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Fairy/Fae theme challenge

The rules:
Books must be longer than 150 pages.
Paper, e-books and audio books may be used.
Books read between 15 November 2014 and 31 January 2015 may be used.

The tasks:
1 Read a book with the word "Fairy" or a derivative thereof in the title

2 Read a fairy book that forms part of a series.

3 Read a book where somebody discovers she is a fairy

4 Read a book where fairy royalty is part of the cast of characters - fairy queen, princess etc

5 Read a book where fairies are not the only supernatural creatures in the story

Points:

Janice: 5/5
Varla Fiona: 0/5
Lu: 0/5
Jax: 4/5

Progress: 5/5


✔1 Read a book with the word "Fairy" or a derivative thereof in the title
Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak

✔2 Read a fairy book that forms part of a series.
Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr

✔3 Read a book where somebody discovers she is a fairy
(view spoiler)[ Need by Carrie Jones (hide spoiler)]

✔4 Read a book where fairy royalty is part of the cast of characters - fairy queen, princess etc
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater

✔5 Read a book where fairies are not the only supernatural creatures in the story
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs

0/5

1 Read a book with the word "Fairy" or a derivative thereof in the title The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

2 Read a fairy book that forms part of a series. Elder Druid

3 Read a book where somebody discovers she is a fairy The Iron King

4 Read a book where fairy royalty is part of the cast of characters - fairy queen, princess etc Age of Druids

5 Read a book where fairies are not the only supernatural creatures in the story Splintered

Progress: 1/5


1 Read a book with the word "Fairy" or a derivative thereof in the title

2 Read a fairy book that forms part of a series.

3 Read a book where somebody discovers she is a fairy

4 Read a book where fairy royalty is part of the cast of characters - fairy queen, princess etc


5 Read a book where fairies are not the only supernatural creatures in the story

I'm having a hard time thinking of books for number 3... I can only think of:

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

All three of which I have already read. Does anybody know of any others?

Otherwise, Carolien, can I read a book that's part of either of those two series? It obviously just won't be the book in which she discovers she is a fairy.

Let's see if anybody has any ideas, otherwise that may be an option. My copy is out on loan, but it may be worth checking The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. I can't remember if she actually becomes a fairy in the process.

Read that one too! Hmmmm... I don't think she becomes a fairy only (view spoiler)[the ruler of fairyland, or that might be in the other books. I pretty much read them all in one go so it becomes one lovely tale now when I think back on it (hide spoiler)]

Check out The Faerie Guardian btw since you seem to be a fairy expert! Won't count for the task, but a nice series.

Thanks Carolien, that's been on my radar for a while, maybe I should check it out.

Anyways, found one I haven't read yet!

The Faerie Path by Allan Freewin Jones

But I would still love some other ideas from the rest of you if you know of any.

Or Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog (Carolien, would this one count? It's a guy who finds out he is a fairy. Or the girlfriend finds out her boyfriend is a fairy. The details are hazy on the blurb)

Janice wrote: "Thanks Carolien, that's been on my radar for a while, maybe I should check it out.

Anyways, found one I haven't read yet!

The Faerie Path by Allan Freewin Jones

But I would still l..."

As long as somebody discovers they're a fairy it would count.

Janice wrote: "I'm having a hard time thinking of books for number 3..."

Alexia Purdy's Dark Faerietale series could be.
Though the protagonist is technically only half, and I don't think she's yet realised that(At least not in the first books). - [also this one appears to be either self-published or published by a small house - as it still has a couple of rough patches.]

Jenna Black's Faeriewalker Series (YA)
Nicole Peeler's Jane True Series
Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood (again only part fae)
Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers (YA)

Jax.... thanks! Great suggestions :)

How about the Dresden series with the Winter and Summer fairy queens.Will have to look up some of the ones mentioned here.

Done!

Well done!

Sorry bout the late updates...
4/5

1 Read a book with the word "Fairy" or a derivative thereof in the title

✔2 Read a fairy book that forms part of a series.


✔3 Read a book where somebody discovers she is a fairy

✔4 Read a book where fairy royalty is part of the cast of characters - fairy queen, princess etc

✔5 Read a book where fairies are not the only supernatural creatures in the story

No problem, glad you got them!