Fragile Eternity

Fragile Eternity is the third book in the Wicked Lovely series. This novel is based around the relationships and interactions between Ash, Seth, Keenan, Niall, and Donia. Seth, Ash's boyfriend, who has been dealing with his mortality, finally decided to take action in order to engage in immortality

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with Ash. The situations and relationships are changed by Seth's decisions, which may lead to destruction within the courts.
I enjoyed this novel because we are finally seeing the results and connections between the characters based on their actions. What each character chooses to do will affect the whole cast of characters. The ties between the characters are shifted based on the need to protect oneself and one's people. I thought that this created a sense of personalbility that really caught me in the story.

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I have to say this was not my favorite book in the series. I was so lost, Seth and Ash, Ash and Keenan it just never ended. Keenan and Ash's "love" is weakening the Summer Court and when Ash had to choose between them she couldn't, but she always love Seth, why does she have to think about it, she

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only loves Keenan as a friend. Keenan and Ash try to make it work. Keenan and the Winter Queen can't work.i was just so frustrated. I was lost in the bickering love triangles. Everybody just steps all over Ash. War.... with people who were suppose to be her "friend". I just didn't love this book. It was o.k. I hope this gets all sorted out in the next book.

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The third book in Melissa Marr's Faeries series, but the sequel to Wicked Lovely. This book continues where Wicked Lovely left off. Keenan is the faeries Summer King and Aislinn is now his Queen. But Aislinn isn't in love with Keenan, she's in love with a mortal, Seth. She has to try and find a way

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to appease Keenan, stay with Seth, and stop a war from overtaking the faerie courts.

I read some other reviews of this book and they were saying this book was amazing and the best book in the series. And while i did like this book i didn't think it was the best. It got a little confusing and boring at times. It is still good enough to get four stars and i did like the plot and i still love the characters. I think this series is totally worth reading and Seth is still one of my favorite characters!

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This book never seemed to end, going on and on about a boring matter. It needed to have more excitement and action in it.

Marr's third book in her Wicked Lovely series and, I think, the best of the three. Fragile Eternity brings us back to the story of Aislinn and Seth, but unlike the first book, we get to spend a lot more time with Seth. I found that I didn't agree with some of the choices Aislinn and Seth made,

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regarding their futures and each other, but in the context of their world and the book itself, they made sense. One of the things I found fascinating is that Marr's writing is strong enough to convince me that I agree with whoever's point of view we're taking on, whether it be Aislinn or Seth. I really hope the next book in the series is just as good as Fragile Eternity.

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Summary: Seth exists in a position unlike any other mortal; he walks in the world of the fairies, and is friendly with three of the faerie Courts. Niall, King of the Dark Court, is like a brother to Seth; Donia, Queen of the Winter Court, treats him with respect if not close friendship; and

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Aislinn, formerly-mortal Queen of the Summer Court... Seth and Aislinn love each other, and Seth wants nothing more than to be with her forever - a word that has taken on terrifying new meaning since she became one of the Fae. Seth no that he doesn't really belong in her world - he's a mortal, and thus weaker than even the weakest fairy. But then there's Keenan, Aislinn's King, who knows that the Summer Court will be strongest if Aislinn and him are truly together - and not just as co-regents. Aislinn's torn between her love for Seth, and a growing, inescapable attraction to Keenan, and when Seth disappears in search of a means to make forever a reality, loyalties will be tested. And with fledgling rulers of three of the four faerie courts still testing the limits of their powers, shifting loyalties can easily spell disaster... not just for the faeries, but for the entire world.

Review: While I enjoyed this book more than I did Ink Exchange, neither of them has recaptured the magic of Wicked Lovely. Perhaps it's a case of shifting expectations - I expected Wicked Lovely to be rather silly and probably annoying, and so when it turned out to be really, really good, I was substantially more impressed. And then, when I expected the sequels to recapture that same feeling, they never *quite* made it. Don't get me wrong: I really enjoyed this book, and will absolutely be reading any more of the series that Marr writes. I just thought that Fragile Eternity didn't quite have the same spark that Wicked Lovely had.

