Publishing House: Flux Books
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Pages: 325
Rating: A
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand--one who can see faeries.
Unexpectedly, Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy named Luke who enters her ordinary life, seemingly out of thin air. But his interest in her might be something darker than summer romance. When a sinister faerie named Aodhan shows up with deadly orders from the Faerie Queen, it forces Dee right into the midst of Faerie. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend.
Deirdre had been wishing her summer weren't so dull, but taking on a centuries-old Faerie Queen isn't exactly what she had in mind.
Review: After I read Maggie's "Shiver", I immediately ordered Lament and Ballad to give me some more of Maggie's amazing writing skills until the sequel, "Linger", comes out. That is just what I got. I absolutely LOVE stories about Faeries (especially ones that spell it like that) add in a bit of a love triangle and I am sold!
The story starts off with the prologue, which I can only assume is Deirdre's dream that she mention's later in the story, telling about a boy hiding in a room. Off in the distance of the room, there is a dove that is trapped in a cage of "hair-fine wires", its wings beating against the bars. A woman then appears, taking the bird from the cage, holding a candle beneath its wing, which seems to cause the boy pain. With the closing statements, the boy is discovered. Then, going into the first chapter, starting with Deirdre and her mother driving to a music competion.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In my opinion, it by far held up to my love of "Shiver", and made me even more excited for "Linger"!
Next to Read: Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
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