"Jenna Black puts a new twist on Avalon and brings to life an exciting story about Faes and humans."
Glimmerglass
By: Jenna Black
Genres: Young Adult Paranormal
Posted: August 19, 2010
Thinking nothing could be as bad as having to live with an alcoholic mother, Dana discovers the world is an entirely different place when you're dealing with the Fae. Even your own relatives cannot be trusted to keep you safe. Stuck in a dangerous political plot from the moment she arrives in Avalon, Dana quickly learns the grass is not always greener on the other side. Perhaps her mother really was telling the truth when she said she left Avalon for Dana's own good.
With the discovery that she's no mere half human, half Fae offspring, but a Faeriewalker, things in Dana's life get even more complicated. A Faeriewalker is a rare individual who can walk between the human world and the Fae world. This person is also the only one who can bring magic into the human world and technology to the Faerie world. No matter where she turns, it seems someone wants something from Dana: the aunt who kidnaps her as soon as she sets foot into Avalon, the brother/sister duo who rescue her for unknown reasons, even her father. All she wants is for things to go back to normal, but with the discovery that she is a Faeriewalker, normal is something Dana can never have again.
I have always been adamant about not reading young adult books. No matter how good someone said a book was, if it was a so-called teen book, I just wasn't interested in checking it out. So you can imagine my surprise when I received Jenna Black's GLIMMERGLASS for review and realized it was a young adult book. Though reluctant to read the book, I soon found myself so absorbed in the story, I never wanted it to end. Jenna Black has altered my definition of a young adult book. With a plot more engrossing than a lot of adult books I have read over the years, GLIMMERGLASS is an intriguing tale of adventure and discovery. The tightly woven plot takes you on a journey of romance, betrayal, revelations and family secrets. My only complaint is that the sequel, Shadowspell, doesn't come out until January 2011. That is entirely too long of a wait to see what happens to Dana and how things progress with her two potential love interests, Ethan and Keane. I can't wait!
Book Summary
Dana Hathaway doesn’t know it yet, but she’s in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she’s had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faerie intersect. But from the moment Dana sets foot in Avalon, everything goes wrong, for it turns out she isn't just an ordinary teenage girl—she's a Faeriewalker, a rare individual who can travel between both worlds, and the only person who can bring magic into the human world and technology into Faerie.
Soon, Dana finds herself tangled up in a cutthroat game of Fae politics. Someone's trying to kill her, and everyone seems to want something from her, from her newfound friends and family to Ethan, the hot Fae guy Dana figures she’ll never have a chance with… until she does. Caught between two worlds, Dana isn’t sure where she’ll ever fit in and who can be trusted, not to mention if her world will ever be normal again...
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by: Jenna Black
Faeriewalker #1 St. Martin's Griffin
June 1, 2010
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Featuring: Ethan; Dana Hathaway
320 pages
ISBN: 0312575939
EAN: 9780312575939
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