One thing that may be contributing to the (slightly) reduced enjoyment is that Marr has a habit of taking characters who were completely sympathetic in previous books, and turning them into jerks. In Wicked Lovely, Keenan was intensely sympathetic... doing some unpleasant things, sure, but he was pretty torn up about it. But in Ink Exchange, he just seemed to turn into a pissy jerk, and that downhill slide continued through Fragile Eternity. Same thing with Niall - he's the "hero" of Ink Exchange, but by Fragile Eternity, he turned into kind of a nasty bully. But what really broke my heart was Donia... she was my favorite character in Wicked Lovely, so it kills me to see her acting so frostily (heh) bitchy here. Does this mean that Seth's next? (Say it ain't so!)

The thing is, though, that as busy as everyone is turning into jerks, it's hard to really blame them for it. Everyone is doing what they think best with the responsibilities they have, and Marr has done an admirable job of creating complex characters we care about, and putting them - with completely understandable motivations - into impossible situations. The power balance between the Courts, the love quadrangle... I don't see how these things can possibly work out to everyone's satisfaction... but I've got faith that Marr does see it, and that's the kind of complicated, intricate, character-driven plot that makes me guaranteed to keep reading. 4 out of 5 stars.

Recommendation: Don't start here! (But do read the series! It's a very good teen paranormal romance, but it's also just very good.) Marr gives only very, very minimal background information, and the plot of this book is so based in the relationships between the characters that the books need to be read in order. (Also, ignore the fact that the cover says "Sequel to Wicked Lovely." It's true that Ink Exchange focuses on different main characters than books 1 and 3, but there's enough overlap that they really need to be read in order.)

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Aislinn, Summer Queen, loves Seth the mortal artist but is hopelessly drawn to Summer King Keenan, who in turn loves Donia the Winter Queen... Seth's best friend, Dark Court King Niall would protect him, but his court craves blood and turbulence, and the presence of Bannanach, storm crow chaos

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bringer and sister to Sorcha, the Queen of Faerie (and ruler of order and reason) isn't helping him keep the peace... confused yet?

There are so many threads woven together and pulling in various directions that it's easy to get lost. Angst, depression, star-crossed love and emotional turbulence... if you like books where the characters never seem to have a happy moment, and spend all their time thinking, talking and acting on their feelings but never finding resolution, then this may just be your cup of tea. I stuck through over half, skimmed the rest, and don't feel that I missed much. Well written, but lacking humor or any sort of comic relief to lesson the emotional barrage.

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It's been a while since I read Wicked Lovely or Ink Exchange, but I wasn't too confused going into this story. But I don't remember the characters being so whiny! A majority of the book was angst or sexual tension, broken up by the occasional internal monologue. The second half was a little bit

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better than the first, because something actually moved forward in the plot. I don't know. I was never in love with the books, but I like them well enough. I just wish the author would stick to court politics and the beautiful scenery, as thats where I believe her books are at their best. I just hopes she cuts down on the whining in the next book.

Oh, and beautiful cover like always.

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I have always loved the world of faerie and the whole teen paranormal romance, but I don't find much magic in this book, or indeed the two books that came before, although they were slightly better.

Kudos to Marr for using the whole faery concept, as it hasn't been done a great deal, but being

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familiar with the mythology she is drawing from, I think she could have done so much more.

Most of the characters I find annoying, and I think there needed to be much less of Aislinn and Keenan and Seth talking about Aislinn needing to make a choice between them. Most of the time this is what I felt the book was- one big kind of boring conversation about who she's in love with, and not very well written at that. The dialogue made me cringe at times.

Also, there was not really not a lot of plot or action, and for this to work the character conversations and 'psycological' action needed to be much more dynamic.

