Synopsis:
When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She’s not the person she’s always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel—all because of Finn Holmes.
Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken…though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she’d ever admit. But it isn’t long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth—and he’s come to take her home.
Now Wendy’s about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that’s both beautiful and frightening. And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she’s meant to become…
So a lot has happened since the last time I posted something, a month ago. I've been really busy with school, having started this International Baccalaureate thing that's taking all of my time, because I have to read all these books for school and don't have much time for read what I really like. So this is just a review about a book I read this summer.
I have this friend who strongly recommended me this series, so I had to listen to her, because she's one of those who know how and what to read. So I bought the book as soon as I found it and read it in a couple of days.
I loved it! I mean, I didn't expect as much as I usually do, because my hopes usually get turned down lately... But I really liked it. It kind of surprised me that a topic like that could be treated as good as Amanda Hocking did. So after the first five chapters or so, which were more or less the introduction to the series, I started liking it more and more. I like Finn, he's a really nice guy, really good and charming. He's not one of those book-guys I will always be in love with, like Dimitri Belikov and Damon Salvatore, to mention only some, but he's nice enough to make the love story in the book work. And about Wendy... I don't know. I don't usually like the main female characters, but Wendy is a nice girl. And I've noticed that I'm saying "nice" all the time... But that's what I think, even if it's been two months since I read it. And I don't know why, but every time I think of the book the word "innocent" comes to my mind. No idea why. I have to think about it...
So the story is not bad, the characters could be much better, but they're fine. The plot seems weird at first (with the troll thing, which sounds bad but it's not), but then it just reminds me of books I've read before, with that kind of society divided into classes, such as the Wings series, which is a lot alike, now that I think of it. That's become typical, lately. And in my opinion, the author writes with a natural language, not particularly amazing but good.
So the book totally deserves to be read, and I personally can't wait to read the other two and finish the series. So read it. Give it a try.
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