Hey Book-lovers! Today I wanted to discuss Wings by Aprilynne Pike. This is one of the most engrossing and thoroughly captivating books I've ever read. It starts out with Laurel, a fifteen-year-old girl with some odd characteristics (like only eating fruits and vegetables) starting at a new high school after having just moved away from a small town, and meeting David (a boy in her classes), who becomes her friend. Shortly after, she notices a bump growing on her back, turning from coin-sized to baseball-sized. She worries about it the whole time, not knowing what it is, and even more so when it suddenly turns into a flower, a huge blossom growing right out of her back. Confused, she turns to David, who is very scientific and helps her determine that she is more plant than animal. Soon after, she visits her old house, meets Tamani, who tells her that she is, in fact, a faerie (him being one himself.) She discovers that she was given to her human adoptive parents when she was young, to help protect the gateway to Avalon, a faerie world. (the gateway to which was in her old backyard.) He tells her she has to keep the house, but with her father getting terribly sick from a mysterious illness, a suspicious-looking, forceful man trying to buy the house, and her family's financial problems closing in, there's not much she can do. Later, she and david find out what's so suspicious about the man, and why he wants to buy the house so much. I can't tell you any more, though, because you'll have to read the book.
This book was one of the best I've ever read, and I would recommend this book to anyone who likes fast-paced fantasy. Reading it makes you question the thin line between fantasy and reality, because despite her mythological state, she still has to worry about fitting in at school, and deciding between two guys (one of them is a faerie, but still.)
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