The first part of the book plods and it is only toward the last 50 pages that the action picks up. Pike makes several attempts to explain historical and mythological people and events so they fit into her world–Eve, it seems was a misunderstood faerie–without fully fleshing out the whys or hows. While Avalon is slightly interesting, Laurel's time there drags. Pike develops her world with limited success. In the end, she is forced to choose between her two worlds. Her relationship with David, her human boyfriend, has deepened, but she still feels ties to Tamani, her faerie sentry, and she constantly questions where she belongs.
When she goes back to her life in the human world, she constantly feels the strain of wondering when Barnes will make his next move. The strict faerie social hierarchy begins to wear on her, causing her to question her place in that society. Gr 7-10–This sequel to Wings (HarperTeen, 2009) begins with Laurel going to the Academy of Avalon to begin a summer of intensive training as a Fall faerie in order to protect her family from the threat of her troll nemesis, Jeremiah Barnes.
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