![]() ![]() Conveniently, Aileana's former crush also returns to town from Oxford, possibly to rekindle the sparks of a romance.but Gavin has some secrets of his own. To complicate things, her father has returned to town, demanding that Aileana must choose a husband, and she's got no shortage of suitors-she's still a peer's daughter, his heiress, and with a plump dowry, after all. Neither knows the others' true purpose for hunting the fae, and their alliance is strictly business-until now. Her mother was killed by fairies.įrom then on, she formed a strategic alliance with Kiaran, a fae, a sithichean daione sith, to get vengeance for her mother's killer. The official story is that Lady Douglas died from an animal attack Aileana knows better. Her mother's heart was ripped out from her chest. Why? One year ago she was discovered hovering, bloodied and traumatized, over her mother's corpse. Lady Aileana Kameron is 18, the daughter of a Scottish Marquess currently she is embroiled in scandal, the subject of whispers and suspicious glares at every social event she attends. The setting is 1844, a steampunk version of Scotland it is but a pale version of steampunk, but I'll go into that later. The plot itself is fine, the writing is good, it was fairly enjoyable if you don't overthink things, but knowing me, I overthink everything, hence my less-than-ideal rating for this book. One of the worst cliff hangers I've read this year. There's also a very forced attempt at romance, the inclusion of an eye-rolling love triangle, and a horrendous cliff hanger. The parallels are too obvious, and I felt that the setting, characters, and conflict are overwhelmingly shadowed by the superiority of the Fever series. I couldn't help but chuckle every time I saw it. It doesn't help that Kiaran's last name is MacKay. This was not a bad book, but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who has read and loved the Faefever series unless you enjoy constantly being hit on the head with dueling comparisons. The first volume of a trilogy from an exciting new voice in young adult fantasy, this electrifying thriller combines romance and action, steampunk technology and Scottish lore in a deliciously addictive read. She still longs to avenge her mother's murder-but she'll have to save the world first. Suddenly, her quest is a lot more complicated. The last in a line of female warriors born with a gift for hunting and killing the fae, Aileana is the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity. With her knack for inventing ingenious tools and weapons-from flying machines to detonators to lightning pistols-ruthless Aileana has one goal: Destroy the faery who destroyed her mother. ![]() Now Aileana is dedicated to slaying the fae before they take innocent lives. she's leading a double life: She has a rare ability to sense the sìthíchean-the faery race obsessed with slaughtering humans-and, with the aid of a mysterious mentor, has spent the year since her mother died learning how to kill them. Eighteen-year-old Lady Aileana Kameron, the only daughter of the Marquess of Douglas, has everything a girl could dream of: brains, charm, wealth, a title-and drop-dead beauty.īut Aileana only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. One girl's nightmare is this girl's faery taleĮdinburgh, 1844.
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