I understand I'm in the minority, but I really wasn't impressed with this book.

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This is the third book in the "Wicked Lovely" series by Melissa Marr. Where the second book was from Ash's friend's point of view, this book goes back to Ash's perspective. This was an okay book and seemed to be very much a transition book.

Almost all of the book deals with Keenan, Ash, Donia, and

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Seth trying to find a balance with each other as Summer gets stronger. Keenan (Summer King) loves Donia (Winter Queen) while Ash (Summer Queen) loves Seth (mortal);unfortunately as Summer peaks Keenan and Ash are drawn together more than ever making their other relationships tough to deal with. To complicate things Lady War ( Bananach) is going around trying to create trouble as she wants all of the courts Summer, Winter, Dark, and High Courts at war with each other.

Mainly this book focused on the above mentioned individuals trying to make progress in their relationship balances. This book seemed to be setting things up for some big events in the next book. I was actually kind of disappointed that this book really leaves you hanging and doesn't really resolve anything.

I also did not enjoy Ash's continuous whining and incompetent attitude throughout the book. Ash talked herself in circles over and over again...I get it, it's a hard decision but geez you don't need to flog the reader over and over with it a hundred times.

Niall and Seth remain my favorite characters. I wish Ash would go away, she is uninteresting and boring to read about. Dania was another great character and really came into her own in this book. The events that happened in the end of this book made it interesting and make me want to read the next book. Personally though I would recommend waiting to read this book until the next book is out. Nothing is resolved in this one and reading it will just frustrate you.

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**** MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**** If you have read my reviews of Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, you will know that I love this series by Melissa Marr. Ink Exchange was one of my favorite reads so far this year. Unfortunately, Fragile Eternity is a good addition but did not take the top spot. The

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writing is superb as always, the plot is fast paced and intriguing, and some of my favorite characters are back (Niall, Seth, Donia). However, I now understand why I liked Ink Exchange better than WL or FE. I find Ash and Keenan's characters very frustrating. More and more I see Keenan as the villain and Ash as a girl who is unable to see him for who he really is (maybe I am a little bias, I did tell you Seth was one of my fave characters). The love triangle is getting a little tiresome, Ash just needs to make a decision and stick with it and if Keenan really loved Donia wouldn't he just want to be friends with Ash?

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Diving right into the third installment of Melissa Marr's lush written Wicked Lovely series, I was immediately bombarded with the sense of barely controlled tension. After some tricky maneuvering in Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange, Aislinn, Keenan, Seth, Donia and even Niall have all reached a

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somewhat tenuous balance but everyone knows the least little provocation could set off a war none of them can afford. Aislinn is thankfully settling into her role as co-Queen of the Summer Court but finding it daily harder and harder to hold Keenan at arms length when every instinct tells her she should get closer as summer draws nearer. And Keenan, well, he's never been a faery to miss a golden opportunity and he's not gonna budge an inch where Aislinn is concerned. He knows the stronger their bond is, the stronger the Summer Court will be and he's not going to let anything, let alone a mere mortal, get in the way of his goals. The mere mortal in question happens to be Seth - Aislinn's human boyfriend who is becoming increasingly frustrated with his mortality. Knowing he's too fragile and weak to truly protect Aislinn against any faery wishing her harm, he's stuck waiting on the sidelines, watching as Keenan draws her ever closer. This little love triangle is further complicated by Donia, who is slowly turning into the Ice Queen she truly is as she watches Keenan woo Aislinn while professing he truly loves only her. I'd be a little bitter too. And Niall? Well, we can all just sit back and appreciate the Dark Lord in action, because frankly, if I was the betting type, my money would be on him.Melissa Marr has such a way with words, sending her readers into this convoluted world full of court politics and murky relationships. Each individual Marr introduces is more alive and solid than the previous with each adding their own spin to events. Often while reading this series, I've found Ms. Marr's faeries to be remarkably human. That could be due to the fact that the boundaries between faery and mortal are so thin in her world - they go to the same night clubs, the same parks - and not surprisingly, they often seem to have more human than faerie qualities. That said, when Seth travels to meet Sorcha of the High Court of Faeries, I was so entranced with her complete 'otherness' as a quintessential faery. I should have fully expected that someone embodying Faerie would be a little bit different but I was surprised by how imperial everything about Sorcha and her court appeared. Just loved the contrast.There are so many characters to love in Fragile Eternity but I found myself constantly irritated with Aislinn. How did she stray so far from being one of my favorites? The girl makes some seriously deluded choices that made me want to strangle her. Out of every single character that has set foot in a Melissa Marr book, Niall has to be the winner - hands down. Who else could have began as a bodyguard and adviser and in one decisive step taken up the role of the King of the Dark Court and no one doubts for a minute that's where he belongs? That's right, NOBODY. I love his friendship with Seth and I love even more his barely controlled violence. He's freaking awesome.

