Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

Lament (Books of Faerie, #1)

by Maggie Stiefvater

Deirdre, a gifted musician, finds herself infatuated with Luke, a
mysterious boy who enters her life, at the same time she discovers
she's a Cloverhand-one who can see faeries. Trouble is, Luke is
a faerie assassin-and Deirdre is meant to be his next mark. Another
haunting, romantic fantasy from the New York Times best-selling
author Maggie Stiefvater.

Reviewed by ladygrey on

4 of 5 stars

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I knew from the prologue this was a 4 star book because it is exquisitely written. [a:Maggie Stiefvater|1330292|Maggie Stiefvater|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1268241579p2/1330292.jpg]'s use of verbs and her descriptions are beautiful and evocative without being overwritten or trying too hard.

Then, when the story actually because I completely forgot about how good the writing is because Luke and Deirdre a so intoxicating and the unfolding the fairy world is so magical and fun and dangerous. The secondary characters all have their stories and their secrets which is interesting. And there are so many characters to love and despise and change your mind about.

I don't quite get the title, where the deception part comes in because while the fairy queen was cruel, she didn't seem to like about anything or hide anything or pretend anything was other than what it was.

I was really surprised by this book, by how good it was. It's the reason I sometimes give ok books only two stars, so the ones that are a little better than ok can have three and books like this, when you give them four stars, it actually means something.

This is as intoxicating as [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307515757s/41865.jpg|3212258] but well written.

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