Yet it also becomes an opportunity for her to wrestle with the societal differences between the human world in which she was raised and the socially stratified faerie realm-while also learning what it will take to keep her alive when trolls are out to kill her.ĭespite its surface similarities to that certain literary teen wizard, Pike’s tale is more than another derivative hero-quest narrative.
Laurel’s first journey to the faerie realm of Avalon is intended to help her learn her destined role as a healer and preparer of magical mixtures. In Spells, the comparison becomes complete, as Laurel heads to school to learn the tricks of the faerie trade. In last year’s Wings, Salt Lake City native Aprilynne Pike introduced us to Laurel, a 15-year-old girl whose discovery of her mysterious, magical history-she’s actually a faerie-had a whiff of Harry Potter.
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