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Everything is getting harder for Aislinn, the Summer Queen. She’s finding it harder and harder to resist Keenan, her king, who it seems she is naturally inclined to lust after. Keenan loves Donia, the Winter Queen, and vice versa, but with such opposing natures, these two struggle to make any

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kind of relationship work. Aislinn still loves Seth and wants to be with him, but he is a human in a faery world and it’s hard on both of them. Aislinn has lost most of her human friends and finds it hard to separate herself from the faery world, making everything more awkward for Seth, who can feel her separation from him. He determines to take drastic measures in an attempt to be with Aislinn forever, not realizing the potential consequences of his choice.

Much of Fragile Eternity is spent on the characters agonizing over one another. A natural, and easy, pairing would have been Aislinn and Keenan, the Summer royalty, who are almost doomed to love one another given the eternity that they are forced to have. Yet both Aislinn and Keenan love elsewhere, hurting both each other and their lovers equally. They can’t stop being drawn together even though they don’t love one another. It is a difficult time for all four people, and Marr explores the tough choices that they have to make with some finesse, even if it feels frustrating. I know I had trouble returning to this book because the relationships were so well drawn and so painful. It was hard to know where the book was going to end up.

Seth’s choice, about halfway through the book, made sense even though I wished it hadn’t come to that. His journey into the world of Faerie was the best part for me. He was finally at peace with his choice, becoming more than frustrated ball of love for Aislinn, and Sorcha is a great addition to the cast of characters. She’s strong, interesting, and simply feels mythical. She adds immeasurably to a book that is largely about tortured lovers by giving the story another outlet. Besides, I always love great worldbuilding and Seth’s journey was a stellar opportunity for Marr to engage in it. I was really looking forward to learning more about the world and I wasn’t at all disappointed.

Overall, I’m not sure this one lives up to Wicked Lovely or Ink Exchange. I think it’s telling that I had to put it aside and take a break from all the angst, and then I dreaded going back to it because I didn’t want the characters to be so unhappy or tortured anymore. To some extent this has always been true of this series, but I really had a hard time here. It also ends in a cliffhanger and the next book isn’t out until 2010. So, I’ll be biting my nails until then! I do plan to continue but next time, I’m going to approach Marr’s books with a totally open and relaxed mind, rather than one which didn’t really need more stress.

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After the debacle with her friend Leslie in "Ink Exchange", Aislinn's relationship with her mortal boyfriend Seth takes a turn for the worst when he disappears without a word and rumors fly that War, Bananach, is behind his disappearance. Compounding this situation is the advent of summer and

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Aislinn's lustful feelings with her growing connection to the Summer King, Keenan. Meanwhile, the Summer Court's former adviser, Niall, is ruling the Dark Court, which is clamoring for war to strengthen it since the peace between the Summer and Winter courts has weakened the Dark Court. But that peace between the Winter and Summer is precarious since Keenan still yearns for Donia, who has become queen of the Winter Court, but is enthralled by the connection to his Summer Queen.

