Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception by Maggie Stiefvater

On the day of an important music competition, talented but painfully introverted and nervous Deirdre Monaghan is helped to perform by the compelling and enigmatic Luke Dillon and finds herself inexorably drawn into the mysteries and dangers of the faerieworld.

I've been reading about this book for several weeks/months and I was so excited when it came in that I put it in my bag to read while I was in St. Louis last weekend. Turns out it was an excellent choice, this book was full of romance, suspense, magic, best friends, some seriously scary faeries, and even some funny bits. Deirdre plays the harp (who plays the harp? Awesome), but she has horrible stage fright, right before a big competition she meets up with the mysterious and super-hot Luke and learns that she is a Clover Hand--someone who is able to see faeries. On top of this her awful aunt is in town and the Faerie Queen is out to get her. Deirdre is a great character, she's smart and funny and though she's overwhelmed about all the crazy stuff that's happening to her she doesn't whine and complain about it, she does something about it. All in all, a great book.

DFTBA!
Sti

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