The Faerie Path

THE FAERIE PATH

By:  Frewin Jones

FIRST SENTENCE

“Anita Palmer stepped out of the shower and reached for the bath towel.”

SUMMARY
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Swept away into a court of magic and beauty, she discovers she is Tania, the lost princess of Faerie:  the youngest daughter of Oberon and Titania.  Since Tania’s mysterious disappearance on the eve of her wedding five hundred years before, Faerie has been sunk in darkness and gloom.  The courtly Lord Gabriel Drake, who Tania was once to marry, has found her and brought her back.

With Tania’s return, Faerie comes alive again as a land of winged children, glittering balls, and fantastic delights.  But Tania can’t forget Anita’s world, or the boy she loved there.

Torn between two loves and between two worlds, Tania slowly comes to discover why she disappeared so long ago.  She possesses a singular magical ability and she must use it to stop a sinister plan that threatens the entire world of Faerie.

REVIEW

The Faerie Path offers a look into the life of a young girl torn between her mortal life on Earth and her newly discovered magical life as a faerie princess.  Having read other books with a similar setup, I would say The Faerie Path has a somewhat predictable plot. 

When Anita learns she is really the missing Princess Tania of the faerie world, she is obviously shaken. While I can understand that she was missing her old life, I wish she would have embraced her new life more.  I wish she had a stronger personality.

One twist that I did appreciate was that Tania had six sisters.  This was a huge change, because she did not have sisters in her mortal life.  I liked that each of the sisters were unique. 

There is some romance, action, and a mystery to be solved.  I guess there’s a little of a lot of things – but nothing that really totally jumped out at me.  The Faerie Path is the first in a series.  The sixth book, The Charmed Return, comes out in February, 2011. 

RATING

3        Plot

3        Characters

3        Attention Grabbing

4        Girlie Meter

3        Ending

16      TOTAL

4        STARS