After getting off to a rather slow, but crucial, start, "Fragile Eternity" delves into the mounting tensions within the fey world following the recent monarchical ascensions. Primarily focused on Aislinn's attempts to balance the two world she inhabits and varying degrees of success. Extremely interesting if you are interested in word analysis and politics. It might be a little boring since there is no real resolution at the end and no action, or war, but rather the threat of it.

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Finally...a look into Ash's boyfriend, Seth. While this book doesn't necessarily revolve around him, it takes a long, hard, honest look into the relationship between the Summer Queen and her mortal boyfriend. We see how complicated and frustrated both are with the situation. While is immortal, she

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lives knowing that Seth will age and die and she will be without him for the majority of her life. Seth is terrified of losing Ash to the emotions and needs of her Faery Summer Court, and especially her Summer King.

Seth must find a way to stay with Ash forever, but his options are incredibly limited. To top it all off, Bananach, a faery that craves nothing but war and chaos, has her hands in the pot stirring away, hoping to start an all out war between the factions. Seth finds himself stuck in the middle, being used as a pawn to further various courts desires. Will he make the correct decisions, or will he cause the devastating war that Bananach hopes for?

This volume of Melissa Marr's series was quite intense. Everyone is at everyone else's throats over something. We are also introduced to the High Court, the court that almost never fully leaves the Faery realm. All the characters are forced to make hard decisions, decisions that could effect the balance of things everywhere. I did get a little tired of hearing Seth and Ash complain about their mortal/immortal situation. We realize this upsets you, I don't want to hear about it every 20 pages or so. However. this series just keeps going strong and it sounds like there may be more to come. I certainly hope so!

4/5

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So I may be the only girl alive who has qualms with this book. In fact, I had so much trouble that it took me a whopping 5 days to read. Although I read Graceling over the span of 3 months, I actually had only spent 2 days actually reading it because it was a huge read. This means that Fragile

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Eternity was by far the longest book it has ever taken me to read. If I had it my way, meaning I did not have to mail this book out to a friend, I would have taken another week or so, hoping to drag the pain out over the course of time.

Fragile Eternity takes off immediately where Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange left off. So if you are like me and read those books ages ago, read it again before starting Fragile Eternity. Or you will be lost. Case in point, me. I had trouble beginning the book because I forgot some of the events that happened in those prior books which forced me to be completely and utterly lost. It took about 100 pages in that until I got comfortable again.

Give me another hundred pages and the plot begins to pick up. That is right. More than halfway through the book, page 250 or so, did the actual storyline make any sense. It was a grueling pace from the start. Excessive descriptions, unneeded dialogues, and bouts of what did I just read? I can basically sum up the entire first half in a few sentences. In fact for a hefty read like this, around 400 pages, the entire series moved 3 steps forward and 2 steps back.

Is anyone else not overly obsessed over the characters like me? Aislinn is too naïve for me like she has on a pair of rose-tinted glasses in every wake of her life. Keenan is just a shy of being a gigolo for me just a bit more before I stick a label on his forehead. Seth was kind of there. Well some times. I just see no appeal to him compared to others who fawn over his hard rock appearance and multiple piercings. I mean really though!? I get that he has a lip piercing, but can you please stop mentioning it every other page! For me the real star was Niall. He was the mighty stone who made sense! He who does not whine and complain every few pages shines like a thousand stars! (does anyone else see the irony of me saying this and what I am saying?)

So that was the bad parts of Fragile Eternity. The good news was that the book defiantly had the drama aspect down pat. The relationships between every character had its ups and downs, its hugs and kisses to pain and anguish. I found the brotherhood between Seth and Niall refreshing. There were no love quarrels and no dramatic scenes of “I love you!” and “I hate you!” Simple gestures that make me smile. There were also bits of surprises mainly involving Seth and Sorcha which never would I have imagined! And also a very cute cameo from the cover, the iron flowers of Wicked Lovely in the book.

