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Glimmerglass: A Faeriewalker Novel
By Jenna Black
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- Macmillan Publishers
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- May 25, 2010
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- 9781429927314
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It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp…
Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl--she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.
Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she'll never have a chance with… until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn't sure where she'll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again…
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Glimmerglass: A Faeriewalker Novel
By Jenna Black
Description
It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp…
Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl--she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.
Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she'll never have a chance with… until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn't sure where she'll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again…
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Publishers
- Released:
- May 25, 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781429927314
- Format:
- Book
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And that's about the last time anything is easy or good for Dana. It turns out she's just as special as most kids dream of being and that specialness puts her in high demand and high danger. She can't trust anyone, not her political father, her alcoholic mother, or any of her new friends.
I'm definitely coming back for more. In future books I'd like to learn more about Avalon itself, and maybe more about faerie.
The moment Dana reaches London the reader is launched into a whirl-wind of activity, from her encounter with her Aunt Grace, her kidnapping, fights, flights and the discovery that she’s wanted as a pawn in the play for political power. The story itself moved quickly, but at the same time I felt as though it was dragging - there was a lot of conflict, but not a lot of answers, at least not until the very end.
At the end of the book I felt as though there was just something missing. I like the characters well enough, the story was interesting enough, the plot was ok, but there was just something that I felt was missing. I thought about this a bit and I think I’ve realized that I found myself more interested in the world than I was interested in what happened to Dana - the protagonist. I didn’t really care about her as much as I should, even Kimber was more interesting as a character and I cared more about Kimber than I did about Dana. I think there are many out there who would enjoy this series, but for me, while I liked it, I don’t really want to know anything else about Dana and what happens to her.
Glimmerglass is enjoyable because it is written better than a great deal of other YA fantasy out there. The main character is a special, rare and highly sought after half-breed (faerie and human), but there is so much life in her--real life, like she could attend anyone's high school and fit right in--that such a premise is easier to swallow.
The main character's father was also particularly interesting. Parents tend to be shunted aside or hidden away for one reason or another in YA fiction--such as the main character's mother is--but her father is a fully-fleshed out character in his own right, and it was fascinating to read about his interactions with his daughter. The same goes for the main character's bodyguard, who is also an adult that isn't abandoned at two dimensions.
Overall, I enjoyed Glimmerglass quite a bit. I was relieved to find a YA fantasy that wasn't poorly written and I have already purchased the sequel. I'm going to start reading it asap.