters as full adults (maybe 19 or 20, acting 13). It wasn't horrible, but the execution was weaker than anything I've read in quite a while. ( )

This was a really cute book. I love faeries and really anyone who likes them will probably enjoy most of this book. Knife is a good character. She's spunky and brave. The other characters were interesting as well and Knife's relationships with them were believable.

The only thing I didn't really like was the ending. The romance was really boring and unfortunately disappointing. It felt too easy and expected. But I usually hate the romance in books so it's probably just me. ( )

Twee but interesting. Then again, it is a book for kids (not sure what age; it's shelved in junior in my library, but there's a romance, albeit very chaste). Amidst the faeries at the bottom of the garden with flower names, there's a lot of interesting themes about safety versus stagnation, selfishness versus vulnerability, and the value of meeting, not fearing, the Other. Nice twists in the who-can-we-trust stakes, and a satisfying (and not as twee as it could be) ending. ( )

Wow. I was not expecting such heavy themes to be shelved in the tween section. This book really threw me, in a very good way.

Trigger Warning for suicide. Since one would not expect that out of a faery story.

Knife is a young faery who just wants to explore. We grow with Knife on her journey, not only to adulthood, also to self awareness. She is the queen's hunter. She is also the queen's most disobedient subject. What will Knife get up to next. ( )