Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingstone

#37 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: December 22, 2009
ISBN: 0394815009
Page Count: 327 

Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken. . . . For seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, whose steel-gray eyes mask an equally steely determination to protect her. Sonny guards the Samhain Gate, which connects the mortal realm with the Faerie's enchanted, dangerous Otherworld. Usually kept shut by order of icy King Auberon, the Gate stands open but once a year. This year, as the time approaches when the Samhain Gate will swing wide and nightmarish Fae will fight their way into an unsuspecting human world, something different is happening . . . something wondrous and strange. And Kelley's eyes are opening not just to the Faerie that surround her but to the heritage that awaits her. Now Kelley must navigate deadly Faerie treachery—and her growing feelings for Sonny—in this dazzling page-turner filled with luminous romance. Wondrous Strange is a richly layered tale of love between faerie and mortal, betrayal between kings and queens, and magic . . . between author and reader.

Wondrous Strange is the debut novel of Lesley Livingson and he first novel in a popular new trilogy. Kelley Winslow is an aspiring actress in New York City with an obsessive room-mate and lands the role of Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at her local theatre. Just as everything seems to be going perfectly for Kelley she meets Sonny Flannery and learns that the world of Faerie exists alongside her own.

Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

#31 of 200

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harlequin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1 February 2011
ISBN: 0373210183
Page Count: 384

In less than twenty-four hours I’ll be seventeen.
Although, technically, I won’t actually be turning seventeen. I’ve been in the Nevernever too long. When you’re in Faery, you don’t age. So while a year has passed in the real world, agewise I’m probably only a few days older than when I went in.
In real life, I’ve changed so much I don’t even recognize myself.
I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who’s sworn to stand by my side. Drag me into the core of conflict so powerful, I’m not sure anyone can survive it.

Iron Queen is the latest instalment in Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey series. Released on February 1st 2011, it has been eagerly awaited by readers. Until a few weeks ago, Iron Queen was considered the concluding chapter to Meghan’s harrowing journey. Instead, Kagawa hit her readers with fantastic, but frustrating news. Her secret (or sekret) project :Iron Fey Four; Iron Knight will be Ash’s story.