Ink Exchange, in particular, has the characters (especially Irial) learn that 'sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.' Leslie practically has to spell this out as Irial's obsession with her leads to her losing her ability to feel negative emotions, forcing the two apart.The series overall swears by the phrase 'There are always choices,' which gets repeated in every book as the characters challenge the strict rules of the fey courts and forge their own paths.Achilles' Heel: Iron is poisonous to fey except for monarchs and a select few others like Bananach.And it's not too long before Aislinn is pulled into a world of dark magic, political intrigue, and romance. The one who'll save the fae world from the oppressive rule of the Winter Court.

Keenan, the young king of the Summer Court, thinks she might be his prophesied Summer Queen. But that becomes very difficult when one very powerful faerie starts following her. All her life she's been terrified of them, trying to hide her gift to avoid attracting their attention. It consists of a book of the same name (2007), Ink Exchange (2008), Fragile Eternity (2009), Radiant Shadows (2010), Darkest Mercy (2011) and later Faery Tales & Nightmares (2012), a compilation of short stories set in the Wicked Lovely universe among others and Desert Tales (2013), a companion novel about a former Winter Girl.Īislinn is an ordinary human girl - or she would be, if it weren't for the fact she can see faeries. Wicked Lovely is a YA urban fantasy series by Melissa Marr. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils.Rule #1: Don't ever attract faeries' attention. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life.The tattoo does bring changes-not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow.Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together.

The second installment in Melissa Marr's #1 New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series brings readers back to the land of faerie and delivers another stunning, high-stakes romance.Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger.

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