Bones of Faerie (Bones of Faerie Trilogy, #1)

by Janni Lee Simner

[tellemonstar]

Full review here.

Faeries in a dystopian YA urban fantasy set in a futuristic St Louis? That’s what Bones of Faerie was, and it was really good.

Liza has been born into a post-apocalyptic world that is the result of the War. The War was between Faerie and the human world. It resulted in the utter destruction of Faerie and the destruction of most of the human world (or at least the continent of North America). In her town, any child born with faerie blood is either put into the forest, for the faeries to take back should they choose, or killed. Anything magic is snuffed out because her father believes that all magic is bad, and there can be no good magic. Her dad is not a nice guy.

Another I liked was that the author kept the rules of magic consistent throughout the book. If you can push something away, you can also call it to you. If you can heal, you can also break. The rules were very consistent and that was nice to see as sometimes they can become very flexible. I also thought that the clear strands of hair being a sign of being ‘faerie-cursed’ or ‘faerie-blessed’ (depending on how you look at it) was very unique.

This was well-written and the storyline was interesting and thought out. I enjoyed it and if you enjoyed the Hunger Games or any of the dystopian novels that are similar to it, I think you would enjoy Bones of Faerie. I can’t wait to start book two, Faerie Winter, to see what happens next.