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Friday, February 11, 2011

Illusions by Aprilynne Pike, Cookie


It's no secret that we LOVE cookies...not the kind you eat (though they can sometimes taste really good), but the kind that an author shares with her fans. Yesterday Aprilynne Pike gave us a fantastic cookie for her upcoming release, Illusions, which will be out on May 3rd from Harper Teen.

“Do we get to play twenty questions now?” Chelsea asked.

All eyes turned to her.

“Not you,” Chelsea said, then pointed at Tamani. “Him.”

Tamani stared at her for a long, silent moment. “I’m afraid I don’t know that game.”

“Oh it’s easy,” Chelsea said, “You play it with Laurel all the time, but she never asks you fun questions. Although she did tell me about a bunch of Shakespearean plays being faerie legends. I’ve been waiting for ages to ask you the really good stuff!”

“Um, okay,” Tamani said, not sure what Chelsea considered ‘good stuff.’

“So is it only Shakespeare, or are there more stories that exist in both cultures?”

“Oh!” Tamani said with a laugh. He sank into an armchair close to Chelsea. “There are lots. In Avalon, we love stories. The Summer fae dedicate their lives to telling stories, through dance or music or painting. But humans are endlessly inventive, always coming up with new ways to make the story interesting by telling it wrong. Nonetheless, a lot of your stories have faerie roots.”

Chelsea was undeterred. “Cinderella.”

“No,” said Tamani. “I mean, faeries don’t even wear shoes most of the time. And finding someone based solely on shoe size? That doesn’t make sense for humans or faeries.”

“What about the faerie godmother?” Chelsea asked.

“Unnecessary. We can make pumpkins grow that big without magic. And even a Winter faerie couldn’t turn a mouse into a horse.”

“Beauty and the Beast.”

“Story of a faerie who fell in love with a troll. Scares the wits out of most seedlings. The troll never turns out to be a handsome prince, though.”

“Rapunzel.”

“Growth tonic gone terribly wrong.”

Chelsea squealed. “Thumbelina.”

“That’s just basic anatomy misinterpreted. We are born from flowers, but we’re never that small. Mischievous Sparklers were known to have encouraged tiny-faerie misconceptions, though.”

“Tell me one that would surprise me.”

Tamani thought for a moment. “Do you know the Pied Piper of Hameln?”

Chelsea looked blank for a minute. “You mean Hamelin?”

“That sounds right. That one’s not a story, it’s true,” Tamani said, very seriously. “And it has scarcely been distorted at all. The Piper was a very powerful Spring faerie. Most of us can only Entice one or two animals at a time, but the Piper could Entice a whole city. He was eventually executed for that stunt.”

“What did he do with the children?” Chelsea asked.

“It’s kind of a long story. Ultimately, though, he marched them off a cliff. Killed them all.”

Chelsea and Laurel were both silent, staring at Tamani in horror.

“Perhaps not our happiest story,” Tamani said awkwardly.

I'm #Team Tamani and I'm really looking forward to what happens next for him and Laurel! Be sure to go to Aprilynne's site here http://tinyurl.com/64veacb to read more.

Congratulations to Aprilynne, as her Wings series has been voted the next Twilight! You can more about the voting that already took place here http://tinyurl.com/4zsww33

6 comments:

  1. I can't wait for the release of Illusions !! Team Tamani <3 !!

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  2. I love this series. I can't wait to read this book :)

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  3. YAY for Team Tamani! I'm really, really looking forward to finding out what happens with Tamani and Laurel. I was so mad at her at the end of Spells. LOL

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  4. I can't wait to read this book! I'm with you ladies as Team Tamani I was so sad for him at the end of Spells. However, he is a man with a plan so hopefully he will win Laurel's heart if she would get over her human boy David.

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  5. This series is adorable I can't wait to read Illusions. Team Tamani all the way! C:

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  6. i've been waiting for this book for a year and just then i when i wanted to check what date it came out when i found out it was coming out in 23 days i kissed by computer screen and went screaming to my dad :P

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