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The story was from James (Deirdre's best friend) and Nuala (a fairy that feeds on music) point of view. James loves Deirdre but she was in love with Luke Dillion (a fairy). Luke wasn't in Ballad but Deirdre was heart broken because he left her. James was heart-broken because she didn't love him. Then he meets Nuala and is scared of her until they spend some time together. They "fall in love" and he realizes that what he felt for Deirdre was just a "crush".
Anyway, Nuala dies every 16 years and is reborn a different being with no memory. So they figure out how to save her memories by saying her name 7 times. The Fairy queen is trying to kill Deidre so he has to leave Nuala to go save her and doesn't think that the saving memory thing works, until he digs her out of the ashes that she burned in and sees that she still had her memories. Then the story just pretty much ends, leaving you kinda hanging, wondering what is going to become of them all.
I felt as though the story just drug on. Stiefvater does plan on writing another book for this series. Overall, Ballad was good but it jumped around so much that I just got aggravated. I will continue reading the Book of Faerie series with hopes it will improve but it's not at the top of my to-read list. The overall story is interesting. What are your thoughts on the Book of Faerie series?
The story was from James (Deirdre's best friend) and Nuala (a fairy that feeds on music) point of view. James loves Deirdre but she was in love with Luke Dillion (a fairy). Luke wasn't in Ballad but Deirdre was heart broken because he left her. James was heart-broken because she didn't love him. Then he meets Nuala and is scared of her until they spend some time together. They "fall in love" and he realizes that what he felt for Deirdre was just a "crush".
Anyway, Nuala dies every 16 years and is reborn a different being with no memory. So they figure out how to save her memories by saying her name 7 times. The Fairy queen is trying to kill Deidre so he has to leave Nuala to go save her and doesn't think that the saving memory thing works, until he digs her out of the ashes that she burned in and sees that she still had her memories. Then the story just pretty much ends, leaving you kinda hanging, wondering what is going to become of them all.
I felt as though the story just drug on. Stiefvater does plan on writing another book for this series. Overall, Ballad was good but it jumped around so much that I just got aggravated. I will continue reading the Book of Faerie series with hopes it will improve but it's not at the top of my to-read list. The overall story is interesting. What are your thoughts on the Book of Faerie series?
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