Wings
by Aprilynne Pike

    WINGS by Aprilynne Pike
    Category:  Fantasy
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  5/5/09
    Publisher:  HarperTeen
    Reviewed by:  Marta Morrison
    Rating:  5 Stars


    What happens when you find out that you are different.  Not just a little different but really DIFFERENT?!   

    Laurel finds herself in public school for the first time when she is a sophomore.  She has been homeschooled in a
    small cabin in the forest.  Her parents moved to Crescent City, in Northern California, about an hour away from her
    cabin to open a bookstore.  

    At her high school Laurel meets David, and he invites her to join his group of friends.  He also becomes her best
    friend.  

    As she is getting settled into her new life, she gets a bump on her back - which grows bigger and bigger until she
    sprouts a pretty blue blossom. This blossom makes her look like she has wings.  

    She manages to hide it from her family and the people at school, but she and David begin to investigate.  He looks at
    cells of her blossom and her cheeks and comes to the conclusion that she is made of plant cells.  

    Laurel goes back to her cabin home in search of answers.  There she meets Tamani, a gorgeous young man who tells
    her that she is a fairy.  She has been helping the fairies guard a secret that is by her cabin home.  

    Later, her dad takes ill and Laurel and David risk their lives fighting trolls, who are trying to acquire Laurel's forest
    home.  These trolls are scary!  They are big, strong, and the main one is smart.

    WINGS is the first of four books, and it leaves us with Laurel living two different lives.  Should she go back to her
    fairy life with Tamani, or stay and guard her adoptive parents and be with David, who Laurel also has feelings for?  
        
    I really loved this book.  It had everything: love, chases, close escapes, dramatic choices, and lots of magic.  The
    writing was very good, and at some points I had to put down the book just because I was so nervous for the
    characters, which for me means that I was totally involved in the story.    

    Laurel is someone who I would want to be my best friend. David is also fantastic. He is what I would love to meet
    and have in my life.  He is accepting, brave, and extremely helpful.  Tamani is strong, intense, and sexy! What a
    choice!  

    I highly recommend this series.  It is fun and very believable.  Go now and buy your copy of WINGS!