I am in love with this series! I’ve only recently dove into the many YA series that deal with fairies. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can’t help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. She’s alone in Faery with only her wits for help. Worse, Meghan’s own fey powers have been cut off. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron Fey, iron-bound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is a prisoner to the Winter faery queen. Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Memorable Quote: “You’re here, and the only dance I want is this one.” His long black coat billowed behind him, accenting the pale, angular face and translucent skin, the blue-green veins glowing beneath the surface. Opening Lines: The Iron King stood before me, magnificent in his beauty, silver hair whipping about like an unruly waterfall.
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I quickly realized, as many parents have before me, that I could not keep everything princess-related out of her life. I thought I might be off the hook, at least until kindergarten. I stocked up on gender neutral clothes and, for the first several months of her life, Winnie (and I) avoided the issue entirely. Those few months, I realized, would be the only time when no one would put any expectations or limitations on my child based on gender. I didn’t find out Winnie’s gender while I was pregnant. The emphasis on beauty, the focus on being desired/getting married, the assertion that girls can’t (or wouldn’t want to) do the same things as boys. Well, with princesses and with all that seems to come along with them. Ever since my daughter Winnie was born three years ago, I’ve been struggling with princesses. |