Review: 'Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception' by Maggie Stiefvater

Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
Books of Faerie #1
By: Maggie Stiefvater
Published: On October 8th, 2008 by Flux

Sixteen-year-old Deirdre Monaghan is a painfully shy but prodigiously gifted musician. She's about to find out she's also a cloverhand--one who can see faeries. Deirdre finds herself infatuated with a mysterious boy who enters her ordinary suburban life, seemingly out of thin air. Trouble is, the enigmatic and gorgeous Luke turns out to be a gallowglass--a soulless faerie assassin. Sworn enemies, Luke and Aodhan each have a deadly assignment from the Faerie Queen. Namely, kill Deirdre before her music captures the attention of the Fae and threatens the Queen's sovereignty. Caught in the crossfire with Deirdre is James, her wisecracking but loyal best friend. Deirdre had been wishing her life weren't so dull, but getting trapped in the middle of a centuries-old faerie war isn't exactly what she had in mind...

Let me start by telling you all that I have read this book 100 times if I've read it once. I don't reread books, people. I just don't. Sure, I'll flip through it again if and when a movie comes out so I can have it fresh in my mind (easier to complain that Hollywood-did-this-Hollywood-did-that that way), but I don't tend to miss characters so much that I stop reading my newly-purchased book (which is wonderful) to go back into this universe again. So this alone should tell you how good this is, but I suppose you want a real review, yes? But of course.

Lament is the story of Deirdre Monaghan, and how those psychopathic faerie peoples evilevilevil the Fae wants to kill her, which is very dramatic and frightening and gripping, but in all honesty...I think I love this book for Luke. I love Luke. I don't care if he's the villain, shh! I find him charming and wicked and absolutely lovely- Come on, who doesn't love a guy who will wander into the "despicable" girls bathroom, just to hold your hair back while you vomit? And still think you're worthy of the name, "Pretty Girl" afterwards? Tell me that is not awesome..

Ahem. Book. I love the story itself, too, guys, really. It is probably my favorite love story, story of the Fae, of all time. None of the characters are forgotten or brushed aside, none of them pointless, and I can say honestly there have been useless characters in many books I have read (this bothers me...)

It takes a lot to get me to love a book this much, and have no complaints. This book right here is the reason I am a fan of Maggie Stiefvater. This book secures me as a Forever Fan, and I will always have a copy of this book on my shelves. I recommend this book every which way :3

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About The Author:

All of Maggie Stiefvater's life decisions have been based around her inability to be gainfully employed. Talking to yourself, staring into space, and coming to work in your pajamas are frowned upon when you're a waitress, calligraphy instructor, or technical editor (all of which she's tried), but are highly prized traits in novelists and artists. She's made her living as one or the other since she was 22. She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki.

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Author Appreciation Day 17:The Marvelous Maggie Stiefvater

Today we're all about the genius of Maggie Stiefvater. I think she is one of the most talented voices out there in the young adult genre right now. ALL her books are amazing and heartbreaking while still making you laugh out loud at times. I just think she's fabulous! 

Maggie Stiefvater's Website

Maggie is the author of Ballad & Lament (her homicidal faerie books), The Wolves of Mercy Falls series (Shiver, Linger & Forever), The Scorpio Races & the upcoming Raven Boys series. I first found Maggie while browsing through Borders. I stumbled across Lament and read the synopsis and thought, hmm..homicidal faeries?? Sounds good! So I bought it & I was so glad!  Her writing is like poetry and she is such a gifted story teller that you fall right into the story as you're reading. You feel the characters' pain, joy, triumph, just everything as you read their stories. Another thing I love about Maggie is she's not afraid to give her characters a not-so-happy ending sometimes. Things never magically become perfect just because you've reached the end of the book. Don't get me wrong, I love a good happy ending as much as the next girl, I just appreciate the uniqueness of Maggie's style of not always happy, but interesting endings, too. 

My favorite book by Maggie, has to be Shiver, the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls series. It's the whole falling in love with the person you know you're supposed to be with forever thing, I think. Plus I love Sam just a little bit, he is an amazing character and his and Grace's love story is one of the best I've ever read. If you haven't read this book, give yourself a stern talking to and then go out and BUY it now!  I promise you won't regret it. 

Coming on September 18,  2012, look for The Raven Boys! You can preorder it now on Amazon.com!

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.

I don't know about you guys, but I cannot wait to read this book!!