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Monday, February 6, 2012

Must Have Middle Grade Reads/Book Review: Fairy Lies by E.D. Baker

Welcome to this week's edition of Must Have Middle Grade Reads, a weekly feature here on Mundie Moms where I spotlight last week's middle grade books I reviewed on Mundie Kids. I just realized I didn't make a post last week here on MM's. You can read my feature for Scholastic's Discover More series on Mundie Kids via my Marvelous Middle Grade Monday post. With having a sick little girl all last week, I didn't get much reading done for MKs, so I don't have a list of middle grade books to spotlight, but I do have a review for a fabulous MG series I highly recommend. E.D. Baker's Fairies series. Her newest release: Fairy Lies is out on 2/14/12

Published by: Bloomsbury Kids
To Be Released on: February 14th, 2012
Source: ARC from TLA/ book from publisher to review
5 stars: I Loved It!
Pre-Order from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
Series: Book #2, sequel to Fairy Wings

In this delightful sequel to Fairy Wings (originally titled Wings) the fairy princess Tamisin has been kidnapped from her home in the human world by Oberon, king of the fairies, who thinks he’s her father. When Tamisin’s boyfriend Jak finds out, he sets off to rescue her. In this funny and heartwarming romp through a land of fairies, goblins, sphinxes, unicorns, and many more, Tamisin and Jak try to regain their romance even as they find their way back to the human world.

E. D. Baker is a master of the madcap world of magical creatures and she demonstrates once more that a clever girl who shows a dose of kindness, humor, and common sense can overcome almost any fearsome foe, no matter how magical - quoted from Goodreads

A magical, exciting sequel that ventures back to the fey world. Princess Tamisin finds herself a victim of a kidnapping, meets the father she didn't realize existed, and quickly learns that not everything is as it seems in the fey world. Now I know why so many middle graders rave about E.D.'s books. She's a fabulous story teller and though I didn't read the first book in this series, I loved this story. It wasn't hard at all for me to follow along with what's going on. I'm a huge fan of fey lore, and I love it when I stumble upon a series my kids could read (once they get a little older).

A little back story, this series follows the story of Tamisin, a fey Princess who's been living in the human world and in the first book discovers who true identity and that her birth mother is Queen Titania. Being that this is a sequel, I can only venture to guess it picks up right where the first one left off. Wanting to go back and visit her birth mother, Tamisin tries unsuccessfully to get through the fairy gate, that is until she finds herself taken there through means of a kidnapping. Now she's being told her father could be King Oberon, she's starting to lose her memories, someone is out to get her, and she needs to try and stop the war Titania is about to wage on Oberon for kidnapping her daughter. It's up to her to figure things out and her boyfriend, Jak a Cat Goblin who sets off to rescue her.

I thoroughly enjoyed both Tamisin's venture through a the fey world, and Jak's as he sets off to rescue his girlfriend. I loved the world that E.D. has created, and the mix of mythology creatures she uses in her story from fairies, brownies, trolls, goblins, animal goblins, mermaids, harpies and more. The entire world and it's characters were fascinating to me and if I had, had this book when I was a tween I would have loved it! There's a sweet, innocent romance, a tiny bit of action, some fun plot twists and a the mystery behind who's trying to harm Tamisin that keeps this exciting story line moving.

The adventure in this book comes in the form of both Tamisin and Jak's separate adventures through out most of the book. Tamisin is trying to piece things together, and Jak's trying to find her. They both meet a variety of characters who each present them with different challenges, and help them learn more about what's going on in the fey world. I loved the variety of fascinating characters. Normally I like a faster paced, more action packed read with the YA books I read, but being this is a middle grade read I loved the little bit slower pace. I think it fit the story perfectly. It's truly an enjoyable book to sit and read.

I think this is a great series for middle grade readers. It's a cute, clean cut, engaging read with an entire mythological world readers will enjoy being apart of. I'm looking forward to reading more of E.D. books.


Middle Grade Monday:
Don't miss my Marvelous Middle Grade Monday meme on Mundie Kids, a weekly meme hosted by author Shannon Messenger's. Now they'll be double the MG exposure on both blogs and I'm excited about spotlighting this year's upcoming releases.

4 comments:

  1. I like the cover, this sounds very cute

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    1. It's a great cover and it matches the story perfectly. It's definitely a cute MG read.

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  2. This sounds like a fun read. I love middle grade fantasy.

    Don't worry if you don't miss a middle grade week. Most of us do.

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    1. It's a great read.

      Thank you. Unfortunately I've slacked on a lot on this post since starting it in 2010. I need to get my act in gear and start posting it more faithfully. lol Luckily I've been a lot more faithful at taking part in Shannon's meme on Mundie Kids.

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