Review: On Fallen Wings by Jamie McHenry

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Book Blurb

Faeries are supposed to be perfect. Rhiannon was. Her life was. Then her betrothed disappeared. She tried to be strong. She asked for help. There’s only so much trying and asking will do. So, she took action. That’s when everything fell apart. For seventeen-year-old faerie Rhiannon Phillips, preparing for marriage is supposed to be exciting, but when her fiancé Sean disappears, everything changes. On Fallen Wings follows the heart of this young woman while she searches for answers and a happy end to a tragic season. This fantasy novel takes you deep into the timeless traditions of a village with secrets as old as the forest. There, Rhiannon takes on daring quests, makes new friends—and new enemies, challenges her fears, and is ultimately faced with a horrible decision: choosing between the faerie life she loves, and losing Sean forever. On Fallen Wings is book one of the Stone Portals series.

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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala

Rhiannon is a selected faerie and respected in her village.  She lives with her family and spends time with her best friend Nia.  She celebrates her day of promise with Sean, her intended.  He requests armor and she wants a white horse.  Once they fulfill their promise to each other they are free to marry.  Sean goes in search for the white horse and is gone for most of the moon season.  While he is gone life continues for Rhia.  She fulfills her duties as a faerie.  She also continues with her work at home and watching for the bandit.  A bandit has been stealing things from homes in the village.  Rhia awaits Sean’s return, feeling guilty that she requested such a difficult item to find.  She feels her life is on hold.

Sean finally returns with his gift.  They begin to make wedding plans and are excited for their future.  The bandit strikes again, and Sean disappears.  Rhia’s life is thrown into chaos as she searches for him, doing everything she can.  Sean’s brother asks for the impossible and Rhia must make a tough choice.  That choice can cause her to lose everything.

This book started out happy and sweet.  Rhiannon loves Sean and is excited for her day of promise.  She also enjoys upholding traditions as a faerie.  She comes across as a young character but was a good match with Sean.  Her innocence shines through pretty brightly.  When Sean leaves on his quest, you can feel her worry and guilt. She realizes what a selfish choice she made.  You feel her loneliness and uncertainty while he is gone.  Once he returns everything is right in her world.  Things get back to normal and her relationship continues.  However, when the author takes the storyline in the direction he did, I was shocked.  Rhiannon is faced with an impossible choice.  You feel for her as she agonizes over what she will do.

Then the story turns tragic as the consequences of her decision and the actions of the bandit affect the outcome of her life.  It was difficult to read.  It actually made me cry to read her devastation.  She changes from the beginning and her innocence is completely lost by the end.  Her life is not what she thought.  It was a good read with a faerie twist.  I wonder where her story will go next.  I give it a 4 out of 5.

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