![]() ![]() I fell in love with the main character almost immediately. The author imagines a rich world filled with wonder and brings a language to it that makes it uniquely her own. Although fairies and stories about fairies aren’t new by any means, Taylor makes them new again in this first book of her series. Rather, those demands further enhance a reader’s experience of the unfolding adventure. However, the demands regarding initial investment in reading time and language skills that Taylor has of her readers requires more patience, understanding, and appreciation of dialogue than those other books. On some levels, I think that’s a fair assessment. That would put it in the same category as Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and J. The publisher designates it as a YA book targeting nine to twelve year olds. Laini Taylor’s debut fantasy novel, Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, is hard to classify regarding audience. ![]()
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