Review: Wings

(Read in June 2009)

Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Genre: YA, Fiction, Romance, Paranormal 
rating: 3.5/5

This book had some good, some bad, some supremacy, some mediocrity. here's my warning now, that this has spoilers in it.

good: a wild twist. wild as in mind boggling. the idea that fairies are plants never once crossed my mind, the idea that Laurel had flowers growing out of her back instead of actual wings was... kind of weird but also really cool. and in my opinion, the good over-weighed the bad.

bad: I remember very vividly that the boy she falls in love with is introduced in the first paragraph (or second, or something like that.) and that totally gave away that part of the plot. I knew right away she'd become involved with him. I would have liked the author to develop his character a little more, or develop Laurel's character a little more, before introducing him. and then, the petals growing out of her back weren't actually wings, so why was the book called Wings? Just wondering.

supremacy: it had me hooked from about the fifth chapter to the twenty-second. I literally read for five hours. that's a long time for me. I mean, I read A LOT and ALL THE TIME, but five hours at once? seriously. the only other times that's ever happened was for twilight and harry potter. very nice, Aprilynne.

mediocrity: the writing itself, the prose, the sentence structure, was not all that fabulous. it was just basic sentence structure most of the time, and ok vocabulary. the words themselves were not poetic and artful, something that you find in Edger Allen Poe or J K Rowling.

the last thing was the end. it left you hanging, a little. which, as a writer, is a smart and mean thing to do at the same time. I'm a writer, and in every single one of my books I leave my audience hanging. but as a reader, it's annoying.  the one thing I want to know is what happens with her and the boy thing? who does she end up with? I’ll bet that the boy she met at school ends up with the girl who's had a crush on him forever, and she goes back to her fairy-boy. (can you tell I've forgotten some names and don't have the book with me? that’s what happens when you return books to the library before you write a review. genius.) whatever. but I hope there's a sequel, because that one little thing will bug me from now until whenever the new one comes out (if there is one.)

of course, again, the book was addictive, and had a great twist. I will say that if I ever had a chance to read it again, I would probably not do it. (because I don’t re-read a book unless it makes my top lists. there aren’t very many books on my top lists.) but I will (if there is one) read the sequel. all in all, I did like this book. quite a lot. and I do recommend it to anyone who likes romance, fantasy, or adventure.

~Haleyknitz