It's these little bits of humor that, coupled with badass fight scenes, make the underlying currents of grief and anger bearable. Everyone makes awkward jokes about it, which gave me strong Buffy the Vampire Slayer feels. A character dies and is brought back, for example. The series is quite self-aware, which is refreshing and amusing. They do get their happily ever after, but I shall not tell you any more about the many trials they face to get there. I wanted him to smarten up and never leave. I wanted him to go away and never come back. Politics and personal entanglements and familial bonds and the passage of time all play a huge part in Aileana's journey from angry teen to angry-but-heroic teen.Īs for the romance, the deep first-person POV kept me invested. I'm trying very hard not to give spoilers here, but let's just say that the plot thickens substantially as the story progresses. When was the last time that you read about a high-society debutante who stalks monsters at night and gets a rush of energy every time she kills? That's what I thought.Īileana is a complex heroine, and she grapples with her actions and their consequences throughout the trilogy. It's this last part that made her so interesting, if I'm being honest. She's a Falconer, a special sort of human with a teeny bit of fae blood that gives her special powers, like the ability to see the Fae. She's a grieving daughter, motivated by revenge and lost in a sea of anger and unprocessed sadness. She's a tinkerer who finds solace in building weapons from scratch. The other half? We talked about Aileana.Īileana, the heroine of the trilogy, is an unusual and fascinating protagonist. Probably half of our discussion time that first month was spent arguing over Kiaran vs.
There's also a bit of a love triangle set up in the first installment, but it's handled well. There's a strong central romance that begins in THE FALCONER but isn't acted upon.
Regardless of the reviews, I was looking for a YA fantasy with a strong heroine and went ahead with the selection.įirst, let me say that my little book group thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Some said it was "steampunk-lite," as though the author couldn't commit to that style of world-building. Some said it was formulaic, offering nothing new. The reviews for THE FALCONER, the first in the series, were all over the place. I lead the YA Book Club at my local library, which means I read a bunch of reviews of any given book before I propose it to my teens. Elizabeth May's Falconer Trilogy starts off treading very familiar ground, but quickly leaves the path in favor of a deep and creative exploration of Faerie mythology.
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