In My Mailbox -4-

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi over at The Story Siren every Sunday. In My Mailbox is a weekly meme that lets everyone see what books you have received or bought that week.



1. The 5 Greatest Warriors - Matthew Reilly
2. Hearts at Stake - Alyxandra Harvey
3. Strange Angels - Lili St. Crow
4. Shades of Midnight - Lara Adrian
5. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
6. Fade Out - Rachel Caine
7. Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine
8. Lord of Misrule - Rachel Caine

I went a little overboard this week (again) and bought some more books! I have been waiting impatiently for Matthew Reilly's newest book. I absolutely LOVE his books/writing and can't wait to get started on this one. I also picked up some new authors (2, 3) and can't wait to read them either. I picked up #5 for one (or two) of my reading challenges this year. I really liked the cover of this one so that's why I picked this edition of it. I also am fleshing out some of my series this week with 4, 6, 7, and 8. I haven't read them yet and can't wait to get started! All in all, a good haul for the week.

That's what is in my mailbox this week, what's in yours?

The Faerie Path - Frewin Jones

Anita was living an ordinary life.
Until an elegant stranger pulled her into another world.

Swept away into a court of magic and beauty, she discovers she is Tania, the lost princess of Faerie. Since Tania's mysterious disappearance five hundred years before, Faerie has been sunk in darkness and gloom. With her return, Faerie comes alive again as a land of winged children, glittering balls, and fantastic delights. But Tania can't forget Anita's world, or the boy she loved there.
Torn between two loves and between two worlds, Tania slowly remembers why she disappeared, and realizes that she is the only one who can stop a sinister plan that threatens the entire world of Faerie.

Title: The Faerie Path
Author: Frewin Jones
Genre: Young Adult, Faerie
Publisher: EOS (An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
My Rating: 2.5/5

This book grabbed my interest immediately once I started reading it. However, that slowly started to change the further I got into the book. I was struggling to continue to read it as it was getting monotonous. I'm glad that I stuck with it though, because the last 80 (or so) pages picked up and made things interesting again. If you could read the beginning and end, it might be an easier read as during the middle we meet several characters that seem to flit in and out of the pages never to be seen again. I did find it amusing that Anita is Tania (re-arranged, letterwise). I thought that the beginning was good, with Anita and Evan, but as soon as Tania/Anita was swept into Faerie, the story promptly dropped Evan/Eldric. Tania spends more time wanting to get back to the Mortal world, than she does finding out what happened (to her) in the first place. She doesn't remember anything from when she left Faerie before, and at the end of the book (well, nearly the end of the book) she finds out that there is a plot that would overturn everything in Faerie unless she stops it from happening. It seems like everything was crammed into the latter end of the book, and if it had been fleshed out, it would have read more smoothly. As it stands, the ending of this book makes me want to find out what happens next in the series. Here's hoping that the second book flows more coherently!



This book counts toward the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge over at J. Kaye's book blog.

Wings - Aprilynne Pike

Laurel was mesmerized,
staring at the pale things
with wide eyes.
They were terrifyingly beautiful--
too beautiful for words.

Laurel turned to the mirror again,
her eyes on the hovering petals
that floated beside her head.
They looked almost like wings.

In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

Title: Wings
Author: Aprilynne Pike
Genre: Young Adult, Faerie
Publisher: HarperTeen (An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
My Rating: 4/5

What an interesting concept! This book definitely has its own unique spin on the faerie mythos. The story grabbed my interest from the beginning. It didn't introduce the faerie world until you were well into the book as it focused more so on Laurel who is learning new things about herself. The only complaint is that I wish that it had been longer, and that we could have learned more about the characters and the faerie world. I can't wait to read the second book in this series, Spells, which is out on May 4, 2010.

This book counts toward the 2010 100+ Reading Challenge over at J. Kaye's book blog.