picked up from bookmooch to read and share

This was a surprisingly good young adult fantasy. Anita finds out when she turns 16 that she is a long lost princess of faerie. She has the power to walk between the mortal and faerie realms. I found this a quick read but enjoyed it enough to read book two in the series.

adding into emmejo's otherworldly book box.

I was the last in line for emmejo’s most recent Otherworldly book box. I didn’t realize the box was lost in my basement in August and only recently discovered as we were packing up items for the library. emmejo is in the process of moving so we agreed that I would pass along those that we won’t read. I apologize for not moving them along sooner!

Anita is a young woman from London just about to turn 16. She has a loving family, a newish boyfriend and a best friend with whom she shares all of her secrets.

On the day before her birthday, Anita meets Evan for a birthday surprise, a boat ride. The two are having a great time and Evan begins to share something with her. However, the boat is hit and both end up in the hospital. When Anita wakes, Evan is on the same floor as her, but he hasn’t regained consciousness.

Anita begins to have strange dreams, one of which she grows wings and flies. Evan ends up missing. Anita is then fully transported into a dream world of the Faerie. In her dream, she is the seventh daughter of the king.

Anita learns her name is Tania, the long lost daughter who has the ability to move between the Mortal World and Faerie World. She continues to believe she’s in a coma as the story unfolds.

The story is told from Anita/Tania’s point of view. The author is building the characters and providing quite a bit of background as this is the first book in a series. He provides intricate details regarding the dress when in the Faerie World.

This story is written for the young adult. I would gauge that this is written for a younger teen. While it is fantasy, other than moving between the Mortal and Faerie Worlds, there wasn’t a lot of fantasy at play.

We're participated in several otherworldly book exchanges over the last two years. It's time to pass along some of the books that we've read so that they can continue the journey.

Thanks for the box of books!