Sisters by birth, divided by magic.Shannon and Maya are twin sisters who grew up in the mortal world. After years of trying to fit in with mortals the family decides to move back to the Faery town of Wimbourne. Moving back is great for Shannon, who was born with their magic. For Maya, born without magic, it’s a nightmare. The sisters couldn’t be more different. The only thing they have in common … common is liking the same boy, Jake.
Getting lost with Jake in an unfamiliar realm at the heart of a civil war is not helping their feelings of sisterly love. Even while they’re faced with dangers, neither one really understands the other. Will their differences destroy them, or can they look past years of growing apart to come together and find their way home?
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I really enjoyed the love triangle between Jake, Maya, and Shannon, with the added dimension of Faerie blood. The author captured the rivalry/love between twin siblings with great precision. While there are many characters in this book, some to help and some to hinder, I didn’t get too confused, as they all had strong personalities and descriptions.
Two girls, twins, identical – EXCEPT that one possesses magic and the other doesn’t. They’re Fae, so magic would be expected. That’s all well and good for Shannon, the gifted one. It’s not so great for Maya, who is magicless.
Then they and Jake, Shannon’s best friend, find themselves in a different community, one of wizards, who dislike the faeries – but everybody in town is frozen except for one boy about their age. From there the four are pursued through a number of communities in search of a way back home by a faerie-born wizard who wants to control the world.
Will they make it? If not, who’s going to get them and keep them? There are plenty of contenders, so it remains to be seen.
I’ll be honest. When this book came up a few times in my reading group I avoided it as I didn’t think it sounded that good. I’m not too proud to admit that I was wrong. While adults will enjoy this book, teenagers will love it. The author has done a great job of capturing the personalities of the rival teenage twin sisters and their interactions with each other.
As they go on an unexpected journey through a magical land, they discover that someone is betraying them, leaving them not knowing who to trust; not even each other at times. While a lot of questions are answered as you progress through the book, not all are, leaving you eager to read the next instalment.
Through a magical portal and into an unfamiliar world–can anyone be trusted?
The plot may seem a little predictable, but the twins Maya and Shannon are as different as apples and bananas–and yes, they also care for the same boy, Jake. Their journey through a world of magical creatures as they seek to return home is loaded with conflict and teen age troubles. The first of a much anticipated series. Nice job, Ms. Paisley
More suited to teenagers than an old(er!) fogie like me, I still really enjoyed the story. I found it ticks along at a healthy pace, with the author savouring the problems two very different twins face when their family up sticks and move to the fairy town of Wimbourne. Cue handsome love interest, Jake, to disrupt an already delicate relationship between the sisters, and throw in a helter-skelter race through a magical realm filled with delicious helpings of monsters and magic.
Really, really good fun, and if my four year old daughter was a decade older I would definitely hand her a copy!
This was a really enjoyable read. Maya and Shannon are twins but they couldn’t be more different and they haven’t seen eye to eye since they were young children. Despite being from a magical family, Maya has no magic and feels like an outsider in the magical world, just as her sister feels in the mortal world. It feels like they don’t have anything in common, except for liking the same boy! Their parents try to do what’s best for both of them but it doesn’t take long before they get themselves into real trouble and embroiled in something much bigger than their sibling squabbles.
The adventure bounces along and you get swept up in it. If you love Harry Potter, I think you’d enjoy this. The twins have to figure themselves out and figure the world out. Being a teen is hard! A really fun read.
magic, romance sibling rivalry all wrapped up in a fairy package. Twins is opposite as they can be are still family. But the move which helps one pushes the other one out of her comfort zone, far out. Great fantasy read.
This book takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level with Shannon and Maya. Shannon is gifted with magic and Maya is not. Neither of them can forget the difference and when they are forced to move back to their realm of Faeries, Maya isn’t happy. Shannon’s best friend, Jake, keeps her going and it’s not long until the entire group finds themselves lost in the middle of a war.
I loved the constant tension between Shannon and Maya, both the dynamic of magic and between both of them liking Jake, they had some interesting interactions. I liked Maya more than Shannon though because Maya was more down to Earth and altogether likeable.
This is definitely a different type of fiction, but I recommend it for all fans of YA fantasy.
What can I say, I was hooked from the first few chapters. The story revolves around Shannon and Maya, twin faery sisters one with magic and one without. After getting kicked out of school again, their family moves to Wimbourne, a magical community. The sisters meet up with Jake and take a trip into the forbidden , to see why it’s off limits. Maya goes missing, so Jake and Shannon end up going through a portal to another realm and discover that there’s plenty of secrets and treachery around every turn. They discover that there’s a war brewing and that they are now in the crosshairs of a tyrant looking to rule all. All in all, a wonderful start to what promises to be a great series. I highly recommend this one!
This story is an incredible fantasy based around a complex relationship between twin sisters who happen to be fairies. I became invested in the well written and fully developed characters. The romance was a wonderful touch to the fantasy story. I highly recommend this fun read.
This story is told from two different perspectives, one with magic and the other without. The sisters each feel like they aren’t being heard or understood, but in reality, they just need to learn to communicate their feelings with one another better. The adventures and circumstances they find themselves in are written really well, drawing the reader into the story, easily seeing the scenery around them and feeling everything they feel. The adventures are fun, the characters are interesting, and the overall story arc is well-executed. Great job.