The ending screams SEQUEL!

Overall: Fragile Eternity definitely could have done better. Too much fluff and not enough of an actual plotline happening

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Seth has always been my favorite character in these books, so I was excited to finally get to experience things from his perspective. And I must say that it only made me like him even more.
This book focuses a lot of time on Aislinn as she attempts to acclimate to her new role as Summer Queen. Even

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though she came up with a plan to rule on her own terms – Keenan would be her King, but Seth would be her partner – things are more difficult than she expected. Not only does the Summer Court grow stronger if she and Keenan are together in every sense of the word, she has a strong connection to him and part of her is drawn to Keenan in every way. Obviously this poses some problems in her relationship with Seth. Some of Aislinn’s choices in this book infuriated me, because even though she knows the situation she’s in is precarious, she doesn’t act in a way that is mindful of the other two people in the situation with her. While this made me want to throttle her, at the same time it works within the context of the story. What didn’t work for me about Aislinn was that, despite the fact that she was highly distrustful of faeries before she became one, now that she is one she seems to have forgotten just how manipulative they can be while still abiding by the rule that they can’t lie. While I can see that she’d want to be able to trust Keenan implicitly, I don’t know that she would be able to after so little time.
Seth’s role in this story took a not completely unexpected but nevertheless surprising turn. I say that because, while I would expect him to take the actions he does in this book, I was surprised that it happened in this book. But I’m glad that it does, because I think these actions will force Aislinn to finally confront who and what she really wants, and also the truth about what kind of a ruler Keenan is capable of becoming.
This seems to be the turning point in the series, and I like where the story seems to be headed. The only reason I didn’t like this book as much as the others was that there seemed to be a lot of repetition throughout it, like characters constantly telling Aislinn how she can strengthen the Summer Court, which I felt could have been left out (or just not repeated as often) and the story would still remain the same

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I couldn't really get into Wicked Lovely and didn't like Ink Exchange much but I enjoyed Fragile Eternity. Not sure why exactly - perhaps I was just in the right mood. It was slow to start with and I nearly just gave up but I am glad I finished it.

Book 3 in the WICKED LOVELY series finds Aislinn faced with a tough decision....to whom does her heart truly belong? With Keenan, her Summer King? With Seth, her mortal boyfriend? She's just trying to find where she fits in...as are several others characters, leading to a rather surprising ending.

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Definitely recommend this 3rd installment in the series....now working my way through book 4....YAY!

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Begins pretty slow but all the details are important to character development. Seth, Aislinn's human boyfriend plays a big role in this one. So does the High Court and Sorcha.

A great continuation to the Wicked Lovely series and an interesting look into Melissa Marr’s world of the Fae, FRAGILE ETERNITY turned out to be quite an interesting read. Having heard some mixed reviews about this one, I was a little nervous to see if this third installment could live up to the

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first two books. Following the incredibly intense Ink Exchange, FRAGILE ETERNITY could have easily floundered. Luckily, it didn’t.

While Ink Exchange took us over to watch the Dark Court, FRAGILE ETERNITY brings us back over to the lives of Aislinn, Seth, Donia, and of course our Summer King, Keenan. Struggling to find love where they can and fend off love where they shouldn’t allow it, life is anything but easy for these four. While Aislinn and Keenan fight against the lusty call of Summer, Donia becomes absorbed in finding a way not to wage war against the Summer court. After all, the man who is supposed to love her can’t help but find himself drawn to another woman. Amidst the chaos Seth finds the answer to his dreams, but will the required sacrifice be worth it?

Seth and Keenan both soar to new heights in FRAGILE ETERNITY. We see a new, deeper side to Keenan that we hadn’t really witnessed before. With Seth we begin to see the beginning cracks of insecurity. Aislinn’s pull to Keenan isn’t something he wants to witness but with no way to stop it, he’s at a loss for what to do. I think readers will love Seth in this book as he really becomes the focal point of the story.

