Dust Girl

Dust Girl (The American Fairy #1)

by Sarah Zettel

2 stars

 

304 pages

Published June 26, 2012 by Random House Books for Young Readers (first published Jan. 1, 2012)

 

Meh. Not a great book. I think its first mistake was pairing the Great Depression/Dust Bowl with Fairies. Not a good match. It's like that awful movie a while ago - "Cowboys and Aliens." No amount of Daniel Craig-ness could pull that one out of the gutter. 

This book wasn't quite that bad, but it was sure weird. Weird. Weird. Some things just shouldn't be paired.
Will not be reading anymore in the series.

Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1)

Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1)

by Melissa Marr

3 stars

328 pages

If I had been the editor of this book, I'd have cut about half of the book - and the story would not have suffered.
A good quarter of the dialogue was, "I don't want to be queen."; "Leave me alone."; "Keenan is gorgeous."; "I love Seth." or some variation thereof.
But if you overlook the obvious padding, this was a solid beginning to the series.
I do hope there is a bit more action (and not so much teen angst) in the next book.