(Cover and blurb taken from Goodreads)
Official Blurb:
Hide…or be hunted.
When a pair of faerie wings fetch big bucks online, 17-yo Lila Kincade realizes her kind aren’t just oppressed; they’re hunted.
Due to prejudice and hostility by humans, half-human/half-faerie Lila lives in a world where faeries are required to register with the government and bind their wings in order to look like everyone else. Her fear of being discovered results in a pathetic social life and unfashionable clothing options—fitted tops just don’t provide adequate wing coverage. The increase in murders around her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina causes Lila to withdraw further, and she accepts her relative isolation as a small price to pay for her safety… until the day she meets new boy, Ash Cooper.
Lila is haunted by repetitive dreams involving a shack in the woods, and when photos of dismembered wings appear in her school locker, she soon realizes that she is the killer’s prime target. As faerie corpses pile up around them, Lila embarks on a mission with Ash to save her race from extinction. She must figure out who she can trust and stop the killer before she—and all faeries— are obliterated forever.
Kristi Helvig is the acclaimed author of BURN OUT, which Kirkus Reviews called “a scorching series opener not to be missed.”
My Rating: Four stars out of five
This was a unique take on faeries living in the human world. I loved the idea of the Faerie Wars and faerie/human conflict.
I also loved the unique way the wings were incorporated as a way to distinguish pure faeries from halflings and also the way Lila showed emotion through the glow of her wings.
Lila was overall very likeable, though I found her to be a little dense at times.
The romance was a little sudden, but I still loved Ash. He had his faults, but that made his character very real.
I’m not sure if this is meant to be a stand-alone, but the author could definitely continue the series. I hope she does.
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