Fairy Tale

Reading Level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (June 23, 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0385737068

Morgan Sparks has the perfect life and the perfect boyfriend. But soon her boyfriend, Cameron Browne, starts acting funny and sprouting wings. Yes, wings. He's a fairy. His parents switched him with a human baby when he was born, to play a trick. But now the fairies need him back because his brother was killed and Cam is the next in line for the crown. A new boy, Pip, shows up and claims to be the Brownes' real son. Pip starts taking over Cam's life, replacing him. Morgan tries everything she can think of to keep Cam in the real world and send Pip back to the Other World.

I was very disappointed with this book. I was so excited when it came in the mail, but then I read it. It didn't have a hook to pull me into the story. I wish I could get my money back! The characters are flat and predictable. The whole plot is ridiculous and just bleh!

Now, I hate bashing a book, mainly because I know how much blood, sweat, and tears (mainly tears) goes into writing. I would hate for someone to bash my book. Even if they were just being honest. Books become our children. We care for them, watch them grow, and then push them out into the real world to be on their own. We grow attached and when someone says "Your book was horrible" they are really saying "That book that you obsessed/slaved over with all the plotting, writing, and editing wasn't good enough."

Cyn Balog knows how to write. I just think it was the predictable plot and characters that messed this book up. I'd still pick up a copy of her other books, but I would wait and get them at the library. This isn't the kind of book you would want to read twice!