I was going
to write this post some time ago but some things came up and I ended up not
having time :(. Really sorry for that.
Title: Stolen Away
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages: 288
Publication date: january 2012
Grade: 7.5/10
Author: Alyxandra Harvey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages: 288
Publication date: january 2012
Grade: 7.5/10
Synopsis: For seventeen years, Eloise Hart had no idea the world of Faery even
existed. Now she has been abducted and trapped in the Rath of Lord
Strahan, King of Faery. Strahan was only meant to rule for seven years,
as Faery tradition dictates, and then give up his crown to another. But
he won't comply, and now chaos threatens both worlds. The only one who
can break his stranglehold on the Faery court is his wife, Eloise's
aunt, Antonia. Using Eloise to lure Antonia, Strahan captures his wife,
desperate to end the only threat to his reign. Together with her best
friends Jo and Devin, Eloise must place her trust in Lucas, her handsome
protector, and Strahan's mysterious son, Eldric, and forge alliances
with other Fae in a dangerous attempt to free Antonia for ever.
As you know
I really like to Read this authors’’ books and this isn’t an exception. At
first I had an impression that the whole book has nothing to do with the
paranormal stuff. To be honest this impression doesn’t wear off vey easily and
stays with you for a dozen or so pages. Nevertheless the paranormal thread exists
in this book moreover it’s pretty interesting.
The main
character in the text is Eloise Hart just normal teenager with a best girl and
boy friends. The story starts with a strange occurrence. Trio of friends is
sitting on the car park near an ice cream parlour. Then unexpectedly a handsome
boy is heading in their direction. Standing by them he knees and asks Eloise to
come with him because now they can see her. Strange, isn’t it? She takes him as
some creep and leaves. In future events she meets him couple more times in some
unexpected moments and locations. One time he shows up on her balcony bringing
her a necklace with a deer. The next meeting isn’t as good because the girl is
being kidnapped by Lord Strahan to Faery land. And all this happened to her
because she is Antonia’s niece.
Eloise doesn’t
know what is going on, but the stay in Faery explains it all. Then suddenly her
aunt shows up to save her. After these events the plot goes on faster.
For the
good sides of the book I can count how the book was written. It has two
narrators, Eloise and her friend Jo. This introduce an interesting element to
the plot because the lots of both of them aren’t always connected. Second thing
I would count is the love thread being the side thread. Other things I admired
are well polished up characters. Last but not least I like the ending and the
plot turn right before it. Who would think of that?
However
there are some tings I didn’t like. Firstly, in some parts the events were
happening so fast I couldn’t keep track of them. Towards the end it became a little
bit predicable but as I already said the ending was unexpected.
To sum up,
the book is well written however I wouldn’t classify it as one of my favourites
about faery. It is definitely worth you attention. I would recommend it for
people that like light paranormal stories as well as teenagers. But that doesn’t
mean I don’t encourage other people to read it.
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