From Maggie's website:
Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand—one who can see faeries. When a mysterious boy enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of nowhere, Deirdre finds herself infatuated. Trouble is, the enigmatic and conflicted Luke turns out to be a gallowglass—a soulless faerie assassin—and Deirdre is meant to be his next mark. Deirdre has to decide if Luke's feelings towards her are real, or only a way to lure her deeper into the world of Faerie.
After reading and loving SHIVER, I had to have more of Maggie's beautiful, lyrical writing. LAMENT is the first in Maggie's faerie series, with its sequel, BALLAD, having just been released in October 2009.
LAMENT is a wonderful story, populated with strong yet vulnerable characters--characters you can believe in, hurt for, hope for. Like so many of the books I truly enjoy, Maggie does a great job of putting her characters in impossible situations. Everyone in this book has to make difficult decisions, everyone is tested in some way or another.
I really enjoyed the book and am looking forward to reading BALLAD. Definitely recommended. Go! Buy! Love!
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