The overall feel of FRAGILE ETERNITY was quite a bit different from Ink Exchange. Missing the deliciously dark, romantic element that the previous book held, this book stands out as more of a turning point in the series. We learn more about the world and get to meet a few more characters. It is still Ms. Marr’s world of the Fae, so there is plenty of darkness thrown throughout the pages of this story, but overall it felt that the tension here wasn’t as great as in previous books.

Readers will enjoy getting a deeper look into Ms. Marr’s world. Many of our questions are answered which, of course, only leaves us with more. One of my favorite aspects of her books is the way she manages to give us a fulfilling story without necessarily giving us a happy ending. Readers of Ms. Marr’s work will understand what I mean. FRAGILE ETERNITY is certainly no exception to this, but there was something about it, something about the change in the characters that leaves me thrilled and excited for the next installment in the series.

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Fragile Eternity is the sequel to Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange. I had read Wicked Lovely maybe a year before I finally purchased Fragile Eternity so I decided that it would make sense in rereading it, skipping Ink Exchange and going straight to Fragile Eternity. It was a pretty good plan, I got

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into the world that Melissa Marr had created but I also was able to pinpoint the more serious problems I had with the series.

I would give Fragile Eternity 3 stars. 1 star for the name. 2 stars for the premise.

I enjoyed the plot a lot, I'm always a sucker for Faery books, but I did not feel like I connected with the characters. The love triangle between Seth, Aislinn and Keenan, felt like it was more worried about than shown. I didn't understand why Aislinn was so in love with Seth and hated Keenan so much, other than that he is a faery. Thinking about it there are a couple reasons, but I felt that they were not expanded enough in the plot to really stick out while I was reading.

Another thing that I did not enjoy about the Wicked Lovely series, is the writing. I found Melissa Marr's prose sometimes repetitive, clumsy, and confusing. A few of the descriptions were very beautiful, but as a whole the books did not have a smooth narrative.

My last complaint is that I did not understand quite why the Summer Court, Winter Court, and the Dark Court would all be situated in Huntsdale, especially because in the beginning Aislinn makes it clear she moved to such an iron filled city to get away from Faeries, yet it happens that all the Courts end up being there? Or...did they all move for Aislinn?

However, overall I did enjoy the books enough to read three of them, and once the fourth comes into paperback I will probably read that one too. So yes this series has its faults, but I still do think that it has a couple of plus sides (mainly the plot) that downplay the minuses for a fun, less serious, skimming read.

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What is a decent guy to do? The girl you've waited to find, and to warm to you, and to get over being nervous around you turns out to be more than you ever expected. She's not just a girl you fell for, she's immortal, a fae. And not just any fae, but the Summer Queen, and therefore somewhat bound

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to the Summer King, the one who noticed her, and started her on her transformation from human to fae. Its not safe for you in her world, since you are human, and while she will barely age at all, you will age and die in what seems a blink to her. but she loves you, you love her, and you both are determined to make things work and be together. So what is your solution? For Seth, Asilinn's human boyfriend, the answer to him is clear. He needs to become fae as well. But that is not an easy task, for none of the fae he knows are willing to change him. So he seeks out the Queen of the High Court to ask her to make him an immortal fae so he can be with his love. But in the world of Farie, everything comes with a price. Will Seth be able to bear the price of the Queen to be with Ash? And will his bargain with her touch off a war in the world of Farie? Marr reveals these answers, and more in her 3rd installment of the Wicked Lovely series

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I am giving this book only 2 stars due to me skipping through several of the middle chapters trying to find a moving forward point. I felt like the middle chapters were the same thing just repeated over. The begining and the ending were good, I just felt like there were unneeded chapters in the

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middle. It was like "we get it Aislinn is trying to resist Keenan and wants to be with Seth."

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