Review: Bones of faerie by Janni Lee Simner

Synopsis from jacket:

The war between humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so 15-year-old Liza has been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza’s world bears the scars of its encounter with magic. Trees move with sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Then Liza discovers she has the Faerie ability to see—into the past, into the future—and she has no choice but to flee her town. Liza’s quest will take her into Faerie and back again, and what she finds along the way may be the key to healing both worlds.


Janni Lee Simner’s first novel for young adults is a dark fairy-tale twist on apocalyptic fiction—as familiar as a nightmare, yet altogether unique

Was This Book Worth My Time?

Sure.

This book was interesting to me.  The setting is futuristic in that the villagers once had TV, but the war destroyed them.  There are many parts of the book that made me stop and think about what kind of book I was reading because it seems so surreal.  There is no magic in our world, but in this book they make it seem as if there is no one in the world who does NOT possess some sort of magical ability.

This novel was a breath of fresh air after I struggled through Janni Lee Simner's second book Thief Eyes.  This book was written with more action and a lot more depth - somethign I searched to find in Thief Eyes.


This wasn't a "I don't want to put it down" kind of book for me.  It is a book that has elements of scary fairy-tale and post-apocalyptic characteristics. 


What Bothered Me?
I felt like I was never let in on the history of the characters. I was a little put off by this beacuse there were times when I couldn't understand why a character was doing something.  It's hard for me, as a reader, to justify a character's motive without a history. 


More than anything, I'm bothered with the fact that I don't have much to say period.  That speaks for itself.  It's a good book.  Nothing special.