Stephanie S. (skywriter319) - , reviewed on 7/8/2009 + 784 more book reviews

Deirdre Monaghan is just your average super-talented harpist. Then a boy walks out of her dreams and straight into her life. Deirdre knows that the attractive and slightly dangerous Luke Dillon is no human, but she is hardly prepared for what he is: the faerie queen's soulless assassin, a human who rejected her and is now forced to kill all she believes is a threat to her.

Luke was sent to kill Deirdre, but neither of them anticipated falling in love with each other. Now, Luke is risking his life to save hers, but Deirdre is not going to let the evil faerie queen walk all over her and destroy her and her family, friends, and loves. Maybe Deirdre is more of a threat to the queen than she herself thought...

Maggie Stiefvater is going to be the rising voice of YA faerie fiction, I can tell. She writes brilliantly, the story is intricate yet satisfying, and, most of all, her characters are the kind you'll want to fall in love with or be. We are thrown right into the story, which is confusing for about the first half of the book. Fortunately, Maggie Stiefvater's writing totally makes up for that: Deirdre's narrative tone can be described as "irreverent:" she's a witty and self-deprecating observer who still manages to pull kick-butt abilities out of thin air as if she'd been born to do it all along.

The characters are truly what make this book. Deirdre is your ideal female protagonist, and Luke her heartbreakingly dazzling male counterpart. Even secondary characters take on full shape and importance.

LAMENT leaves off on a bittersweet note, and I can't tell you how eager I am for the release of BALLAD, a companion book. If I could devour Maggie's writing as food all day, I would. Instead, I will be content to reread LAMENT over and over again, desperately waiting for what she has to show us next.

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