Lament (Books of Faerie, #1)

by Maggie Stiefvater

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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.